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.
Tenerife port to handle 300,000 cruise passengers this season
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – The cruise season begins in the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in September, when it is expected to...
Casablanca port set for improved link with Zenata logistics zone
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – A new agreement is set to allow development of the road connection between the port of Casablanca...
Trasmediterranea to start operating Barcelona-Menorca ferry line on Sep 19
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Spanish company Trasmediterranea plans to launch a line connecting Barcelona to Menorca island twice a...
Dredging ships of CHEC take working position Port Yuzhniy
Port Yuzhniy, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – The dredging fleet of Chinese company China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) took up working...
Chernomorsk port completes project for repair of berth No. 26
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Chernomorsk port has completed a project for the repair of berth No. 26 of its ferry terminal. Over...
Maersk returns to Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) August 30, 2017 – The freighter Maersk Gibraltar arrived on August 29 at the port of Las Palmas with more than 10,000...
Mahon city council asks Tenerife port to change outlook of cruise area
Mahon, Spain (Ports Europe) August 30, 2017 – The Mahon City Council has asked the Balearic Islands Port Authority to withdraw all or part of the...
Castellón port to boost rail traffic after launch of intermodal station
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) August 29, 2017 – The launch of the intermodal station represents a cornerstone for the development of Castellón port. The...
Messina’s Tremestieri port close to becoming reality
Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 – The new port of Tremestieri is about to become reality, as the agreement between the Messina local...
Marco Polo dock arrives in Marseille
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 27, 2017 – The floating dock or “caissonnier” Marco Polo arrived in Marseille harbor August 26...
Koper-Divaca referendum campaign starts on Aug 25
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) August 25, 2017 – The electoral campaign ahead of the referendum for the construction of the second track of the railway line...
Portuguese cargo transport firms visit Leixões port
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Portuguese association of public transport carriers of goods ANTRAM and TCL – Terminal de...
Gijón port receives new crane for EBHI S.A. terminal
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Gijón port received on August 23 the parts of the new crane that US company Gottwald-Terex has produced for...
Cepsa becomes first supplier of RMK500 marine fuel in the port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 25, 2017 – Cepsa, the energy company, has started marketing RMK500 fuel in the port of Barcelona to meet customer...
Malta Freeport introduces new terminal operating system
Freeport, Malta (Ports Europe) August 25, 2017 – Malta Freeport Terminals has successfully introduced the most advanced Terminal Operating System (TOS)...
Greek government acquires pilot vessels for Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Greek Ministry for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping has signed a €600,000 ($708,077) contract...
Alexandria port to build complex for storage of cars
Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – Alexandria port has signed a EGP 285 million ($16.1 million/€13.6 million) contract for the...