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.
Seville port to launch dredging of EurovÃa channel on Nov 8
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) plans to launch on November 8 the 2017 campaign...
Bilbao harbour launches dry port in Pancorbo
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – The dry port of Bilbao in Pancorbo, near Burgos, began operating on November 7 after the investment of...
Venice issues cruise ships restrictions
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – An Italian government committee has ruled that ships weighing 100,000 tonnes or more will no longer be...
China’s COSCO Shipping to build logistics park in Egypt
Cairo, Egypt (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 –Â TEDA Corporation and COSCO shipping company, both of China, will construct a new logistics park at TEDA...
Boluda reinforces presence at Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – Boluda Corporación MarÃtima, through its tugboat division, plans to increase activity in the port of...
Valencia port to invest €5.2 million to increase draft of container dock
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans invest €5.2 million ($6 million) to...
Valencia port president says he does not understand reasons for northern access rejection
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – The president of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), Aurelio Martinez, has...
Puertos del Estado, Baleà ria to discuss relaunch of Gijón-Nantes Motorway of the SeaÂ
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, and the commercial and...
Damietta Container to issue global tender for Damietta Port platforms
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – Damietta Container & Cargo Handling Company is to issue a global tender for the development of...
The Escola Europea collaborates with an innovative project to build the New Mediterranean Corridor
Last October 2nd at the Generalitat of Catalonia’s headquarters – Ministry of Land and Sustainability – General Direction of Transports and...
Maersk Line launches rail service to Algeciras portÂ
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 6, 2017 – Maersk Line has launched a rail service between Córdoba and Algeciras port to expand its intermodal...
Astilleros Gondán to build four eco-ferries for Baleà ria
Castropol, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2017 – Astilleros Gondán has a contract to construct four GRP ecofast ferries with a capacity for 350...
Baleà ria incorporates next December an ‘eco fast ferry’ on the Ibiza-Formentera line
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2017 – At the end of 2017, Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. will introduce the first vessel of a series of...
Uljanik shipyard deliver last of 11 vessels to Grimaldi Group
Pula, Croatia (PortSEurope) November 5, 2017 – The Grande Colonia, the last in a string of 11 Pure Car Truck Carriers (PCTC) built by the Uljanik yard...
Panamanian government to study cargo inspection work at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Valencia port received this week a visit of a Panamanian governmental delegation, led by the Minister...
Tangier Med to starting point to develop the MoS in the Mediterranean
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 –Â Escola Europea has held a conference in Tangier “Motorways of the Sea: new tools towards...
First freight train on Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway departs Baku port
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – On October 30, the inauguration ceremony of the Baku–Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway was held at...
Motorway of the Sea to Tangier allows Vigo to receive fresh fish in 36 hours
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – No European port would dispute Vigo harbour’s leadership in the handling of fish for human...
Global Ports Holding to open new state-of-the-art terminal in Lisbon Cruise Port
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Global Ports Holding, the operator of Lisbon Cruise Terminal, will soon open it new terminal at the...
Castellón port eyes regular train service to Zaragoza
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – Castellón port expects to have “three or four” weekly connections by train with Zaragoza by...