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.
New success of Adriatic LNG’s Peak Shaving service procedure
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – The tender for the Peak Shaving service, organized by Adriatic LNG for the Ministry of Economic...
Sardinian port authority announces investments
Cagliari, Sardinia (PortSEurope) November 22, 2017 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Di Sardegna (Sardinian Sea Port Authority) has announced a...
Ravenna holds public meeting to discuss proposed LNG facility
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) November 22, 2017 – On November 29, 2017, there was a second public meeting on the development of the project for the...
GEFO opens Greek subsidiary
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – GEFCO Group, a French logistics company, officially opened its Greek subsidiary earlier this month....
GEFCO launches new multimodal route from Asia to central Europe via Koper port
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 –Â Â GEFCO, the French logistics company, has launched a new multimodal route from Asia to central Europe...
Abruzzo region to invest €3.5 million to repair Pescara port breakwater
Pescara, Italy (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – The Abruzzo regional government has launched a project to repair of the breakwater of Pescara port, with an...
La Spezia port operators request measures to reduce truck congestion
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – The associations of operators of La Spezia port have called on the management of the harbour to set up a...
Tangier hosts International Days on Mediterranean marinas
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 –Â The Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, Abdelkader Amara presided over the opening...
Huelva port continues operating Majarabique rail hub alone
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – The conciliation between the ports of Seville and Huelva after the controversial concession of the railway...
Astican opens new facilities at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – Spanish shipbuilder and ship repair company Astilleros Canarios S.A. (Astican) has officially opened its...
Valencia port welcomes Ford’s fresh investment in Spain
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – The president of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), Aurelio MartÃnez, has welcomed...
Port of Heraklion opens new cruise terminal
Heraklion, Greece (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – The Port of Heraklion has celebrated the official opening of the upgraded cruise terminal. In...
IFC, Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry to launch PPPs in ports development
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – IFC, part of the World Bank Group, and Ukraine’s Ministry of Infrastructure signed a Memorandum of...
World Bank team presents initial findings on improving freight transit of the Caucasus Transit Corridor
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – The World Bank team has presented the initial findings of its study on improving freight transit and...
Batumi and Poti ports join Lapis Lazuli transit corridor
Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – Georgia is to join the Lapis Lazuli Corridor, a transport route connecting Europe and Asia by road,...
Sicily gets €490,000 EU funding for overhaul of port near Trapani
Trapani, Italy (PortSEurope) November 16, 2017 – Sicily regional government has agreed on a €486,525 ($573,275) funding from the European Union (EU) for...
APM Terminals adds tugboat capacity at Poti port, Georgia
Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) November 16, 2017 – APM Terminals Poti has added two Azimuth Stern-Drive (ASD) tugboats from the Maersk Transport &...
Spain’s Concasa acquires crane for container terminal at Cádiz portÂ
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria BahÃa de Cádiz) has said company CompañÃa Gaditana de...
Dredging works announced for Chornomorsk port
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 14, 2017 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has announced the procedure of open bidding for the...
Andalusia government to promote cruise offer at CruiseWorld fair in Florida
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 14, 2017 – Andalusia’s regional government and Andalusia Cruises, an association that includes the seven...