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 Sibelco expands concession at Castellón port
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Spanish logistics services company Sibelco Minerales Cerámicos S.A. has extended its concession at the...
Mayor of Dubrovnik meets cruise industry representatives
Dubrovnik, Croatia (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – The Mayor of the City of Dubrovnik, Mato Franković, has met with Cruise Lines International...
DP World and Algeria discuss future port development plans
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, DP World Group Chairman and CEO, has met with the Algerian Minister of Public...
Bulgaria and Romania set to improve transport links
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 5, 2016 –Â Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Romanian counterpart Mihai Tudose have opened a new...
Cruise ships change routes to avoid calls in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2017 – Demonstrations and riots in Barcelona have had a side effect in Valencia. Two cruise ships, Mein Schiff 3...
Italy’s Fedespedi asks for clearer container weighing rules
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2017 – Italian national freight forwarders association Fedespedi (Federazione Nazionale delle Imprese di Spedizioni...
Siracusa port to start operating cruise dock on October 4
Siracusa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2017 – Italy’s Siracusa port will start operating a new dock with a length of some 300 metres for the...
Seville port Free Zone starts operating
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2017 – The Free Zone of Seville port went into operation on October 2 with the launch of the command post of the...
Valencia port starts handling PSA cars shipped by train
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2017 – Today, Valencia port has received the first train loaded with cars from the Figueruelas factory of PSA...
Salerno gets award from Grimaldi Lines
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) October 2, 2017 – Salerno is the best Italian port. At least for Grimaldi Lines, the Italian giant of passenger and freight...
Castellón port forecasts further rise in liquid bulk traffic
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2017 – Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) has called a tender for the construction...
MSC reinforces presence at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) October 1, 2017 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has informed Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las...
Trieste Porto Vecchio renovation under way
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 1, 2017 – Work has started on the renovation of Porto Vecchio, an old port area of Trieste. President of the Region...
Rodolfo Giampieri reacts positively to Fincantieri support
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) September 30, 2017 – “The choice of Fincantieri to bet on Ancona is unbelieving to us. We believe it is the result...
Fincantieri plant in Ancona should be expanded
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) September 30, 2017 –Â The Fincantieri plant in Ancona needs to be expanded to build larger ships, according to...
Medserv Cyprus completes shore base for ENI
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) September 30, 2017 – Medserv Cyprus has announced it has completed the development of a shore base for ENI S.p.A....
Algeria announces plan to develop ports and logistics
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) September 30, 2017 – The Minister of Public Works and Transport, Abdelghani Zaalane, that a national plan was being...
Eurogate targets Limassol transit traffic
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) September 28, 2017 – Since taking over the management of the Limassol container port in January 2017, Eurogate (parent...
Koper port opens new warehouse facility
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) September 28, 2017 – Luka Koper d.d., the port operator, has inaugurated a new multipurpose warehouse on Pier II. It has...
Event: PEMA Annual General Meeting – Bilbao, January 30 – February 1, 2018
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2017 – The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) has announced that the next Annual General Meeting...