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.
Re-positioning Greece as a global maritime capital
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – Ernst & Young (EY) has produced a report entitled “Re-positioning Greece as a global maritime...
EU supports new railway line from Venice to Ljubljana
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The European Union is to support the construction of a new railway line from Venice to Ljubljana, Slovenia....
Zadar port to receive cruise investment
Zadar, Croatia (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The port of Zadar is to the site of a new cruise port on the Croatian Adriatic coastline. Other ports in the...
Adif sets up commission to monitor Cantabrian-Mediterranean Corridor
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – In Madrid yesterday, the president of Spanish state-run railway operator Administrador de Infraestructuras...
Germany’s Jungheinrich extends facilities in Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Germany’s Jungheinrich AG, one of the leading international companies in the material handling equipment,...
Italy’s Marche region gives green light to dredging of Fano port
Fano, Italy (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Italy’s Marche regional government has given the green light to the start of dredging works at the port of...
Koper port considering LNG terminal
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Slovenia has joined other Balkan countries in looking to develop a role as a regional energy hub. Following...
Railways of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan agreed to strengthen ties
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – The head of JSC NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Kanat Alpysbayev has held talks with Deputy Prime Minister of...
Sines port to have railway link to Madrid long before Algeciras
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Sines port is one of the main beneficiaries of the isolation of the port of Algeciras from Madrid due to lack...
Ukraine’s Nibulon launches grain transshipment terminal near Kherson port
Kherson, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Ukrainian agricultural holding Nibulon Ltd has put into operation a new terminal for the transshipment of...
Ports de la Generalitat to invest in dredging Vilanova port access channel
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – Catalonia regional ports agency Ports de la Generalitat plans to invest €168,000 ($191,331) in the dredging...
Tersan group receives loan to build new floating dock
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – Turkey’s Tersan Tersanecilik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. (Tersan Shipyard Inc.) will receive a €17.12...
TMT expands Trieste-Budapest rail connection
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 9, 2017 – Trieste Marine Terminal S.p.A. has started a fifth regular weekly block train departure from Trieste to...
Bilbao port to profit from Variante Sur railway project
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – Spanish national port agency Puertos del Estado’s president José Llorca has said that the construction...
Las Palmas port discusses project for transforming into cargo hub with Morocco’s Mass
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) has met representatives of Moroccan company...
Noatum sends two cranes to Málaga port from Valencia
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – The Bigroll Bering vessel, owned by company Bigroll Shipping, which specialises in the loading and transport...
Spain to build Valencia-Castellón line of Mediterranean Corridor with standard gauge track
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has said the government plans to build the stretch of the...
Reganosa to launch LNG bunkering project at Ferrol port in June 2018
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Spanish regasification terminal Reganosa is investing €2 million ($2.3 million) in transforming Ferrol port in...
Algeria’s CNAN Nord to increase frequency of service to Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Algerian shipping company CNAN Nord is considering a potential increase of the frequency of its regular...
Cádiz port to reduce cruise ship fees in 2018
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cádiz) plans to maintain in 2018 its rates and bonuses on the...