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.
Andalusia lobbies for construction of road between Seville port & ring road
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – Andalusia regional government president Susana Díaz has said that she asked the central government, led by...
Greece to take advantage of strategic position via rail link project with Bulgaria, Tsipras says
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has said the project for the launch of a railway corridor linking the...
Bulgaria-Greece port railway connection project needs investment of €5 billion
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Bulgaria’s transport minister Ivaylo Moskovski has said the total investment in the railway...
Bulgarian PM says port link project with Greece will boost energy, transport, tourist sectors
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Bulgaria’s prime minister Boyko Borisov has said the launch of a railway connection between...
Algeciras port opens to traffic third lane of road to Marina Alcaidesa
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras) has opened to traffic the so-called...
Valencia port interested in launch of logistics complex in Chiva municipality
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has expressed interest in the development of a...
Port of Adria starts operating new crane at Bar port
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Port of Adria JSC Bar, the operator of the cargo terminal of Bar port in Montenegro, has started...
New railway connection agreement between Greece and Bulgaria
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – A memorandum of understanding between Bulgaria and Greece for a new railway connection will be signed...
Qatar opens Hamad port in a bid to cope with trade blockade
Doha, Qatar (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Qatar has opened the port of Hamad, one of the largest harbours in the Persian Gulf, which cost about $7.4...
Sato Asturias pontoon arrives at Las Palmas port to perform overhaul works
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – The Sato Asturias pontoon arrived in the port of Las Palmas to manufacture the floating concrete...
Castellón port to start drafting southern rail access project
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Castellón port plans to begin the drafting of the construction project of the southern access by...
Valencia port expects private investment in new cruise terminal
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to announce the next approval of the...
Spain’s Sermaco Logistic launches repair workshops in Tarragona, Castellón, Sagunto
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Spanish company Sermaco Logistic Integral S.L., a company specialised in integral services to the...
Italy’s Transport Regulatory Authority visits Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – The recent visit to Trieste port of Autorità per la regolamentazione dei Trasporti (the Transport...
Genoa port suspends usage of part of Andrea Doria dock
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – Genoa port has suspended the use of part of the Andrea Doria dock, used for ferry and cruise ships. The...
Setúbal port increases towing capacity
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – Danish safety and support services firm Svitzer A/S will significantly increase its towing capacity...
Tenerife port to handle 300,000 cruise passengers this season
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – The cruise season begins in the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in September, when it is expected to...
Casablanca port set for improved link with Zenata logistics zone
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – A new agreement is set to allow development of the road connection between the port of Casablanca...
Trasmediterranea to start operating Barcelona-Menorca ferry line on Sep 19
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Spanish company Trasmediterranea plans to launch a line connecting Barcelona to Menorca island twice a...
Dredging ships of CHEC take working position Port Yuzhniy
Port Yuzhniy, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – The dredging fleet of Chinese company China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) took up working...