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.
Salerno Container Terminal wins Italian Terminal and Logistics Award
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) October 9, 2017 – Salerno Container Terminal (SCT) has won the Italian Terminal and Logistics Award during GIS, the Italian...
Marín port to double container capacity in short term
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) October 9, 2017 – Marín port plans to double its maximum container ship handling capacity to 4,000 TEUs from 2,000 TEUs in a...
DP World to operate Sète terminal from early 2018
Sète, France (Ports Europe) October 8, 2017 – P&O Ports, a subsidiary of the UAE’s DP World, will begin to operate the container terminal in...
USPA organises press tour of Yuzhny port
Yuzhny, Ukraine (Ports Europe) October 8, 2017 – On October 12, 2017, the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has organised a press tour of Yuzhny...
Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway will be launched at the end of October
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) October 7, 2017 – The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway will be launched at the end of October, Ahmet Arslan, Turkish...
Operatori Portuali Salentini works to improve Brindisi ferry services
Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) October 7, 2017 – Operatori Portuali Salentini (OPS – Association of Port Operators Salentini) continues in its...
Bombardier opens new rail maintenance depot in Contship’s Melzo rail hub
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 – Bombardier Transportation, a global leader in rail technology and equipment manufacturing, has opened a...
AlpineIncT aims to improve regional transport
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 – Share, implement and realise innovative solutions for the development of combined transport: these were...
Castellón port is ready to cope with future cargo traffic increase
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) said the harbour is ready to cope with the...
Huelva-Zafira rail line’s traffic exceeds expectations
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Huelva port promotion association HuelvaPort has said the cargo traffic of the railway line connecting the...
Spain’s Sibelco expands concession at Castellón port
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Spanish logistics services company Sibelco Minerales Cerámicos S.A. has extended its concession at the...
Mayor of Dubrovnik meets cruise industry representatives
Dubrovnik, Croatia (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – The Mayor of the City of Dubrovnik, Mato Franković, has met with Cruise Lines International...
DP World and Algeria discuss future port development plans
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, DP World Group Chairman and CEO, has met with the Algerian Minister of Public...
Bulgaria and Romania set to improve transport links
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 5, 2016 – Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Romanian counterpart Mihai Tudose have opened a new...
Cruise ships change routes to avoid calls in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2017 – Demonstrations and riots in Barcelona have had a side effect in Valencia. Two cruise ships, Mein Schiff 3...
Italy’s Fedespedi asks for clearer container weighing rules
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2017 – Italian national freight forwarders association Fedespedi (Federazione Nazionale delle Imprese di Spedizioni...
Seville port Free Zone starts operating
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2017 – The Free Zone of Seville port went into operation on October 2 with the launch of the command post of the...