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.
Vilagarcia port tests interior railway links
Vilagarcia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2017 – Vilagarcia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vilagarcía) carried out a successful test of...
Volos port authority looks at container port investment
Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) February 20, 2017 – The Port Authority of Volos, in central coastal Greece, is reportedly ready to submit a funding...
Port of Adria acquires mobile crane for Bar harbour
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 16, 2017 – Montenegrin company Port of Adria, the operator of the cargo terminal of Bar harbour, said it has...
New RMG cranes at Koper for improved productivity
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – In the last few days two rail-mounted gantries for the container terminal arrived at the port of...
Trieste Marine Terminal increases Munich train frequency
Trieste, Italy (PortSeurope) February 14, 2017 – A fourth regular weekly block train departure from Trieste to Munich and vice versa will commence at...
Rhenus to open logistic facilities in Tangier
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – German logistics firm Rhenus officially opened its customs warehouse in Casablanca on February 2,...
Catalan and Valencian businessmen support Mediterranean railway corridor
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Around 300 businessmen from Catalonia and Valencia met to defend the need to build the Mediterranean...
Algeria’s CNAN renews fleet
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – At the moment when the Timgad ship, bought by the Algerian National Shipping Company (CNAN), was...
Marseille port to start construction of two container terminals
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – After preparatory work and studies in 2016, the construction site for the two container terminals of...
Canadian miner Kinross to set up logistics hub at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Las Palmas port will become a global logistics hub of the Canadian-based gold and mining company...
Leixoes port resumes normal operation of oil terminal
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 8, 2017 – The B position of Leixoes Oil Terminal, which was suspended after an accident between two ships on...
Liebherr delivers equipment to Italian ports
Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – Liebherr has said that it has delivered a LHM 550 crane to Compagnia Portuale, in Monfalcone and two...
EU approves dismantling of ships at Bordeaux port
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – Bordeaux port has received an approval by the European Union for the dismantling of ships. The site...
Cartagena port authority launches electronic administration platform
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2017 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) has launched a new project, called...
Valencia port’s five cranes service “Al Dhail” vessel of UASC
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – The five cranes currently in service at APM Terminals Valencia at its Llovera dock worked...
SCZone talks with PSA International over East Port Said container terminal ongoing
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – Talks are ongoing between the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) and Singapore port-operator PSA...
Aviles port handles its largest project cargo ever
Aviles, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Spanish company Maritima del Principado (Marprin), owned by Toro y Betolaza Group, successfully...
Marseille port introduces system for power delivery to ferry ships
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – An electrical connection system for ferries, which allows ships to be powered when they are docked...
Marseille port to open ship repair dock in April
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – Chantier Naval de Marseille (CNdM)’s new ship repair dock number 10 at Marseille port will be...
Petlim container port second phase scheduled for Summer
Petkim, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Petlim container port second phase will enter service in June of this year,” said SOCAR Turkey Energy...