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Switzerland is a country located in central Europe, bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. It is a federal parliamentary republic, with a president and a parliament as its head of state and government, respectively.

Hupac 2023 results and Europe’s railway issues

Chiasso, Switzerland (Ports Europe) February 17, 2024 – Hupac Group, Europe’s leading intermodal network operator, in 2023 moved 975,000 road...

Swiss ambassador visits Baku port

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – Switzerland’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Thomas Stehlin visited the country’s Caspian Sea port of...

National Council of Switzerland visits Port of Koper

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) October 11, 2023 – Yesterday, Luka Koper hosted Martin Candinas, President of the National Council of Switzerland. He was...

Swiss Ports sees inland water traffic up +19.1% in first half of 2023

Basel, Switzerland (Ports Europe) August 10, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, the inland Swiss ports of Kleinhüningen, Birsfelden and Auhafen Muttenz...

Berne Declaration – Taking the cross-border rail customer experience to the next level

Bern, Switzerland (PortSEurope) July 6, 2023 – The Berne Declaration was signed by CER and European railway CEOs at the Rail CEO Summit hosted by Swiss...

Swiss Rhine ports shows 17% growth in container traffic in first half

The handling figures in the Swiss Rhine ports in the first half of 2022 show significant growth in container traffic of around 17%, but also a significant drop...

Schweizerischen Rheinhäfen reports higher container traffic in first quarter

At just under 1.2 million t, goods handling by Schweizerischen Rheinhäfen (Swiss Rhine ports) in the 1st quarter of 2022 was almost 8% down on the same period...

Swissterminal opens new Austrian link with southern European port connections

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 8, 2022 – Swissterminal Group is to open an intermodal rail connection to Wolfurt in Austria with onward...

Schweizerische Rheinhäfen reports improved 9-month performance

Zurich, Switzerland (PortSEurope) November 22, 2021 – Schweizerische Rheinhäfen has reported total cargo handling of 4.28 million tons, up 7.5% on the...

Kuehne+Nagel Group – Excellent business performance continues in Q3 2021

The Kuehne+Nagel Group once again reported an excellent business performance in the third quarter of 2021. All business units were able to exceed their...

MSC Cruises seeks net zero emissions by 2050

Geneva, Switzerland (Ports Europe) September 23, 2021 – MSC Cruises, part of MSC, has pledged “to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...

Swiss Rhein Ports: Q1 2021 – Freight handling exceeds previous year

After quarterly figures for transshipment in the Swiss Rhine ports for some time now only barely or not at all exceed the previous year’s figures, the...

Swiss Rhine ports: Handling statistics 1st quarter 2021 – Cargo handling at previous year’s level

At a good 1.25 million t, the cargo throughput in the Swiss Rhine ports in the first quarter of 2021 is roughly at the level of the corresponding period of the...

PSA Genova Pra joins Groupement Fer consortium

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 17, 2021 – PSA Genova Pra, operator of the largest container terminal at Genoa port, has become a partner of Groupement...

Cavotec to refocus business of ports and maritime sector

Lugano, Switzerland (Ports Europe) March 8, 2021 – Cavotec, a global engineering group, headquartered in Lugano, is to divest its airports business and...

Logtainer and Hupac to start intermodal service to Italian ports

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) February 3, 2021 – Transport companies Logtainer and Hupac will integrate their networks to offer fast and reliable...

Baku port could benefit from Swiss interest

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) September 15, 2020 – The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has said that it sees the country’s...

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