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.
Astican opens new facilities at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – Spanish shipbuilder and ship repair company Astilleros Canarios S.A. (Astican) has officially opened its...
Valencia port welcomes Ford’s fresh investment in Spain
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – The president of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), Aurelio Martínez, has welcomed...
Port of Heraklion opens new cruise terminal
Heraklion, Greece (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – The Port of Heraklion has celebrated the official opening of the upgraded cruise terminal. In...
IFC, Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry to launch PPPs in ports development
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – IFC, part of the World Bank Group, and Ukraine’s Ministry of Infrastructure signed a Memorandum of...
World Bank team presents initial findings on improving freight transit of the Caucasus Transit Corridor
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – The World Bank team has presented the initial findings of its study on improving freight transit and...
Batumi and Poti ports join Lapis Lazuli transit corridor
Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – Georgia is to join the Lapis Lazuli Corridor, a transport route connecting Europe and Asia by road,...
Sicily gets €490,000 EU funding for overhaul of port near Trapani
Trapani, Italy (PortSEurope) November 16, 2017 – Sicily regional government has agreed on a €486,525 ($573,275) funding from the European Union (EU) for...
Spain’s Concasa acquires crane for container terminal at Cádiz port
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Cádiz) has said company Compañía Gaditana de...
Dredging works announced for Chornomorsk port
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 14, 2017 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has announced the procedure of open bidding for the...
Andalusia government to promote cruise offer at CruiseWorld fair in Florida
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 14, 2017 – Andalusia’s regional government and Andalusia Cruises, an association that includes the seven...
Naviera Armas applies for operation of terminal at Arrecife port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 14, 2017 – Spanish shipping company Naviera Armas, S.A. has requested from Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad...
Valenciaport promotes the Cantabrian-Mediterranean corridor to businessmen from Navarra and La Rioja
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 14, 2017 – The general director of L’Autoritat Portuària de València (APV – Valencia Port...
Trieste, Koper ports handle more trains than Rotterdam
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) November 13, 2017 – Italy’s Trieste and Slovenia’s Koper ports together handle more trains weekly than Rotterdam...
Plovdiv-Burgas railway phase 2 gets government approval
Burgas, Bulgarian (PortSEurope) November 13, 2017 – The Managing Authority of Operational Program “Transport Infrastructure” 2014-2020 is to...
Event: Porto de Setúbal – A solution for the Lisbon region, November 22, Setúbal
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 11, 2017 – The Conference Porto de Setúbal – A solution for the Lisbon region | More Capacity, Greater...
Figueira da Foz port commences dredging work
Figueira da Foz, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 11, 2017 – Surveys for the deepening of the navigation channel and interior area of Porto...
Turkmenistan’s new port to open new trade opportunities
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) November 10, 2017 – The Turkmen government is constructing a new Caspian Sea port at Turkmenbasho nd recently...