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.
Transglory launches Tunisia-China maritime trade service
Rades, Tunisia (PortSEurope) December 3, 2017 – Spanish company Transglory has started a new maritime trade line between Rades port in Tunisia and...
USPA and EBRD signed an Agreement on joint development of concession projects in two ports
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 3, 2017 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)...
Nippon Express to open branch in Casablanca
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 3, 2017 – Nippon Express, a global logistics company, is to open a branch office in the Moroccan port of...
APM Terminals manager questions need for new Anaklia port
Tbilisi, Georgia (PortS Europe) December 2, 2017 –Â A director of APM Terminals Poti Port, has been quoted as saying that the new Anaklia port is not...
Boluda France sees reduced towage business in Marseille
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 1, 2017 – Boluda France, a provider of a range of port services, including towage, has been critical of growth...
Port of Béjaïa launches projects to increase trade capacity
Béjaïa, Algeria (PortSEurope) December 1, 2017 – The long-term development plan that the port of Béjaïa has inscribed will strengthen the commercial...
Italy’s Igeco Costruzioni to launch dredging project at Lecce yacht port
Lecce, Italy (PortSEurope) December 1, 2017 – Gallipoli port harbourmaster has approved a project of Italian company Igeco Costruzioni SpA for the dredging...
Castellón port to accelerate development of rail links
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 1, 2017 – Castellón port authority’s (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) president Francisco Toledo...
Aragon’s freight rail transport to ports rises
Zaragoza, Spain (PortSEurope) December 1, 2017 – A total of 70% of the more than 150,000 containers that the Spanish region of Aragon sends to ports are...
Ancona port expects infrastructure investments
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) November 30, 2017 – The development project of the port of Ancona has received the first green light. The Transport Commission of...
Portuguese government aims to develop SInes port LNG capacity
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 30, 217 –Â The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has reaffirmed the Government’s intention to make...
Egis International prepares feasibility study for the development of Chornomorsk port
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 30, 2017 – In order to prepare a preliminary feasibility study for the development of the seaport of...
First Baku-Tbilisi-Kars train departs from Turkey’s Mersin port
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 30, 2017 –Â The first train to run from Turkey to Azerbaijan on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway departed from...
Salerno signs agreement on preliminary studies for dredging project
Salerno, Italy (PortSEurope) November 29, 2017 – Little more than €360,000 ($426,822). This is the amount of the agreement signed between the extraordinary...
Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao inaugurates new automatic truck access system
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 29, 2017 – Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao, part of Noatum Ports Group, has inaugurated a new automatic truck...
Better rail connections in Sicily thanks to Cohesion policy investments
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) November 29, 2017 – Over €105 million ($124.51 million) from the European Regional Development Fund is invested in the...
European Commission publishes “Delivering Ten-T, Facts & Figures September 2017”
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – The document “Delivering TEN-T – Facts and Figures September 2017” summarises key data...
New rail connections between Voltri-Pra PSA and Milan Smistamento MIT
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – Two new weekly rail connections were added between Genoa-based Voltri-Pra PSA and Milan Smistamento MIT...
Algeciras port to receive increased traffic from Tanger Med
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria BahÃa de Algeciras) has participated in the logistics...
MSC sets up cruise terminal operator for Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has a clear goal in Barcelona – its own terminal. And,...