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.
Decathlon doubles logistics area in ZAL, Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – Decathlon SA, the French seller of sports equipment, is to rent a site of 96,000 m² in ZAL (La Zona...
Noatum Logistics to open two new facilities
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2019 – Noatum Logistics, the division of Noatum Maritime specialising in logistics, international transport...
Trieste port’s new FREEeste logistics area already operational
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 5, 2019 – Italy’s Trieste port plans to officially open its free trade zone, named FREEeste, on February...
Livorno port improves rail access to Darsena Toscana terminal
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) February 5, 2019 – Livorno port has introduced new procedures for rail traffic entering and exiting the Varco Ferrovia...
Croatian government approves financing for Krk LNG terminal
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – The Croatian government has approved a decision on financing the €234 million first stage of the...
MSC to build Portugal’s largest dry port
Lousado, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to build Portugal’s largest dry port through Medway,...
Noatum to complete Bilbao port rail terminal expansion in June
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao will complete in June the expansion of its rail terminal, which will...
USPA dredged 10 ports and canals in 2018
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 27, 2019 – In 2018, Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) directed the for dredging of six ports and four...
Ravenna port needs dredging to recover cruise traffic
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – Ravenna port sees cruise traffic decline as a result of the draft risk it poses. The number of cruise...
Maersk platform at Italy’s Vado Ligure port 77% completed
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – The construction of the multifunctional Maersk platform at Italy’s Vado Ligure port is 77%...
Bayonne port starts dredging project
Bayonne, France (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Bayonne port has started new dredging of the access to the dock and the logistics area of Saint...
Italy to accelerate road projects at Vado Ligure port
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Italy’s government plans to complete the construction of the improved road connections to Vado...
Livorno port completes maintenance works of two berths
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – Livorno port has completed the maintenance of two berths after more than a year of repair works....
Cartagena port studying alternatives to El Gorguel project
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) January 15, 2019 – Spain’s Public Works Ministry, together with Puertos del Estado and...
Sapir receives new Liebherr lifting equipment for Ravenna port terminal
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) January 14, 2019 – The Sapir group has received Liebherr lifting equipment worth €7 million ($8.02 million) for its...
Alcoa offers six-month extension to Galician plants
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – U.S. aluminium producer Alcoa has offered to turn off the electrolysis series at its plants in A Coruña...
Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao to increase rail capacity
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 8, 2019 – To consolidate its commitment to intermodal transport, Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao is working on the...