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.
Asia-Mediterranean container shipping declines in Jan-Feb 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – According to a recent report by UK consultancy Drewry, container shipping on the Asia-Mediterranean sea...
Enagas, Puertos del Estado to carry out LNG road show in Portugal
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – Spanish gas distributor Enagas and the country’s port agency Puertos del Estado are organising a road...
Alphaliner expects East-West container demand to rise by 5% in April
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – With the launch of new alliances, especially in East-West traffic, as of April 1, the demand for ships and...
USPA to return funding spent for purchase of dredger in four years
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 23, 2017 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Administration (USPA) expects to return the funding spent on the purchase of a ship for...
Repair at La Esfinge dock of Las Palmas port to last for four months
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – The president of Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas), Luis Ibarra, said the...
Odessa port sets up working group for rail overhaul
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 23, 2017 – Odessa port has set up a working group, led by deputy managing director Ruslan Sahautdinov, for the overhaul...
Bulgarian government approves dredging at Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) April 23, 2017 – Bulgaria’s government has given the green light to a contract for the dredging of Burgas port to reach...
Naviera Armas collides with La Esfinge dock of Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – The Tamasite Volcano ferry of Spanish group Naviera Armas collided on April 21 against the shoulder of La...
Burgas West to acquire ferry ship for Burgas-Novorossiysk line
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) April 23, 2017 – Bulgarian company Port Bulgaria West plans to acquire a ferry ship to operate the regular line connecting...
Morocco targets 10% rise of bunkering services revenue
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 21, 2017 – Morocco is targeting an increase of 10% in bunkering revenues this year, the Merchant Marine director of...
Spain’s Adif upgrades railway line connecting Zaragoza to Sagunto port
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) April 21, 2017 – Spanish state-run railway operator Adif (Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias) plans to execute...
Bergé Operaciones Portuarias expands storage capacity at Santander port
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 20, 2017 – Spanish company Bergé Operaciones Portuarias has increased its commitment to the agri-food traffic at...
Lanzarote mayor asks Las Palmas port to guarantee Arrecife cruise dock construction
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 20, 2017 – Lanzarote mayor has asked the president of the Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las...
Naples port dredging to begin in July
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 20, 2017 – The dredging of Naples port seabed will start in July and will last for two years or so, the president of the...
Sfax Chamber of Commerce promotes launch of logistics area
Sfax, Tunisia (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Sfax, in synergy with all economic players of the region, has...
Valencia port railway terminal to operate 24 hours a day
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – The railway terminal of Valencia port will be able to operate rail services 24 hours a day, thanks to the...
USPA starts operational dredging of Odessa port
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) started on April 13 the operational dredging of Odessa port with its own...
Vigo port launches ro-ro ramp at Bouzas terminal
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2017 –  Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) has completed the rearangement of the huge parking lot at...
Mariupol port sets up cluster for grain handling
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 7, 2017 –Mariupol port said it plans to set up a cluster for the handling of grain, together with companies STT and...
Contship expands Hannibal rail services
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2017 –Â Hannibal, the multimodal transport operating division of the Contship Italia Group, is expanding with a...