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.
Grimaldi strengthens the Ravenna-Brindisi-Catania with Eco Catania and Eco Livorno
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) November 1, 2021 – The Grimaldi group is including two new super Ro-Ro vessels on its Ravenna-Brindisi-Catania service. The...
Port Tarragona inaugurates the new Moll de Balears
The Port of Tarragona was the scene today of the inauguration of the new Moll de Balears, the new multipurpose infrastructure attached to the Llevant dike...
Port of Ashdod can now handle megaships
Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) October 27, 2021 – The Port of Ashdod is completing renovation on the western side of Platform 21. This allows...
British American Tobacco invests in the port of Trieste
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 28, 2021 – British American Tobacco (BAT) is planning to invest around €500 million to establish a new hub for...
Cobasa finalises the construction of new fertilizer terminal in the Port of Santander
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2021 – Cobasa Grupo Logístico, part of the GOF holding company, is finalizing the construction of its...
APM Terminals’ Aqaba Container Terminal sees new port equipment
Aqaba, Jordan (Ports Europe) September 23, 2021 – The Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT), operated by APM Terminals, has received new equipment including...
Repsol start to build Bilbao port LNG terminal
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2021 – Spanish energy and petrochemical company Repsol SA has started building an liquified natural gas (LNG)...
Adif, Valenciaport & Tramesa agree new Madrid-Valencia rail link
València, Spain (Ports Europe) September 16, 2021 – Rail operator Adif, Valenciaport and Transportes Mixtos Especiales (Tramesa) have signed an...
METRANS to build new HUB terminal in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
Budapest, Hungary (Ports Europe) September 13, 2021 – Intermodal transport provider METRANS is to invest €40 million ($47.19 million) in new HUB...
Ports and logistics highlighted for Turkish investment
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 13, 2021 – According to the Turkish government’s 2022-2024 Investment Program, both ports and logistics...
Risoil Terminal signs agreement to invest in Ukraine’s port of Chernomorsk
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 10, 2021 – JV Risoil Terminal LLC has signed an agreement with Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) to...
RFI reconnects Trieste port with Servola and Aquilina stations
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 6, 2021 – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), the Italian railway infrastructure manager, has completed a €7.5...
New Chinese-operated Haifa Bay Port starts operations
Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) September 2, 2021 – China’s state-owned Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) won the tender in 2015 to operate the new...
“Norwegian Prima” floated out of port of Marghera
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 30, 2021 – The “Norwegian Prima” ship is the first of six vessels of Norwegian Cruise Line’s (NCL)...
Port of Marghera, Venice, prepares temporary cruise ship facility
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 29, 2021 – The Port of Marghera, located next to the suburb of Mestre on the mainland shore west of...
Kombiverkehr to increase services between Italy, Germany and Benelux
Frankfurt, Germany (Ports Europe) August 20, 2021 – Kombiverkehr KG, an intermodal transport business, is to increase the number of trains operating...
Russia’s Port of Taganrog set for new grain handling complex
Taganrog, Russia (Ports Europe) August 17, 2021 – State agency Glavgosexpertiza has announced positive results of engineering surveys for the...