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.
Oristano issues go-ahead for the Edison natural gas storage depot
Oristano, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) December 27, 2017 – The authorisation process the coastal storage of Edison’s natural gas in the...
Rigel II ferry has been restored to the Durrës-Bari line
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) December 26, 2017 – The “Rigel II” ferry has been restored to the Durrës-Bari line due to the increasing...
Ekol Romania invests in new facility
Bucharest, Romania (PortSEurope) December 22, 2017 – Ekol Logistics is expanding in Romania and has signed a 5-year lease contract for a new facility...
PortNet signs three conventions
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 22, 2017 – The annual convention of the single window PortNet was marked by the signature of three conventions...
ADM Romania increases capacity in Constanta port with new floating crane
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – ADM Romania has recently been equipped with a new floating crane – “Harvest...
EC to provide funding for MoS project of Civitavecchia, Barcelona ports
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – The European Commission (EC) has said it will provide co-financing for the “BClink: MOS for the...
Santander Coated Solutions to start expansion of factory in March 2018
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – Spanish company Santander Coated Solutions, a subsidiary of Network Steel Resources, plans to launch the...
Italy’s Liguria to invest €350 million in Vado Ligure port terminal
Vado Ligure, Italy (PortSEurope) December 19, 2017 – Italy’s Liguria region has signed a programme agreement for investments worth €350 million...
Portuguese logistics development held up by infrastructure limitations
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – The lack of a global strategy in the logistics and freight sector, capable of connecting ports,...
Nantes-Saint.Nazaire calls for container train link to Lyon
Nantes-Saint.Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – The French Atlantic seaport of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire is called for the electrification of...
Spanish ports see increased challenge from Tanger Med
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Politicians from Malaga, Valencia and Catalonia have raised the issue of Tanger Med becoming...
Algeria government aims to make El Hamdania a top 30 container port
Algiers, Algeria (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – According to Algeria’s direction des Travaux publics (DTP – Public Works Department), El...
Varroc Lighting Systems to set up plant in Tanger Automotive City
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 17, 2017 – U.S.-based Varroc Lighting Systems is to establish a manufacturing and product development base in...
Conference issues call for Marseille-Genoa to join Ten-T transport corridor
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 17, 2017 – Philippe Tabarot, transport officer at the Paca regional council, Joan Amoros, president of the...
Route picked for Turkey’s $15.5bn Black Sea canal
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 17, 2017 – According to a report published in Habertürk, a route has been finalised for a proposed “Canal...
Bordeaux Port Atlantique launches the works of the marina of Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) December 16, 2017 – Bordeaux Port Atlantique has begun work on the redevelopment of the marina (basin n ° 2). The scale...
Barcelona port to open railway terminal shortly
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Barcelona port plans to launch in the coming days a terminal for freight trains, increasing its capacity...