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.
UN report highlights achievements of Tangier port
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – The United Nations (UN) has produced a report entitled, “Economic Report on Africa 2017 –...
Ukraine’s Asket Shipping acquires six mobile cranes for Berdyansk port
Berdyansk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Ukrainian company Asket Shipping, OOO plans to install six mobile cranes for the handling of grain at...
Tenerife says 20% of world cruise fleet passes through port every year
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope), June 2, 2017 – A total of 20% of the world’s cruise fleet, currently consisting of 458 vessels, passes through Tenerife...
USPA to finance grain terminal construction project of Mariupol port
Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope), June 3, 2017 – Ukraine Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mariupol port for the...
Portuguese Minister of the Sea says new Lisbon cruise terminal to have key economic importance
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope), June 3, 2017 – Portuguese Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vittorino, has said that the new cruise terminal in Santa Apolónia,...
Koper port starts operating first of two new container cranes
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) June 3, 2017 – Luka Koper d.d., the operator of Koper port, has started operating the the first of two new container...
French Renault invests €2.1 billion in Tangier
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope), June 2, 2017 – French automobile giant Renault has invested €2.1 billion ($2.29 billion) in the building of a plant and the...
Sines port LNG terminal handles 12 tankers in Q1 2017
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – The liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal of Sines port handled 12 tankers in the first quarter of 2017, which...
Valencia port in talks with logistic operators interested in Parc Sagunt
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) is in talks with at least two large logistic operators...
Spain’s Docks Logistics launches container storage complex in Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Spanish company Docks Logistics Spain, S.A. said it has launched a complex for the storage of containers at the...
Italian GNV to intensify links Sète-Morocco from June 1
Sète, France (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci s.p.a. (GNV) will intensify the links between French Mediterranean...
Bilbao port handles record-high number of cruise passengers for a single day
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Bilbao port has received three cruises in its facilities in Getxo on May 31, with a total of 8,700 tourists, the...
Motril port starts preparations for OPE 2017
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Motril port is preparing for Operación Paso del Estrecho 2017 (OPE 2017), an initiative for the facilitation of...
BP, Aegean, Cepsa to keep location of facilities at Las Palmas port after 2027
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) plans to approve a plan for the encouragement of...
Cartagena port officially launches Alfonso XII dock expansion
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – The expansion of the Alfonso XII dock, in Cartagena, permits the simultaneous docking of two large cruisers...
Asturias government insists on relaunch of Gijón-Nantes Motorway of the Sea
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – The Minister of Infrastructures of the Principality of Asturias, Belén Fernández, called on the president of...
Contship increases Hannibal rail connectivity between Melzo and Rotterdam
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – The ERS Melzo-Rotterdam rail service by Hannibal, Contship’s Multimodal Transport Operator,...
Spanish Public Works Ministry expects Mediterranean Corridor to be completed in three years
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Ministry has assured that “most of the works” of the Mediterranean Corridor...
Dry ports, railway line to boost Bilbao port growth
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – The railway line and the dry ports in Burgos and Álava represent a boost for the development of Bilbao port, the...
Agreement for installation of automatic container management system in Rades port inked
Rades, Tunisia (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – A system for automatic management of containers and rolling units will be installed at the port of Rades...