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.
Barcelona port approves tender for Adossat dock expansion
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 25, 2017 – Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) has approved the start of the tender for...
Italy’s Lisa Group to invest €15 million in factory at Pesaro port
Pesaro, Italy (PortSEurope) October 25, 2017 – Italian company Lisa Group S.r.l. plans to invest €15 million ($17.7 million) in the reconstruction of a...
High speed Basque railway line gets EIB €600M boost
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – The European Investment bank (EIB) has signed a €600m loan with Adif AV to finance the “Y Vasca”...
Barcelona port’s freight railway traffic expands
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – The railway traffic at Barcelona port rose by 7.34% in the first nine months of 2017 to a total of...
Turkey’s Yilport considers Ferrol container terminal to be its most important project
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – Turkish conglomerate Yilport looks at the Ferrol container terminal in Spain with great enthusiasm, due to the...
Marfret uses starcool reefers for import of avocados to Spain
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – At the Fruit Attraction 2017 fair French shipping group Marfret has presented its services for the...
Huelva port operates 30 trains monthly at Majarabique railway hub
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) president José Luis Ramos has said the Majarabique...
Bids received for Krk floating terminal
Krk, Croatia (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – A total of 27 bids have been submitted for the purchase of an LNG floating terminal (FSRU) to be located on...
Yilport provides Galicia with a new logistics hub in the port Of Ferrol
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – “We have the opportunity to develop a unique project in a unique port, with incredible features,...
Two companies to build warehouses at Cádiz port
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cádiz) has started working on two new concessions for the...
Terminal Container Ravenna to receive four new Liebherr cranes
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Terminal Container Ravenna, part of Contship Italia, is to welcome the delivery of four new Liebherr...
Raminatrans starts warehousing projects in four Spanish ports
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Spanish company Raminatrans S.L. is carrying out an ambitious project that includes the construction of...
Santander port forecasts record-high car traffic in 2017
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Santander port (Autoridad Portuaria de Santander) enters in the fourth quarter of the year with positive...
Naples port launches dredging project
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Naples port has officially launched the project for the dredging of its basin, allowing it to handle larger...
Sagunto port penalised by lack of railway access
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Sagunto port is affected by the absence of rail access. In the event that a penalty is not included for this...
Avilés port okays tender for railway signalisation works
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Avilés port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Avilés) has approved a tender for works on the railway...
PJ Carrasco’s president calls for dredging of Vilagarcía port’s access channel
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – Spanish ship agent company PJ Carrasco S.L.’s president Julio Carrasco has said Vilagarcía...