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.
Voltri Terminal Europa Presents the Terminal of the Future
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 26, 2017 – Voltri Terminal Europa (VTE) has produced a video which highlights the innovations at the terminal...
Mondomarine SpA under threat
Savona, Italy (Ports Europe) September 26, 2017 – Mondomarine SpA, the Italianyacht builder, is struggling economically and steps may be needed to sane...
Slovenia to build Divaca and Koper port rail link
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) September 26, 2017 – Following a referendum, Slovenia will proceed with the construction of a new high-speed railway line...
Albanian seeks better Bari port customs services
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) September 25, 2017 – Italy’s Bari port should improve its customs services, in order to facilitate the traffic of the direct...
Igy Marinas and P&O Marinas launch superyacht complex in Sète
Sète, France (Ports Europe) September 25, 2017 – International marina operator and developer IGY Marinas and P&O Marinas, have announced a joint,...
Hannibal introduces 7th service on the Melzo-Rotterdam rail route
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 25, 2017 – Contship has announced that Hannibal will increase the frequency of the Melzo-Rotterdam rail from...
Constanta port receives ultra-deepwater semi-submersible offshore drilling rig
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Scarabeo 9, an ultra-deepwater semi-submersible offshore drilling rig owned and operated by...
Second phase of Petlim container terminal launched
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 22, 2107 – The stage 2 of Petlim container terminal was launched on September 19. The completed container terminal...
Chinese companies Anhui, Zhongzhi representatives visit Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – Representatives of Chinese companies Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group and Zhongzhi New Energy Vehicle have...
Damen Shipyards plans to establish service hub in Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – Damen Shipyards Group is to establish a service hub in the Russian port of Novorossiysk in a...
Procter & Gamble I-Trade CEO Academy analyses container traceability at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Procter & Gamble I-Trade CEO Academy has started an analysis into the traceability of exports of...
Marseille Fos port signs charter to improve access for city inhabitants
Marseille Fos, France (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Whilst the Grand Maritime Port of Marseille (GPMM) has always played a key role in the city,...
Huelva port, Renfe Mercancías sign cooperation deal
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has signed a cooperation agreement with Spanish...
Luka Ploče holds talks about Bosnia and Herzegovina interests
Ploče, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 17, 2017 – President of the Management Board of Luka Ploče d.d. Captain Ivan Pavlovic met in Mostar with Bosnia...
Ravenna announces the “Hub portuale Ravenna 2017” development plan
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) September 17, 2017 – Daniele Rossi, chairman of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (Port...
Cyprus to invest in Vassilikos port LNG facility
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) September 17, 2017 – Vassilikos port is to build a jetty to enable the port to develop an LNG floating storage capacity...
Puertos del Estado says Seville port does not need 16 metres draft
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – Spanish national port agency Puertos del Estado’s president Jose Llorca has said that Seville port...
Logistics association Alsea complains of double fee charging at Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – Lombardy freight forwarders and road transport operators Alsea (Associazione Lombarda Spedizionieri e...
Maersk explores options to reduce ship congestion at Algeciras, Tanger Med ports
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – Danish shipping giant Maersk is exploring options for the minimisation of the congestion of ships at the...
Spanish govt speeds project for construction of southern road access to Gandía port
Gandía, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – Spanish Ministry of Public Works has accelerated the project for the construction of a southern road...