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.
Trasmediterránea introduces new ship into Barcelona-Mahón line
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Compañía Trasmediterránea, S.A. has incorporated its “Juan J. Sister”...
Slovenian prime minister insists on Koper-Divaca railway project
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – Slovenian prime miniser Miro Cerar said he insists on the planned upgrade of the Koper-Divaca railway line...
Drewry expects ONE to become fifth largest container company globally in 2021
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – UK consultancy Drewry Shipping foresees a new wave of mergers and acquisitions in the container shipping...
Hannibal launches Melzo-Trieste intermodal service
Trieste, Italy June 20, 2017 – Hannibal, in partnership with Alpe Adria S.p.A., is launching a new intermodal service between Melzo (Milan) and Trieste,...
Adif, Valencia port to allocate funds to connect Sagunto port to Mediterranean Corridor
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Spanish state-run railway operator Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (Adif) and Valencia port...
Rail freight corridor North Sea-Mediterranean Sea helps Marseille development
Marseille Fos, France (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The rail freight corridor North Sea–Mediterranean Sea (RFC North Sea-Med) is one of the nine most...
Spain’s Progeco installs container warehouse at Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – The shape of the ZAD-3 warehouse and storage area of Bilbao port continues to change as Progeco Bilbao SA...
Trieste port completes photovoltaic plant modification project
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – Trieste port has completed the project of modification of the photovoltaic system at the harbour, as a result of...
Metrans opens new rail hub in Budapest linking north and south Europe
Budapest, Hungary (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – Metrans, the intermodal subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), is further expanding its...
Ukraine’s Nibulon agrees $100 million loan from IFC
Mykolaiv, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – Ukrainian grain exporter Nibulon said it has signed an agreement to receive a $100 million (€89.7 million)...
Lebanon looks to develop Tripoli port
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – The Lebanese government is to take steps to develop the northern sea port of Tripoli. The head of the...
Spain’s García Reboredo acquires three cranes for Vilagarcía port
Vilagarcía, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – Spanish docking company García Reboredo, S.L. has acquired three double-articulated cranes from Port...
Gruppo Laghezza opens offices in Venice, Ancona
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – Italian port services firm Gruppo Laghezza S.r.l. has opened offices in Venice and Ancona as part of its efforts...
Total and Ecoslops to set up a maritime oil residue processing unit in La Mède, near Marseilles
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – Ecoslops, a company that upgrades ship-generated hydrocarbon residues, or “slops”, into valuable new...
Ukraine’s USPA to fleet renewal plans to shipbuilders
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – The Ukraine Sea Ports Authority (USPA) plans to carry out a conference on the development of the...
Badajoz logistics platform to be completed by 2020
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 –The Plataforma Logística do Sudoeste Europeu (PLSWE – The Southwestern European Logistics Platform) in...
Boluda Lines sets up shipping agency based in Lisbon port
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – Boluda Lines, a leading Spanish shipowner and global marine services company, will bet on Lisbon port through...
Basque Country, Castile and Leon regions lobby for shorter Madrid-Bilbao port route
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – Basque and Castile and Leon regional government officials have called on the central government to initiate a...
Maersk relocates container traffic to Tanger Med from Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Ministry has confirmed the decision of A.P. Moller–Maersk Group to move to Tanger Med...
AIDAperla visits Barcelona for passengers and LNG
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2017 – Arriving in Barcelona on June 7 on her inaugural introduction tour, the AIDAperla has launched its summer...