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.
PSA Breakbulk launches Port of Antwerp’s first Project Cargo Ecosystem
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 20, 2023 – PSA Breakbulk officially launched the Port of Antwerp’s first Project Cargo Ecosystem (PCE) in Belgium...
FESCO to increase container fleet to 160,000 TEU during 2023
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) April 19, 2023 – The FESCO Transport Group plans to increase its container fleet to 160,000 containers (TEU) in 2023....
Port of Rotterdam plans 1-GW green hydrogen complex
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) April 18, 2023 – The Port of Rotterdam is planning an up to 1-GW green hydrogen complex that will source...
Cereal Docks to add six silos to Porto Marghera, Venice
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) April 17, 2023 – Cereal Docks Spa is to add six silos to its operations in Porto Marghera in the Port of Venice. This will...
Ascet Shipping to build grain storage facility near inland port of Izmail
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 4, 2023 – Ascet Shipping LLC will build a grain storage facility near the south, inland port of Izmail. The $500,000...
APM Terminals to expand Maasvlakte II container terminal, Rotterdam
Rotterdam, Netherlands (PortSEurope) April 3, 2023 – APM Terminals, part of A.P. Moller – Maersk, has announced the expansion of its Maasvlakte II...
Boluda finalizes the opening of its container terminal in the port of Santander
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) March 30, 2023 – Boluda Maritime Terminals and DIF are planning the start of their new container terminal in the port of...
New LNG complex to be built in Sviyazhsk, Tatarstan, Russia
Sviyazhsk, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – A liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and bunkering complex will be built on the territory of the...
Moscow desperate for first ammonia transshipment complex in Taman
Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) March 22, 2023 – Under heavy pressure to speed-up the construction of Russia’s first ammonia and mineral fertilisers...
Four bcm FSRU ship docked in Italy’s Piombino
Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) March 21, 2023 – Golar Tundra, the giant ship that will serve as a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasifier, has arrived...
New Genoa logistics warehouse opened – Pra’ Distripark Europa
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) March 17, 2023 – PSA Italy has opened a new warehouse, Pra’ Distripark Europa, in the port basin of Genoa Pra’. It...
Iberdrola, Haizea will invest €150 million in the port of Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) March 16, 2023 – Energy company Iberdrola and the Haizea Wind Group have signed a contract worth more than €200 million...
New pier in Don River in 2023 after poor cargo handling results
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) March 16, 2023 – A new pier for mineral and construction cargo with a capacity of 300,000 tonnes per year will...
British American Tobacco opens second production line in Trieste
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) March 6, 2023 – BAT Italia, part of British American Tobacco, is to open a second production line i in the FreEste area in...
Sanctions cause cancellation of two grain terminal projects in Azov Sea
Taganrog, Russia (PortSEurope) March 5, 2023 – Western sanctions have forced Russia to abandon construction projects for new grain terminals in the Azov Sea...
Draft of vessels in Ukraine’s Danube ports significantly increase
Izmail, Ukraine (PortSEurope) February 20, 2023 – War-torn Ukraine has managed to increase the draft of vessels in the country’s section of the Danube...
New terminals and berths in Novorossiysk port
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) February 17, 2023 – Novaya Pristan company (part of OZK Group) is preparing the project for new berths in Russia’s Black...