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.
APM Terminals continues roll-out of digital export processing at Russian terminals
A paperless export processing system has been introduced at Petrolesport (PLP) and Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT), Russia, by APM Terminals. The...
Port of Tarragona finishes the first expansion of the Balears wharf
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 11, 2021 – The Port of Tarragona has finished the 460 m of cantile beam of the outer part of the Balears wharf, and...
P&O Ferrymasters builds new warehouse at Genk in Belgium
P&O Ferrymasters today announces it has entered into an agreement with Belgium-based Genk Green Logistics to build a 10,000 m² state-of-the-art warehouse...
Port of Baku starts the construction of a strategic fertiliser terminal
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – The Port of Baku has announced the start of construction of a fertiliser terminal at its new facility...
Last of the seven PCTC vessels ordered from the Chinese Yangfan shipyard is delivered to the Grimaldi Group
The last of the seven PCTC (Pure Car & Truck Carrier) vessels ordered from the Chinese Yangfan shipyard in Zhoushan was delivered to the Grimaldi Group...
Trieste Marine Terminal plans Pier VII extension
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) June 7, 2021 – Trieste Marine Terminal has announced that by the end of 2021, works will start on the extension of the quay...
Eco Catania vessel delivered to Grimaldi group
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) June 7, 2021 – The Eco Catania, the fifth of the twelve hybrid Ro-Ro ships belonging to the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation...
WEC Lines adds capacity to Bilbao-UK route
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) June 2, 2021 – WEC Lines is to use a larger ship in its weekly direct container service that began in January between with...
TPAO’s efforts to establish a refinery in Zonguldak continue
Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 1, 2021 – The works of Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) to establish a refinery on 960 acres are continuing at...
New crane equipment delivered to the NUTEP terminal
On May 26, 2021, the ZHEN HUA 19 ship delivered new equipment from China to the container terminal of NUTEP (part of DeloPorts, a stevedore asset of Delo...
Port of Huelva will invest €11 million in extending the Huelva-Seville railway line
Francisco Toledo and Pilar Miranda, presidents of Puertos del Estado and the Huelva Port Authority, respectively, have signed the addendum and extension to the...
PSA Antwerp trialing hydrogen-powered tractor in green energy bid
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 17, 2021 – PSA Antwerp has announced that it will trial a Terberg hydrogen-powered terminal tractor and mobile...
Port of Vado Ligure increases rail transport for containers
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 15, 2021 – In the first three months of 2021, 3,779 railway wagons for container transport moved to and from the port of...
APM Terminals/Enna Logic consortium bids for Zagreb Deep Sea container terminal concession in Rijeka port
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) May 12, 2021 – The Port Authority of Rijeka has reported that a consortium of Dutch APM Terminals and the local Enna Logic...
Minister at the symbolic start of the main construction works for construction of the second track, Divaca-Koper
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) May 5, 2021 – Today, Minister of Infrastructure, Jernej Vrtovec, attended a ceremonial event at the signing of the...
Efficiency and speed in ports’ handling of containers and use of boxes inland can greatly ease shortages
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 5, 2021 – Shipping companies cannot keep buying ever more expensive containers; newly ordered container ships will start...
Railway connection between the Port of Trieste and Nürnberg is strengthened
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 26, 2021 – Following its introduction in November last year, the intermodal rail cargo service between Trieste and...