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.
Vopak to expand terminal in Port of Tarragona
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2023 – The Board of Directors of Vopak Terquimsa has approved the start of work on the fourth phase of...
Updated: EIB loans €50 million for a new grain terminal in port of Varna
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) June 27, 2023 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed an agreement with Logistic Centre Varna, part of Buildcom...
Iran completes one more section of railway from Strait of Hormuz to Caspian Sea
Rasht, Iran (PortSEurope)June 27, 2023 – The long-delayed railway 160 km section between Qazvin and Rasht in Iran will become operational by early July,...
New oil tankers for Aktau-Baku route that bypasses Russia
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 27, 2023 – The joint venture of Kazakhstan’s KazMorTransFlot and Abu Dhabi Ports, Caspian Integrated Maritime...
Indore International opens facility in Tanger Med Industrial Platform
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) June 25, 2023 – India’s Indore Composite Pvt Ltd, a leading manufacturer and supplier of advanced composite...
New railway tunnel for Port of Trieste
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 23, 2023 – The Friuli Venezia Giulia Region has approved a project to build the railway tunnel to connect Molo...
Rhenus and KTZ to enhance transhipment of Caspian Sea
Astana, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 23, 2023 – Germany’s transport and logistics service provider Rhenus Logistics Group and Kazakhstan Railways...
Port-la-Nouvelle looks forward to second expansion
Port-la-Nouvelle, France (PortSEurope) June 23, 2023 – The first expansion phase of the Port-la-Nouvelle approaches conclusion and interest focusses on...
New logistics complex in Novorossiysk port
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) June 22, 2023 – A 4.2 billion rubles (45.6 million euros) logistics complex will be built by the summer of 2024 in...
Vessel traffic management system in Rostov-on-Don port
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) June 22, 2023 – The design and engineering documentation for phase 1 of the project for the construction of vessel...
Egypt inaugurates Tahya Misr terminal in Alexandria
Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 19, 2023 – The Tahya Misr multipurpose maritime terminal in Alexandria has been inaugurated. It is operated by...
Iran adds ships to Caspian Sea fleet
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – Fifteen commercial ships have been added to Iran’s Caspian Sea fleet, reports the Ports and Maritime...
New berth in Odesos port in Varna
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – Bulgaria’s Black Sea Port Odesos PBM in Varna has started the construction of a new berth. It will be 220...
Port of Constanta plans €650 million infrastructure investment
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) May 25, 2023 – The Port of Constanta is planning a €650 million infrastructure investment, announced management...
Road to Makhachkala to be financed by bond issue
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – The issuing of infrastructure bonds worth some 5 billion rubles (58 million euro) to finance the...
Second stage of Rostov-on-Don grain terminal progresses
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (Ports Europe) May 15, 2023 – The project for the construction of the second stage of the grain terminal in Rostov Marine Multimodal...
Turkey’s Safiport to increase solar power usage
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 12, 2023 – Safiport has commissioned a solar panel project to supply energy to meet demand. The port is now...
Will Greece review FSRU-LNG projects?
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) May 9, 2023 – The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to upheavals in gas markets. European Union (EU) countries...
Kernel to build grain and sunflower oil terminal in Reni
Reni, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 8, 2023 – Kernel, Ukraine’s largest producer and exporter of vegetable oil, plans to build a transshipment terminal in...
US Ambassador Bridget Brink visits Danube ports of Reni, Izmail in Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 5, 2023 – U.S. Ambassador Bridget A. Brink visited the Danube river ports of Reni and Izmail on April 26, 2023. The...