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 set for automotive exports from Tanger Med, Morocco
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) Jnauary 14, 2018 – A well-honed operation is being put in place to sell Groupe PSA-manufactured vehicles in...
OTEKO and VostokCoal announce the creation of a global hub for the transfer of pulverized coal mixture
Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) January 14, 2018 – OTECO and VostokCoal have agreed on the creation of a global hub in the port of Taman to supply coal to...
Italian media highlight opening of new terminal of Baku International Sea Trade Port
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) January 13, 2018 – The Italian press has widely covered the opening of the new Ro-Ro terminal at the Baku International...
APM Terminals submits design for expansion of the Poti Sea Port
January 9, 2018 APM Terminals Poti and Poti New Terminals Consortium have submitted a conceptual design for a first stage construction permit for the expansion...
Koper port concession area expanded
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – The Slovenian government has adopted a decree expanding the concession area of the port of Koper. With...
Spain’s Hermes Logística gets IFS certificate for warehouses in Las Palmas, Valencia
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – Hermes Logística, S.A., a subsidiary of Trasmediterránea S.A., has received the IFS Logística...
Málaga port, City Council join forces in underground railway project
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – Málaga City Council and Málaga port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga) will go hand in hand to...
A Coruña port to expand interior road network of Punta Langosteira
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – A Coruña port plans to start this month the project for the extension of the interior road network of...
China’s Quechen Silicon Chemical to build facility in Marseille port
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – An agreement has been signed to start final negotiations for China’s Quechen Silicon Chemical...
Further details released about Kanal Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – Kanal Istanbul is a project ti build a waterway which would operate as an alternative waterway to the...
Piraeus port to soon receive new floating dock
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – Piraeus port is scheduled to receive a new floating tank, to be named Piraeus III, end-February 2018....
Parque Empresarial de Sagunto to sell 18 land plots
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – The board of directors of Parque Empresarial de Sagunto S.L., which operates the Parc Sagunt I logistics...
Germany’s FRS acquires ship for Motril-Tanger Med line
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – German group Förde Reederei Seetouristik GmbH & Co. KG (FRS) has acquired the “MV Miranda”...
Tarragona port awards concession to Euroenergo España
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – Tarragona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona) has awarded a concession to Spanish...
Melilla port prepares cruise strategy
Melilla, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – Melilla port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Melilla) president Miguel Marín has said he is preparing...
Italy’s Interporto acquires two warehouses at Genoa port from Wärtsilä
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – Interporto Spa has acquired two warehouses of Wärtsilä Italia SpA in the area of Trieste port for...
Agreement signed for the redevelopment of Hennebique, Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – After 40 years the project for the redevelopment of the “Silos Hennebique” can now start. An...
Bahía de Bizkaia Gas sees increased LNG traffic in 2017
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – Bahía de Bizkaia Gas (BBG) expects to end 2017 with traffic amounting to 32 ships and 1.95 million tons...
Spanish minister presents Avilés port access project
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – Spanish public works minister Íñigo de la Serna has presented the project for the construction of accesses...
Cádiz port’s new container terminal handles first ship
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – The new container terminal of Cádiz port has received its first container ship on January 9. At 0830 local...