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.
Tangier Med to starting point to develop the MoS in the Mediterranean
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Escola Europea has held a conference in Tangier “Motorways of the Sea: new tools towards...
First freight train on Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway departs Baku port
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – On October 30, the inauguration ceremony of the Baku–Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway was held at...
Motorway of the Sea to Tangier allows Vigo to receive fresh fish in 36 hours
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – No European port would dispute Vigo harbour’s leadership in the handling of fish for human...
Global Ports Holding to open new state-of-the-art terminal in Lisbon Cruise Port
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Global Ports Holding, the operator of Lisbon Cruise Terminal, will soon open it new terminal at the...
Castellón port eyes regular train service to Zaragoza
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – Castellón port expects to have “three or four” weekly connections by train with Zaragoza by...
CCI managing multiple tasks in Nice port
Nice, France (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – In January 2017, CCI Nice-Côte d’Azur (Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie Nice Côte d’Azur)...
Santander Coated Solutions to resume expansion of factory at port in March 2018
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Spanish company Santander Coated Solutions SL plans to start the second phase of the development of its...
Athens-Thessaloniki high-speed rail service set for January 2018 start
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Preparations are going ahead for the first high-speed connection between Athens and Thessaloniki...
Ruscon acquires container terminal in Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Ruscon, one of the Russia’s leading container transportation companies, has purchased the...
Public consultation over expansion of Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – A meeting, which brought together a large number of local stakeholders, associations, professionals and...
Forme 10 in Marseille: the biggest dry dock in the Mediterranean now fully operational
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Dry dock no. 10 of Marseille port, the biggest dock in the Mediterranean area and one of the biggest...
Reganosa plans to be marine LNG supplier in Ferrol port region
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – The Spanish energy company Regasificadora del Noroeste S.A. (Reganosa) plans to supply says LNG as a...
Lyon increases container handling from Marseille port
Lyon, France (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Since 1997, Lyon has become the advanced port for Marseille for container traffic. Currently, 50% of...
Virtuo launches logistics park in the Distriport area of Marseille port
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – VIRTUO, a property development company based in Paris, has signed a sales agreement with the port of...
Barcelona port’s Adossat dock tender attracts criticism
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Barcelona port decided last week to tender the extension of the Adossat dock in the eastern part of...
Vado Ligure terminal to be opened in March 2019
Vado Ligure, Italy (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – APM Terminals Italy’s CEO Paolo Cornetto has said the terminal under construction at Vado Ligure...
Boluda incorporates new tugboat to fleet in Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2017 – Boluda Towage and Salvage, the maritime towing and salvage division of Boluda Corporación Marítima, has...