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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.

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

Basel, Switzerland (PortSEurope) 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...

MSC group’s cruise division first major global cruise business to join Green Marine Europe label

Geneva, Switzerland – 14 February 2022: MSC Group’s Cruise Division announced today its commitment to join the Green Marine Europe Label,...

Swissterminal opens new Austrian link with southern European port connections

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) 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...

MSC Cruises seeks net zero emissions by 2050

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

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 (PortSEurope) 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 (PortSEurope) 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...

Ceneri Tunnel turns Genoa into a fast rail gateway to Europe

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 3, 2020 – The inauguration of the Ceneri Base Tunnel (CBT), part of the new Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA),...

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...

Italy-Switzerland agreement: Connections between Genoa and Europe strengthened

On the eve of the inauguration of the Ceneri base tunnel and the celebration of the completion of Alptransit, Minister Paola de Micheli and the President of...

CEVA Logistics mobilized to help fight COVID-19 pandemic globally

As a key part of its innovative service initiatives to help customers through the COVID-19 crisis, CEVA Logistics has already delivered significant additional...

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