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.
Dragados expands in Port of Cadiz
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2024 – The construction company Dragados has been expanding at the Port of Cadiz. The company currently has a...
Hutchison Ports BEST introduces first 100% electric Reach Stacker
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2024 – Hutchison Ports BEST has introduced the first electric Reach Stacker in Southern Europe at its...
Volkswagen exports cars to Italy via Port of Sanova
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 11, 2024 – The Volkswagen group has decided to use the Savona port to transport Audi, Volkswagen and Seat cars...
JSW & Metinvest plan steel plant in Piombino, Italy
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) September 6, 2024 – Indian steel group Jindal South West (JSW) is to sign a contract with Ukrainian-based steel group...
Russian President Putin launches coal terminal in Sukhodol seaport
Vladivostok, Russia (Ports Europe) September 5, 2024 – Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched operations at the coal terminal in the Sukhodol...
Medcenter Container Terminal receives 18 hybrid straddle carriers, Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 26, 2024 – The Medcenter Container Terminal has received 18 hybrid straddle carriers from the Swedish company...
‘Cruisezillas’: How much bigger can cruise ships get? – T & E
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe)- August 13, 2024 – Clean energy advocate Transport & Environment has published a report asking how big cruise ships...
St.Petersburg’s First Container Terminal extends railway capacity
St.Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) August 12, 2024 – First Container Terminal in the Big Port of St. Petersburg has increased the length of its railway...
Best Container Terminal Barcelona receives new cranes
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 5, 2024 – The Best Container Terminal at the Port of Barcelona, the first semi-automated terminal of the Hutchison...
$660 million liquefied ethane gas facility in Egypt’s Dekheila port
Dekheila, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 4, 2024 – A $663 million facility to receive, store, and process liquefied ethane gas (LEG) will be built in...
Port of Gioia Tauro inaugurates towage dock
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) July 30, 2024 – The Port of Gioia Tauro has inaugurated the western dock, which is dedicated exclusively to tugboat...
Ice-class tugs badly needed for Russia’s Northern Sea Route
Murmansk, Russia (Ports Europe) July 29, 2024 – To operate efficiently, the ports along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) – the new Western...
Boluda Maritime Terminals Santander completes 2nd phase expansion
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2024 – Boluda Maritime Terminals Santander has completed the works on the second phase of the concession,...
Lidl’s Tailwind Shipping Lines increases capacity
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) July 22, 2024 – Tailwind Shipping Lines has added a further vessel to its fleet, which now totals nine ships. Lidl...
Snam’s Ravenna offshore regasifier on schedule for Q1 2025
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) July 16, 2024 – Work on Ravenna’s offshore regasifier are proceeding according to schedule. It will land 8.5 km from...
Serbia plans to revive Danube port of Prahovo
Belgrade, Serbia (Ports Europe) July 16, 2024 – Serbia will invest 36 million euros in the country’s Danube River port of Prahovo, Minister of...
OOCL’s first 21,000 TEU ship arrives in La Spezia Container Terminal
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 14, 2024 – Contship Group’s La Spezia Container Terminal is has welcomed the arrival of Orient Overseas...
Atlantic Copper seeks terminal in Port of Huelva
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) July 11, 2024 – The metallurgical company Atlantic Copper has proposed a project to develop and operate its own terminal in...
HAROPA Le Havre receives new port crane
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) July 10, 2024 – The HAROPA cruise terminal in Le Havre has received a new port crane, part of the development of the...
New fish products facility in Porto de Celeiro, Galicia
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) July 9, 2024 – In October, the Xunta de Galicia plans to complete the modernisation of the new warehouse for the...