Railways
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.
Analysis – A new Caspian Sea-Black Sea transport corridor to link port of Baku with Turkey’s Samsun and Trabzon, could diminish Poti port
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – Construction of the Azerbaijani section of the railway to Azerbaijan’s landlocked exclave of...
Rail Cargo increases TransFER Curtici–Istanbul capacity
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 4, 2021 – Austria’s Rail Cargo Group is doubling the frequency of its TransFER Curtici–Istanbul in both...
EBRD in Turkey: Ispartakule – Çerkezköy Railway Project
The Ispartakule- Çerkezköy Railway Project is being developed by the General Directorate of Infrastructure Investments (AYGM). The Project is a part of the...
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group and Pacific Eurasia establish Köseköy Terminal as new hub
Through a new partnership, ÖBB Rail Cargo Group and Pacific Eurasia are connecting Europe and Asia and further enhancing the potential of the New Silk Road....
Slovenian minister: “Logistics is high on the list of priorities of the Ministry of Infrastructure”
The Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec attended the opening of a garage house and a truck entrance at the Bertoška access road in the Port of...
PortCastelló is tendering the works of the railway bridge and its connection with the north dock
The specifications for the contracting of the works of the railway bridge and its railway connection with the north dock of the port of Castellón have been...
Port of Huelva will invest €11 million in extending the Huelva-Seville railway line
Francisco Toledo and Pilar Miranda, presidents of Puertos del Estado and the Huelva Port Authority, respectively, have signed the addendum and extension to the...
Port Authority of Castellón publishes rail tender
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) May 18, 2021 – The Port Authority of Castellón has published tender details for a project to develop the railway...
Port of Vado Ligure increases rail transport for containers
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 15, 2021 – In the first three months of 2021, 3,779 railway wagons for container transport moved to and from the port of...
Italy’s Port of Augusta seeks national fund financing for “last mile” rail connections
Augusta, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 12, 2021 – As part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (Pnrr – Il Piano nazionale di ripresa e...
Minister at the symbolic start of the main construction works for construction of the second track, Divaca-Koper
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) May 5, 2021 – Today, Minister of Infrastructure, Jernej Vrtovec, attended a ceremonial event at the signing of the...
New Silk Road: Services between Hamburg and Xuzhou successfully established
The Port of Hamburg is a top destination for rail services between China and Germany. Since November last year, a new link has become established between...
VSC partners with the new Maersk transcontinental service from Asia to the ports of the Black Sea
Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC), part of Global Ports Group, has started to serve the new transcontinental service Maersk AE77. Containers will be...
The Port of Barcelona approves a Strategic Action Plan to increase rail capacity
At its meeting today, the Board of Directors approved the Strategic Action Plan to increase the Port of Barcelona’s current rail capacity until the new...
Record for rail freight at Genova Pra’
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 26, 2021 – PSA Genova Pra’ has reported that in the month of March, the facility transported 20,892 TEU by rail, a...
Railway connection between the Port of Trieste and Nürnberg is strengthened
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 26, 2021 – Following its introduction in November last year, the intermodal rail cargo service between Trieste and...
Strabag loses appeal against Divača-Koper railway contract
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 21, 2021 – Strabag’s complaint against the award of the contract for the largest railway project in Slovenia,...
Slovenia to discuss Hungarian investment in expansion of Divaca-Koper railway line
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 21, 2021 – The governments of Slovenia and Hungary are set to discuss the latter investing in Slovenian state-run...
Project Council reports on the construction of the second track of the railway connection between Divača and Koper
Members of the Project Council for the supervision of the construction of the second track of the railway connection between Divača and Koper presented the...
Wabtec Corporation of the U.S. discusses railway cooperation in Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 20, 2021 – Wabtec Corporation has held discussions with Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister Vladislav Krykliy to...