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.
Portugal’s TSL to expand on Iberian peninsula
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 3, 2017 – Portugal’s youngest shipping company, TSL (Tejo Shipping Lines), established on January 20, and...
Bilbao port authority carries out first LNG bunkering operation
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2017 – As a result of the collaboration between the Basque Energy Entity (Ente Vasco de la EnergÃa-EVE), Bahia Bizkaia...
Groupe Charles André open Fos logistics platform
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 2, 2017 – The Charles André Group (GCA) has opened its new 34,000 m² platform in the logistics areas of the...
Bilbao port launches cruise passenger station
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 30, 2017 – Bilbao port hit a historical landmark in its role as an economic engine with the inauguration of the new...
Balearic Islands port authority starts work on upgrading Savina harbour passenger station
Ibiza, Spain (Ports Europe) March 28, 2017 – Balearic Islands port authority (La Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) has started work on upgrading and...
Constanta port submits project for public discussion
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) March 28, 2017 – Romanian National Company “Maritime Ports Administration” SA Constanta said it has...
Eurogate Intermodal reinforces south-east services to Istanbul
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) March 28, 2017 – Eurogate Intermodal (EGIM) is expanding its intermodal transport network and reinforcing Munich as a hub...
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...