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.
Darsena Europa commission to call two tenders in September
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 4, 2017 – The commission for the management of the project for the construction of the Darsena Europa dock at Livorno...
Santander port works on expanding harbour to interior area
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) August 7, 2017 – Santander port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Santander) is working on the expansion to the interior of...
Vigo port to expand Bouzas ro-ro terminal capacity
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 7, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) has decided to launch an ambitious plan, the construction of a...
Spain considers subsidies for relaunching Gijón-Saint Nazaire MoS
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) August 7, 2017 – The president of Spanish ports agency Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, has said that the costs for operators...
Naviera Armas applies for extending Las Palmas port concession
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) August 3, 2017 – Spanish shipping company Naviera Armas S.A. has submitted to Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria...
Las Palmas port expects requests for LNG tank facility by end-2017
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) expects to receive before the end of the year...
Italian Court of Audit provides €39 million funding to La Spezia port
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – Italian Court of Audit has unblocked €39 million ($46.1 million) in financing for the construction of...
Shipping companies object to being forced to buy power from Damietta port
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – Shipping companies are attempting to convince officials to reverse the Damietta Port Authority’s...
Pemex officially abandons terminal construction at A Coruña port
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – Mexico’s state-owned oil company Pemex has officially announced its intention to abandon...
Seville port to get €14 million funding for rail access construction
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – Spanish interport compensation fund’s board of directors has unanimously approved a loan of €14...
Port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire becomes a logistic hub for Airbus
Nantes Saint-Nazaire, France (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 – The port of Nantes Saint-Nazaire, located on the French Atlantic coast, will become a logistic...
Portugal introduces radar module of Costa Segura system
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 – The Minister of National Defense, José Azeredo Lopes and the Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino,...
Shippers must register containers in advance to use Moroccan ports
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 26, 2017 – Effective August 1, only containers with advance notice of arrival filed sufficiently in advance via...
CMA CGM presents new service in Venice
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) July 25, 2017 – At the historic Ca ‘Foscari University Barracks on July 20, the Venice stage of the French shipper...
Valencia port starts night rail service
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – Last week saw the start of Valencia port’s night train service. The Board of Directors approved the...
Port of Barcelona tenders for the improvement of Álvarez de la Campa wharf
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – The Port of Barcelona has started the tender for the improvement of draft of the Álvarez de la Campa...
Portsur Castellón handles more large vessels
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The large draft of the facilities of Portsur Castellón has increased the arrival of large tonnage vessels...