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.
Spain’s Renfe, Portugal’s Medway launch freight line linking Mérida hub to Sines port
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – Spanish state-run railway operator Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles (Renfe) and Portuguese...
MSC eyes construction of container terminal in Livorno
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to participate in the tender for the operation of the...
Valencia port needs better transport link to Sagunto
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) president Aurelio Martínez has said the...
Valencia, Castellón, Bilbao ports join forces to boost Cantabrian Mediterranean Corridor
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 22, 2017 – Valencia Business Confederation (CEV), together with the port authorities of Castellón and Valencia,...
Granadilla port officially starts operations
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) November 22, 2017 – Granadilla de Abona port officially launched operations on November 21 with the first call of a vessel in...
Spain’s Alfil to rent warehouse at Barcelona port’s logistics zone
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 22, 2017 – Spanish logistics operator Alfil Logistics S.A. plans to rent a 35,000 square metre warehouse in the...
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 – 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 – 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 Martínez, 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...