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.
Vopak Terquimsa starts liquid bulk operations at Barcelona port terminal
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – Spanish company Vopak Terquimsa, a specialist in the storage, processing and transport...
Vigo port to receive €13 million EU funding for Ro-Ro terminal overhaul
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Vigo port will receive €13 million ($14.9 million) of financing from the European Union (EU) to upgrade its...
Italy’s FdS to improve intermodal infrastructure at Venice’s Mestre railway station
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Italian state-owned railway group Ferrovie dello Stato (FdS) plans to launch a project for the...
AdSP Palermo to invest in Termini Imerese port overhaul
Termini Imerese, Italy (PortSEurope) December 17, 2018 – Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP – Western Sicily...
PSA Container Terminal of Sines surpasses TEU record of 2017
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Until December 12, Terminal XXI (Sines container terminal) handled 1,669,295 TEU, up 5% on the same...
“Mediterraneo” floating dock is operational again in Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – The “Mediterraneo” floating dock is operational again: normal haulage activities suspended...
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana and Venice port authority sign railway upgrade agreement
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Maurizio Gentile, Managing Director and General Manager of Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (FS Group), the...
Italy’s RFI approves overhaul of rail network near Venice port
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 13, 2018 – Italian state-owned railway operator Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has approved an investment project for...
Carnival set to start operations at new Tenerife port cruise terminal
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Port Authority of...
Spain has two of 44 automated ports globally
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2018 – Spain has two of the total 44 ports worldwide with one or more automated terminals, namely Barcelona, with...
Algeciras port could multiply freight rail traffic by 15 by 2030
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2018 – Algeciras port could multiply by 15 the number of freight trains it handles annually by 2030 if it has a...
Port of Izmir to be connected to BTK railway
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 9, 2018 – Turkey plans to connect the port of Izmir to the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway corridor (BTK) by rail, the...
Sines port introduces new model for road freight handling
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – A new model for delivery and collection of cargo by road will be launched at the beginning of 2019 at the...
Edison launches the first integrated small scale LNG logistics chain in Italy that will make heavy and maritime transport sustainable
Milan, Italy, November 30, 2018 Edison launches in Italy the first integrated logistics chain of small scale LNG (liquefied natural gas plants on a small...
Edison: Agreement with Knutsen for the chartering of the ship that will supply the small scale GNL storage unit in Ravenna
Milan, Italy, November 30, 2018 Edison Spa announces the stipulation with the Norwegian shipowner Knutsen OAS Shipping of a 12-year long-term contract...
Italy’s PIR Group, Edison to start construction of LNG storage facility at Ravenna port in Jan 2019
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – Italian company Depositi Italiani GNL, a 51/49 joint venture of PIR-Petrolifera Italo Rumena group...
Cartagena port to launch LNG terminal project in 2019
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) November 30, 2018 – Cartagena port plans to launch next year projects for the construction of a terminal for the supply of...