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 get €14 million funding for rail access construction
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – Spanish interport compensation fund’s board of directors has unanimously approved a loan of €14...
Port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire becomes a logistic hub for Airbus
Nantes Saint-Nazaire, France (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 – The port of Nantes Saint-Nazaire, located on the French Atlantic coast, will become a logistic...
Portugal introduces radar module of Costa Segura system
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 – The Minister of National Defense, José Azeredo Lopes and the Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino,...
Shippers must register containers in advance to use Moroccan ports
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 – Effective August 1, only containers with advance notice of arrival filed sufficiently in advance via...
CMA CGM presents new service in Venice
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) July 25, 2017 – At the historic Ca ‘Foscari University Barracks on July 20, the Venice stage of the French shipper...
Valencia port starts night rail service
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – Last week saw the start of Valencia port’s night train service. The Board of Directors approved the...
Port of Barcelona tenders for the improvement of Álvarez de la Campa wharf
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – The Port of Barcelona has started the tender for the improvement of draft of the Álvarez de la Campa...
Kiel expands southern rail capacity
Kiel, Germany (Ports Europe) July 22, 2017 – The German Baltic seaport of Kiel is to expand its cargo platform space to accommodate longer trains...
Portsur Castellón handles more large vessels
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The large draft of the facilities of Portsur Castellón has increased the arrival of large tonnage vessels...
Alternative Transport firm to buy new ship with EBRD loan
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to loan €27.5 million loan to...
ADM expands business in Ashdod
Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) July 20 , 2017 – Archer Daniels Midland company has announced that it has completed its acquisition of a controlling...
Oryx to operate normally at Las Palmas port by end-September
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Swiss multinational company Oryx Energies, which operates in Las Palmas port as fuel supplier, will be...
Asturiana de Zinc to start building warehouse in Gijón port by end-2017
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 –Before the end of the year Spanish miner Asturiana de Zinc S.A. plans to start construction of its second...
Livorno port’s Darsena Europa construction to start in 2018
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Tuscany regional government president Enrico Rossi has said the construction of Darsena Europa complex at...
APM Terminals starts transfer of Malaccamax cranes to Levante dock
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 18, 2017 – Spanish company APM Terminals Valencia began on July 15 the transfer of its Malaccamax cranes to the dock of...
Noatum to strengthen infrastructure at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Noatum is committed to strengthening its infrastructure in Valencia, in order to increase the operational...
Porto Torres project to arrive soon
Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) July17, 2017 – At the roundtable organised by Italy’s Assocostieri (Associazione Nazionale Deposit Costieri...
Noatum adds port crane of Konecranes to machinery fleet
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) July 17, 2017 – Noatum Terminal Castellón S.A. has added a new port crane of Konecranes Gottwald Mobile to its machinery...
Nacex to operate largest cross-docking logistics platform in Spain
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 17, 2017 – Spanish company Montepino officially started construction of the largest cross-docking logistics platform built...
Interglobo opens office in Valencia
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 16, 2017 – Genoa-based Interglobo International Freight Forwarders has decided to set foot in the Spanish market by...