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All aspects of the relationship between ports and railways. This is mainly railway infrastructure within ports used to deliver and collect cargo from ships. It also includes national and international rail networks used to transport goods from ports to markets in Europe. Also includes EU rail transport policies and regulations (TEN-T). Railways often form parts of international transport corridors.

Moldova asks Ukraine for railway cargo via Russia-occupied Transnistria

Chisinau, Moldova (Ports Europe) March 18, 2024 – In a surprise move, Moldova Railways (Calea Ferată din Moldova – CFM) has asked Ukrainian...

Container train St. Petersburg-Novorossiysk by FESCO

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) March 18, 2024 – FESCO transport group launched a regular twice monthly railway container service FESCO Baltic...

Update: Russia’s railways are the bottleneck for its Black Sea ports

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 11, 2024 – The capacity of Russia’s Black and Azov Sea ports may increase to 400 million tonnes by 2030, Minister...

Russia’s railways lack enough capacity to Black Sea ports

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 9, 2024 – The capacity of Russia’s Black and Azov Sea ports is four times bigger than the transport capacity of the...

Container transport in rail freight transport in Germany, 2005-2022

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – The Federal Office for Logistics and Mobility (BALM – Bundesamt für Logistik und Mobilität) has...

FS Group, Port of La Spezia sign digitalisation MoU

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 29, 2024 – The Logistics Hub of the FS Group and Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale...

Landlocked Serbia seeks stake in Piraeus or Thessaloniki port

Belgrade, Serbia (Ports Europe) February 28, 2024 – Landlocked Serbia is interested in buying a 5-10% stake in Greece’s Aegean ports of Thessaloniki or...

Iran’s Rasht-Caspian Railway ready in March

Rasht, Iran (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – Iran’s Rasht-Caspian Railway, connecting the city of Rasht to the country’s Caspian Sea port of Bandar...

China Railway Rolling Corporation sends delegation to Tunisia

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – Last month, the Minister of Transport, Rabie Majidi, received a delegation from China Railway Rolling...

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...

CargoBeamer new rail line to the port of Bari

Leipzig, Germany (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – CargoBeamer, a leading logistics service provider for transporting non-craneable semi-trailers by...

Voestalpine Railway Systems wins Port of Sagunto rail contract

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2024 – Voestalpine Railway Systems JEZ SL has been awarded a €1.81 million contract to supply track devices...

Sanctions change Kazakhstan’s cargo transport geography

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – The transport industry of Kazakhstan faces an increase in cargo volumes and periodic shortages of...

Update: Bulgaria to invest €3 bln in highway & railroad to Constanta

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) January 26, 2024 – Bulgaria is set to invest €3 billion in the construction of a highway and a railroad connecting...

Ruscon, Russian Railways, new container service to Novorossiysk

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 25, 2024 – Multimodal transport operator Ruscon and JSC Russian Railways Logistics will improve the delivery...

Automar links HQ and Gioia Tauro with new railway service

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) January 25, 2024 – Automar, owner of the car terminal in the port of Gioia Tauro, has launched a new railway service...

Albania expropriates land for Durres-Tirana railway

Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) January 19, 2024 – The Albanian government has announced a decision to expropriate land worth 104 million leks (1 million...

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