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.
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...
CMA CGM launches updated version of mobile app
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 9, 2017 – French shipping group CMA CGM has released a new version of its mobile application that allows customers to...
Cagliari port increases cruise ship traffic
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 9, 2017 – Today, the Cagliari cruise port will simultaneously receive five cruise vessels: MSC Armonia, MSC...
Suardiaz extends Morocco ro-ro service
Nantes-St.Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) May 5, 2017 – Suardiaz, the Spanish shipping and logistics group, is extending its Montoir-de-Bretagne (Nantes)...
Decal and San Marco Petroli plan to build a LNG Terminal in Porto Marghera
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – Decal S.p.A., in joint venture with San Marco Petroli S.p.A., has successfully completed the feasibility study...
EIB finances increase of logistics capacity (ZAL Port) of Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – The logistics zone (ZAL Port) of the Port of Barcelona is receiving a loan from the EIB to finance the...
EIB lends CEPSA €70 million to implement plan to optimise aromatics plants in Andalusia
Luxembourg (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted CEPSA a €70 million ($76.21 million) loan to finance projects...
Adriatic Sea Tourism Project – 2017 edition – executive summary
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – The 5th edition of Adriatic Sea Tourism Report (ASTR) produces the annual analysis and description of maritime...