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.
Sagunto port to start operating Border Inspection Post in 2018
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has completed a project for the design of the building...
Risoil targets 7 million tonnes of cargo at Chernomorsk port
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Kiev-based liquid bulk terminal operator Risoil S.A. targets an annual cargo traffic of 7 million tonnes...
Las Palmas port analyses extension of Santa Catalina dock
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) plans to extend the dock of Santa Catalina. One...
Basque Country, Navarre governments discuss connectivity of Bilbao, Pasaia ports to Pamplona
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – Representatives of the governments of the Basque Country and Navarre held a working meeting in Pamplona to analyse...
Productivity declines at Valencia port as government prepares new stowage sector law
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – The slight decrease in productivity, which began on May 15 in Valencia port, was consolidated on May 16....
Huelva port awards railway rehabilitation deal to Acciona
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) and Acciona Construcción S.A. have signed a contract worth...
Spain’s Adif plans actions for overhaul of Bobadilla-Algeciras line
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – Spanish state-owned railway operator Adif is carrying out the inspection of the Bobadilla-Algeciras railway...
Croatia gets EU funding for construction of bulk terminal in Osijek
Osijek, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – The Croatian government has agreed a EU financing for the construction of bulk cargo terminal in Osijek. The...
Occitanie region targets 4.6 million tonnes of cargo traffic at Sète port in 2020
Sète, France (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – France’s Occitanie region revealed a strategy to boost the competitiveness of Sète port. The objective is...
The truck service area and the Vgas natural gas station operational in Marseille
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – The dedicated parking area for truck drivers and the Vgas Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV) station on the Mât...
Bari port looks to improve Albanian passenger services
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – A new phase of cross-border cooperation was initiated by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...
Nador West Med to develop international capacity
Nador, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 –Â The Moroccan government plans to develop Nador West Med port complex with a focus on European opportunities....
Vinci completes Casablanca port development
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 –Â Dumez Maroc (Vinci Construction International Network) has handed over the new fishing port in...
Las Palmas port aims to recover fresh fishing traffic
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 –  Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) plans to work to recover the throughput of...
Louis Dreyfus Company Inaugurates Grain Terminal in Azov, Russia
Azov, Russia (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 –  Louis Dreyfus Company Vostok today inaugurated a grain terminal in Russia’s Rostov region, completed in...
Castellón port modifies solid bulk operations rules
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) has launched an operating system to increase...
Repsol leaves Guixar area of Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – Spanish oil and gas giant Repsol has started dismantling the facilities it has been operating at the Guixar area of...
Italy’s Cemat starts operating La Spezia-Padua dry ports fast railway corridor
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – Italian transport company Cemat S.p.a. has started operating the fast track railway corridor connecting La...
Aurubis to launch warehouse at Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – German group Aurubis AG plans to start operating on May 11 a warehouse for the storage, control and unloading...
Ukraine announces new port fees calculation
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 9, 2017 – Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelyan announced the presentation of a new methodology for...