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.
Serbia, China, Hungary start talks on transport corridor to Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Serbia, China and Hungary have agreed to start talks as soon as possible on the modernization of the transport...
Georgia, Iran & Azerbaijan to launch south-west transport corridor
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – The heads of Georgian, Iranian and Azerbaijani railways have discussed launching a new South-West...
Tarragona port president confident of standard-gauge rail connection project
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – The president of Tarragona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona), Josep Andreu, is confident that...
Turkey’s Ekol Logistics to commence operations in three Spanish cities
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Turkish company Ekol Logistik A.S. plans to commence operating in Seville, Irun and Girona, as part of an...
Andalusia government official calls for better rail links to regional ports
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Gaspar Llanes, Secretary General of Economy of Andalusian regional government, stressed yesterday that...
Consortium completes dredging at Taranto port
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – The consortium of Consorzio Stabile Grandi Lavori S.C.R.L., Ottomano Ing. Carmine & C. S.A.S. and Favellato...
USPA and World Bank to update Ports Development Strategy
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Ukrainian Seaports Authority (USPA) jointly with the World Bank experts will update the Ports Development...
Spanish port strike may cause supply problems to Citroën plant in Galicia
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – The second of the six days of strike announced by the stowage trade unions in Spain has also been carried out...
Koper mayor says port negotiates launch of LNG regasification plant
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – The liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification plants are again modern. The one of Trieste failed, but that of...
Renfe Mercancías to start Barcelona port-Lyon freight line in Autumn
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Spanish freight railway firm Renfe Mercancías SA plans to start an international container traffic service...
Rail cargo traffic at Pasaia port to increase
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – An expansion of the railway station of Lezo-Errenteria will enable it to accommodate trains of up to 550 metres in...
USPA to reconstruct approach channel of Chernomorsk port
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Ukraine Sea Ports Authority (USPA) plans to reconstruct the approach channel of Chernomorsk port to a draft...
Call for Georgia to improve services and logistical connectivity
Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Jacob Gulmann, ICTSI Europe, Middle East and Africa Business Development Director, attended the 6th Black...
Mediterranean Railway Corridor has more “allies” in Europe than in Spain
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – At the opening of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) event in Barcelona, Catalan Minister for...
APM Terminals Valencia acquires 11 terminal tractors
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – APM Terminals Valencia S.A. has incorporated 11 terminal tractors in its facilities, bringing its fleet to 63...
Spain to construct rail access to Seville port in 2017, 2018
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has attended the signing of an agreement to regulate the...
Spain’s Adif, Puertos del Estado, port authorities sign railway works deal
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Spanish state-run railway operator Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (Adif), ports agency Puertos...
Noatum, MSC extend working hours of terminals at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Noatum Container Terminal Valencia and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have extended the working hours of...
Genoa port should focus on dredging – former port president
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Genoa port should keep working on increasing the draft of its basin, as the world-class vessels of Mediterranean...
Italy’s Caronte & Tourist to build ten LNG-fuelled ferry ships
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Italian company Caronte & Tourist S.p.A. plans to invest a total of €200 million ($225.53 million) in the...