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.
Progeco to build warehouse at Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 9, 2017 – Progeco Bilbao, a specialist in the storage and transport of containers, is preparing the construction...
Santander port to tender northern access construction by end-2017
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – The works of the new direct link to Santander port from the A-67 road will be tendered before the end...
Tarragona port to discuss strategies for becoming alternative to ports in northern Europe
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – Tarragona port will hold on November 23-24 a conference to discuss strategies for enhancing the role...
Valencia port to install OCR system for management of railway container traffic
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – Valencia port has developed over the last decade a large number of projects in the railway sector with...
Seville port to launch dredging of Eurovía channel on Nov 8
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) plans to launch on November 8 the 2017 campaign...
Bilbao harbour launches dry port in Pancorbo
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – The dry port of Bilbao in Pancorbo, near Burgos, began operating on November 7 after the investment of...
Venice issues cruise ships restrictions
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – An Italian government committee has ruled that ships weighing 100,000 tonnes or more will no longer be...
Boluda reinforces presence at Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – Boluda Corporación Marítima, through its tugboat division, plans to increase activity in the port of...
Valencia port to invest €5.2 million to increase draft of container dock
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans invest €5.2 million ($6 million) to...
Valencia port president says he does not understand reasons for northern access rejection
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – The president of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), Aurelio Martinez, has...
Puertos del Estado, Baleària to discuss relaunch of Gijón-Nantes Motorway of the Sea
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, and the commercial and...
Damietta Container to issue global tender for Damietta Port platforms
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – Damietta Container & Cargo Handling Company is to issue a global tender for the development of...
The Escola Europea collaborates with an innovative project to build the New Mediterranean Corridor
Last October 2nd at the Generalitat of Catalonia’s headquarters – Ministry of Land and Sustainability – General Direction of Transports and...
Maersk Line launches rail service to Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 6, 2017 – Maersk Line has launched a rail service between Córdoba and Algeciras port to expand its intermodal...
Astilleros Gondán to build four eco-ferries for Baleària
Castropol, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2017 – Astilleros Gondán has a contract to construct four GRP ecofast ferries with a capacity for 350...
Baleària incorporates next December an ‘eco fast ferry’ on the Ibiza-Formentera line
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2017 – At the end of 2017, Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. will introduce the first vessel of a series of...
Panamanian government to study cargo inspection work at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Valencia port received this week a visit of a Panamanian governmental delegation, led by the Minister...