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.
OPDR, Boluda start operation of Seville port container terminal
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – German company OPDR, part of the CMA CGM group, and Spain’s Boluda Corporación Marítima, have...
Germany supports USPA to complete construction of container terminal in Odessa
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Rainer Bomba has visited...
Gas Natural, Baleària present LNG engine for vessels at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Spanish companies Gas Natural Fenosa and Balearia officially presented the first liquefied natural gas...
Pasaia port analyses railway capacity upgrade
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Pasaia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Pasaia) has set up a working group to study a potential...
Leixoes port container terminal quickens handling of trucks
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – Productivity combined with fast processing of trucks. This is how the activity of Leixoes container...
Vilagarcia port tests interior railway links
Vilagarcia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2017 – Vilagarcia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vilagarcía) carried out a successful test of...
Volos port authority looks at container port investment
Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) February 20, 2017 – The Port Authority of Volos, in central coastal Greece, is reportedly ready to submit a funding...
New RMG cranes at Koper for improved productivity
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – In the last few days two rail-mounted gantries for the container terminal arrived at the port of...
Trieste Marine Terminal increases Munich train frequency
Trieste, Italy (PortSeurope) February 14, 2017 – A fourth regular weekly block train departure from Trieste to Munich and vice versa will commence at...
Rhenus to open logistic facilities in Tangier
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – German logistics firm Rhenus officially opened its customs warehouse in Casablanca on February 2,...
Catalan and Valencian businessmen support Mediterranean railway corridor
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Around 300 businessmen from Catalonia and Valencia met to defend the need to build the Mediterranean...
Algeria’s CNAN renews fleet
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – At the moment when the Timgad ship, bought by the Algerian National Shipping Company (CNAN), was...
Marseille port to start construction of two container terminals
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – After preparatory work and studies in 2016, the construction site for the two container terminals of...
Canadian miner Kinross to set up logistics hub at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Las Palmas port will become a global logistics hub of the Canadian-based gold and mining company...
Leixoes port resumes normal operation of oil terminal
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 8, 2017 – The B position of Leixoes Oil Terminal, which was suspended after an accident between two ships on...
Liebherr delivers equipment to Italian ports
Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – Liebherr has said that it has delivered a LHM 550 crane to Compagnia Portuale, in Monfalcone and two...
Cartagena port authority launches electronic administration platform
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2017 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) has launched a new project, called...