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.
PSA Sines increases crane capacity
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) December 6, 2023 – PSA Sines will increase its capacity with two mega-gantry Ship-to-Shore (STS) cranes in February 2024....
Primever restarts fruit and vegetable terminal at Port of Sète, France
Sète, France (Ports Europe) December 6, 2023 – Primever, a leading fruit and vegetable tarnspot company, has restarted operations at the Port of Sète...
Turkey’s Poliport plans storage upgrade to liquid storage facility
Kocaeli, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 1, 2023 – Poliport is planning to increase its liquid cargo storage capacity with its $5.5 million renewal and...
EU supports new LNG plant for Bar port, Montenegro
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) October 9, 2023 – The European Union (EU) will support building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Adriatic...
Port of Bilbao inaugurates six new eco-efficient hybrid RTG cranes
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) November 29, 2023 – The port of Bilbao has inaugurated six new eco-efficient hybrid RTG cranes acquired by CSP Iberian...
AD Ports Group, KazMorTransFlot acquire two tankers for Caspian
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 28, 2023 – AD Ports Group and KazMorTransFlot (KMTF) have announced the acquisition and start of operations of...
Turkey seeks to exploit coastlines with port development
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 28, 2023 – Turkey is making huge efforts to utilize the maritime resources of the seas along the country’s...
Lhyfe to set up first green hydrogen project in Tarragona, Spain
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) November 26, 2023 – Lhyfe, a global operator in the production of renewable green hydrogen for transportation and...
Mersin International Port launches expansion project
Mersin, Tureky (Ports Europe) November 24, 2023 – Mersin International Port Management Inc. (MIP) has launched a $455 million expansion programme –...
Tempe to build a new logistics centre in Sagunto, Valencia
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) November 20, 2023 – The Elche footwear company Tempe, part of the Inditex group, will build a logistics centre in the...
Port of Gioia Tauro has opened the western quay for tugboats
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) November 17, 2023 – The Port of Gioia Tauro has inaugurated the western quay which is dedicated to tugboat services....
Thessaloniki inaugurates new cruise terminal
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) November 16, 2023 – The inauguration of the new Cruise Terminal of Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) with the name...
Russia with 1.4 billion tonnes port capacity – a third of its surplus
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 16, 2023 – The surplus of port capacity in Russia will reach 483 million tonnes per year by the end of 2023, the...
DFC signs deal to invest $125 mln in Elefsina Shipyards, Greece
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 7, 2023 – The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has signed a financing agreement for a $125...
Dublin Port Company opens new Ro-Ro freight terminal
Dublin, Ireland (PortSEurope) November 7, 2023 – Dublin Port Company (DPC) has announced the opening of T4, a newly redeveloped Ro-Ro freight terminal in...
Repsol produces renewable hydrogen at Petronor, Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 6, 2023 – Repsol has started producing renewable hydrogen at its Petronor industrial centre in the Port of Bilbao....
No need for a new terminal in Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) November 6, 2023 – A new port terminal is not needed as an extension of a new eastern breakwater to Port Terminal Burgas...
Ukrainian Danube Shipping modernises Danube River port of Kiliia
Kiliia, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 1, 2023 – Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company (UDP) has modernised an existing grain transshipment complex in...
Cypriot FSRU finishes gas trials in China
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) October 30, 2023 – The Cypriot floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Etyfa Prometheas has finished gas...
First cargo handled by Sarzha terminal in Kuryk
Kuryk, Kazakstan (PortSEurope) October 27, 2023 – The multifunctional marine terminal (MMT) Sarzha in Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Kuryk (Mangistau...