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.
Noatum sends two cranes to Málaga port from Valencia
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – The Bigroll Bering vessel, owned by company Bigroll Shipping, which specialises in the loading and transport...
Spain to build Valencia-Castellón line of Mediterranean Corridor with standard gauge track
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has said the government plans to build the stretch of the...
Reganosa to launch LNG bunkering project at Ferrol port in June 2018
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Spanish regasification terminal Reganosa is investing €2 million ($2.3 million) in transforming Ferrol port in...
Algeria’s CNAN Nord to increase frequency of service to Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Algerian shipping company CNAN Nord is considering a potential increase of the frequency of its regular...
Cádiz port to reduce cruise ship fees in 2018
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cádiz) plans to maintain in 2018 its rates and bonuses on the...
DP World announces opening of new passenger terminal in Limassol
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – This summer, DP World will opening of a new cruise terminal in the Cypriot port of Limassol. The new...
Slovenia to put Port of Koper rail project to referendum on September 24
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – The Slovenian National Assembly has set September 24 as the date for a referendum on the proposed...
Chinese Quechen may set up a plant in French Fos-sur-Mer
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – The Chinese industrial group Quechen Silicon Chemical Co Ltd., the world’s third largest silica producing...
Spain’s Railsider Mediterráneo to build container storage facility in Sagunto
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – Spanish company Railsider Mediterráneo has announced plans to build a container storage facility in Sagunto,...
Marín port extends tugboat fleet
Marín, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Marín port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Marín) has given the green light to the usage of the “A....
Morocco’s AML incorporates third ship into Gibraltar Strait service
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Moroccan shipping company Africa Morocco Link (AML) has announced the incorporation of a third ship to the...
Sagunto-Zaragoza railway corridor can be used by up to 54 trains weekly
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – The railway corridor between Sagunto and Zaragoza could accommodate between 48 and 54 trains per week if the...
Spain’s Naviera Armas starts operating jetty at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Naviera Armas Ferries has started operating the jetty East at the terminal it is...
Genoa-based port authority, Eni in talks for construction of LNG facility
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (The Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea Port System)...
Porto Torres port opens Alti Fondali basin
Porto Torres, Italy (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Italian transport minister Graziano Delrio has officially opened the Alti Fondali basin for the handling...
Algerian new port of El Hamdania construction to be completed by 2024
Cherchell, Algeria (PortSEurope) July 2, 2017 – The Algerian new commercial port of El Hamdania (near the town of Cherchell, in the province of Tipaza) will...
EC approves launch of Ocean Network Express alliance
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2017 – The European Commission (EC) has given the green light to the launch of the Ocean Network Express alliance...
Japan’s JTEKT to build plant in Tangier
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 2, 2017 – The Japanese group JTEKT Corporation is to build its first plant in Africa and the Middle East in Tanger...
Marseille to host data and co-location centre
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 2, 2017 – The World War Two German submarine base Martha at Cap Janet in Marseille will soon host a new data and...
Extension of the wave breaker at Marseille Fos to be completed by August 2017
Marseille Fos, France (PortSEurope) June 30, 2017 – If weather conditions are favourable, the extension of the sea wave breaker (jetty) at French port...