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.
Tremestieri port overhaul to start in August
Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) March 27, 2017 – The capacity upgrade works at Tremestieri port, south of Messina in Sicily, will start in August, transport...
Koper port opposes bill on Divaca railway project
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 27, 2017 – Luka Koper d.d, the operator of Slovenia’s Koper harbour, said it finds the content of the government...
Slovenian government publishes bill for Divaca-Koper railway project
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 27, 2017 – Slovenian Infrastructure Ministry has published a bill on the project for construction of second rail track...
DP World Limassol welcomes first maiden call cruise ship
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) March 25, 2017 –Â DP World Limassol has successfully welcomed the maiden call of the newest cruise ship in the world,...
Bilbao maritime cruise station set to open
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2017 – On 29 March, concurrently with the call of P&O’s Brittania, the new Bilbao maritime cruise station...
Bilbao port handles largest container ship ever
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2017 – The “Cezanne” vessel of Danish shipping group Maersk became the largest container ship ever to...
Canary Islands government, Tenerife port discuss construction link
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2017 – The regional government of the Canary Islands and Tenerife port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Santa Cruz de...
Boluda incorporates vessel into tugboat fleet
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2017 – Boluda Towage and Salvage, a division of Spanish group Boluda Corporacion Maritima, has added a new...
Cartagena port okays plan for development of logistics activities zone
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2017 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) gave the green light to a plan for the...
Trieste, port and dry port continue integration
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 22, 2017 – The authority that manages Trieste’s port of call continues to expand the complete integration between...
Work on the Marseille north passage continues
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 21, 2017 – Work on the expansion of the North Passage continues. The objective is to facilitate access for large...
Andalusia, Aragon jointly request state investment in Algeciras-Tarragona railway
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2017 – The presidents of the Spanish autonomous regions of Andalusia and Aragon have signed a cooperation...
Moroccan government to invest MAD 2.5 billion in port infrastructure this year
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 17, 2017 – This year will be marked by the launch of new infrastructure projects at Moroccan ports, l’Agence...
Seville port suspends Guadalquivir channel dredging project
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 17, 2017 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) has suspended the project for the dredging of the...
Savona, Genoa ports to become backbone of Italian harbour system
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 –Â The port system of Genoa and Savona will be the backbone of the Italian harbour sector, as guaranteed by...
Alicante port forecasts cruise traffic growth in 2017
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – The joint promotion work carried out in recent years by Alicante port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...
Bilbao port to officially open cruise passenger station by end-March
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) said it plans to officially open its new cruise...
Trieste port, AREA Science Park sign cooperation deal
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Italy’s Eastern Adriatic Sea Port System, managing Trieste port, has signed a cooperation agreement with...
PIR, Edison to build LNG storage facility at Ravenna port
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Italian provider of logistic solutions for the storage, handling and distribution of bulk liquids, dry goods...
Valencia port expects to service 50 cruise companies in 2020
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) expects the number of cruise companies...