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.
Egypt inaugurates Tahya Misr terminal in Alexandria
Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 19, 2023 – The Tahya Misr multipurpose maritime terminal in Alexandria has been inaugurated. It is operated by...
Iran adds ships to Caspian Sea fleet
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – Fifteen commercial ships have been added to Iran’s Caspian Sea fleet, reports the Ports and Maritime...
New berth in Odesos port in Varna
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – Bulgaria’s Black Sea Port Odesos PBM in Varna has started the construction of a new berth. It will be 220...
Port of Constanta plans €650 million infrastructure investment
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) May 25, 2023 – The Port of Constanta is planning a €650 million infrastructure investment, announced management...
Road to Makhachkala to be financed by bond issue
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – The issuing of infrastructure bonds worth some 5 billion rubles (58 million euro) to finance the...
Second stage of Rostov-on-Don grain terminal progresses
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (Ports Europe) May 15, 2023 – The project for the construction of the second stage of the grain terminal in Rostov Marine Multimodal...
Turkey’s Safiport to increase solar power usage
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 12, 2023 – Safiport has commissioned a solar panel project to supply energy to meet demand. The port is now...
Will Greece review FSRU-LNG projects?
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) May 9, 2023 – The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to upheavals in gas markets. European Union (EU) countries...
Kernel to build grain and sunflower oil terminal in Reni
Reni, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 8, 2023 – Kernel, Ukraine’s largest producer and exporter of vegetable oil, plans to build a transshipment terminal in...
US Ambassador Bridget Brink visits Danube ports of Reni, Izmail in Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 5, 2023 – U.S. Ambassador Bridget A. Brink visited the Danube river ports of Reni and Izmail on April 26, 2023. The...
New logistics center to be built in Novorossiysk port
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) May 1, 2023 – A new logistics center with an area of 20,000 m² has opened in Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk,...
Russia’s Global Ports to set up own fleet of containers
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 28, 2023 – Global Ports Group is to establish its own container fleet. This will comprise 4,000 specialised...
Malta Freeport Terminals plans Terminal 2 expansion
Birzebbuga, Malta (Ports Europe) April 28, 2023 – Malta Freeport Terminals has signed an agreement with the government to carry out its expansion of...
APM Terminals MedPort Tangier receives new cranes
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 28, 2023 – APM Terminals MedPort Tangier in Morocco has received the first of four batches of new dual...
Valenciaport, Burgos are working on study of direct rail connection
València, Spain (Ports Europe) April 27, 2023 – Valenciaport and Burgos are working on the study of a direct rail connection that links the port with...
Russia paves the ground for ammonia terminals in its ports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 26, 2023 – Russian Ministry of Transport has amended the “Norms for the technological design of seaports”...
New fertiliser terminal in Baku port by July
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) April 24, 2023 – A new mineral fertiliser terminal of Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea Port of Baku will become operational by...
Ukraine’s Orlivka ferry complex to become river-sea port
Orlivka, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 24, 2023 – The Ukrainian Orlivka (Orlovka) ferry complex on the Danube River ferry crossing with Romania’s Isakcha is...