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.
Car parts maker Martur Fompak expand Tanger facility
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 1, 2022 – Turkey’s car part manufacturer, Martur Fompak, will soon open 3,500 m² extension to its plant...
Carbones Italia Srl terminal inaugurated in Porto Marghera, Venice
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 23, 2022 – The Carbones Italia Srl terminal was inaugurated on February 21, located in Porto Marghera, along the...
The logistics platform, Boluda Maritime Terminals Santander, is expected to be operational in 2023
Valencia, 17 February 2022 Boluda Corporación Marítima CEO Vicente Boluda will attend the cornerstone laying ceremony for the container terminal in the north...
Transitex opens its first cold storage warehouse
In February, Transitex concludes the construction of its first refrigerated warehouse; the YILPORT Holding logistics operator, headquartered in Lisbon,...
KEME Energy to invest €5.2 million in green hydrogen production in Sines
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 16, 2022 – KEME Energy plans to invest €5.2 million in building a green hydrogen production plant in Sines. It...
Port of Aveiro improves competitiveness in the movement of liquid bulk
Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 16, 2022 – The Port of Aveiro has concluded a €2.6 million project to increase the competitiveness of its...
Dredging complete on the approaches to the Risoil pier, Chernomorsk
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 7, 2022 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) reported last month that it has completed the dredging of the...
Port of Hamburg increases draft to handle larger vessels
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) January 31, 2022 – The Port of Hamburg has announced that draft of the harbour has been increased by 1-1.9 metres. This...
Port of Poti opens new PACE group seaport facility
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 31, 2022 – Last Saturday saw the official opening of a new terminal in Poti on the Southern Georgian Black Sea...
New desalinisation plant planned for Port city of Casablanca
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) January 27, 2022 – State-owned Office National de l’Électricité et de l’Eau (ONEE – National Office of...
Maersk opens its logistics center for South Western Europe at port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2022 – A.P. Moller-Maersk has opened its newly built 8,168 m² facility to provide logistics services to the...
Boluda Towage Spain adds 7,000 HP tugboat to Valencia port fleet
The VB SIDI has a 72.5-ton bollard pull Valencia, 20 January 2022 The arrival of the VB SIDI tug, with a 72.5 ton-bollard pull and nearly 7,000 horsepower,...
Boluda Towage adds capacity at Port of València
València, Spain (Ports Europe) January 21, 2022 – Boluda Towage Spain has added a tug vessel “VB SIDI” to its fleet operating at the Port...
Brittany Ferries management visit new terminal in Port of Santander
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2022 – The president of the Port Authority of Santander, Francisco Martín, has visited the site of the new...
The second track of the Divaca-Koper railway line is progressing
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 19, 2022 – A consortium led by Kolektor CPG has completed the digging works on the first kilometre of tunnels...
New container terminal planned for Olya port and deepening of Volga-Caspian Sea Canal
Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) January 18, 2022 – By the end of 2023, the first stage of construction of a new container terminal in Caspian Sea port of...
Noatum Terminals acquires new crane for Port of Castellón facility
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2022 – Noatum Terminal Castellón has completed the acquisition of a Liebherr automobile crane for its port...