Capacity
A category including news related to increasing output and production of ports. Additional port equipment adding capacity; port expansion adding cargo capacity, shipping lines adding larger vessels and increased land traffic capacity by rail and road.
Leixões received inaugural scale of one of the largest ro-ro ships
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 18, 2018 – On, February 14, the Port of Leixões received, for the first time, one of the largest ro-ro...
Baleà ria orders two ferries from Cantiere Navale Visentini
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 18, 2018 – Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. has reached an agreement with the Italian shipyard Cantiere...
Bergé MarÃtima starts 2018 with three port terminal expansion projects
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) February 16, 2018 – Spanish company Bergé MarÃtima S.L. has started 2018 with three port terminal expansion projects. The...
Mazara del Vallo port dredging to start in short term
Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) February 16, 2018 – The dredging of the seabed of the port of Mazara del Vallo, on Sicily’s southwest coast,...
Bulgaria, Macedonian discuss Pan-European Transport Corridor VIII
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 16, 2018 – Transport corridor VIII is a priority for the BUlgarian government as it links its ports with Albania,...
MSC eyes Naples port-Nola dry port rail link
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 15, 2018 – Representatives of the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plan to discuss on February 16 the potential...
Pir Group and Edison receive approval for Ravenna port LNG facility
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) February 15, 2018 –Â Pir Group and Edison have received approval for the project to develop a liquified natural gas (LNG)...
AdSP President Corsini visits ArcelorMittal plant
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) February 14, 2018 – Stefano Corsini, President of Livorno-based Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno...
Vigo port committed to reduce truck traffic in nearby towns
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – The local government of Redondela has transferred the problems that exist in the urban centre of the Chapela...
Flooding stops construction works of underground tunnel to Cádiz container terminal
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria BahÃa de Cádiz) president José Luis Blanco has said the...
Ibiza port to remain partially closed in summer
Ibiza, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – The dock area of the port of Ibiza, which concentrates more than two million people throughout the year and...
COSCO to deliver “Piraeus III” floating dock to Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 –Â On February 9, the “Piraeus III” floating dock completed by Shanghai COSCO Shipping Heavy...
Trainose and COSCO looking at new logistics hub
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – Greek railway company Trainose and COSCOÂ Shipping are said to be planning a joint logistics hub...
Venice and Chioggia – Agreement between RFI-Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – RFI (Rete Ferroviaria Italiana) and Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale...
Vigo port still seeks for tenant of general cargo warehouse
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – The Civil Guard of Vigo port has been using its new premises in El Tinglado area for months, but the works...
Asturiana de Zinc’s new warehouse at Gijón port taking shape
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – The new finished product storage building under construction by zinc producer Asturiana de Zinc S.A. in...
Trieste port invests in Smartlogi – Sustainable and intelligent cross-border logistics
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – The port of Trieste, part of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale (Eastern...
Turkey starts operating second floating liquefied natural gas unit (FSRU)
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 11, 2018 –Â Turkey has started operating its second floating liquefied natural gas unit (FSRU) with 20 million...
Valenciaport Foundation collaborates again with the Port Terminal of the Lambayeque Region, Peru
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 11, 2018 –Â The Valenciaport Foundation is provide technical assistance for the Regional Port Authority of...
Durrës port to benefit from plan to develop Corridor VIII railway section
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) February 11, 2018 – The Macedonian and Albanian governments plan to cooperate on the construction of the Corridor 8...