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.
Port of Motril demands progress on Granada rail link
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) March 31, 2021 – The regional Minister of Development, Infrastructures and Spatial Planning, Marifrán Carazo, has called...
EU Commission approves €270 million Italian measure to support rail freight and commercial passenger operators affected by coronavirus outbreak
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €270 million Italian measure supporting both the rail freight sector and the rail...
Rail Cargo launches new TransFER Verona–Hannover
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) March 26, 2021 – Rail Cargo, the freight traffic of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), will launch the new TransFER...
Sacyr Somague and Sacyr Neopul win contract to modernize railway connection between Sines and the southern line
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 22, 2021 – Sacyr Somague and Sacyr Neopul have been awarded the contract for the modernisation of the railway...
Ukraine and Lithuania will cooperate in the development of rail and road transport
Ukraine and Lithuania have agreed to cooperate in passenger and freight transport – March 18, 2021 Today, March 18, in the presence of the President of...
Ukrzaliznytsia takes an active part in the Trans-Caspian international transport route
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 21, 2021 – Edvin Berzins, Executive Director at Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways), has attended a meeting 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...
Terminal Marítima de Zaragoza increases trains handled in 2020
Zaragoza, Spain (Ports Europe) March 17, 2021 – The Zaragoza Maritime Terminal (tmZ – Terminal Marítima de Zaragoza) operated a total of 3,025...
Sibport will manage the terminal in which Bilbao Port Authority has invested €15.7 million
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 17, 2021 – Starting tomorrow, the new Aratrain rail service will commence linking Bilbao port’s container...
ADY Express transports grain, wheat bran from Russia to Turkey
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) March 16, 2021 – ADY Express LLC, part of Azerbaijan Railways, has transported grain and wheat bran from Russia to Turkey...
FESCO starts China-Germany intermodal container service
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) March 14, 2021 – Russia’s FESCO Transport Group (FESCO) has launched a regular intermodal container service from...
Synergy consolidates its cross-border service with south-west France
Synergy, the logistics operator of the Hutchison Ports group, consolidates its intermodal service between the Hutchison Ports BEST Terminal (Barcelona) and the...
Port of Algeciras president highlights importance of rail links
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 11, 2021 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of...
Empowering intermodal south-east network: new shuttle train Geleen-Vienna
Hupac has launched a new shuttle train linking RTC Geleen in the Netherlands with Wels CT and WienCont in Austria – March 5, 2021 “Another step that...
Port of Tarragona to host Rail Day meeting to focus on intermodality
On April 8, the Port of Tarragona will celebrate the second edition of Rail Day, under the slogan ‘Tarragona, strategic intermodal node of the...
Slovenia receives two bids for Divaca-Koper railway expansion
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 8, 2021 – Two bids have been received for the first phase of the construction of a second track of the Divaca-Koper...
A.P. Moller-Maersk to pioneer a first-ever block train from Japan to UK via Trans-Siberian railway
The Maersk´s forty 40’-container consignment has arrived at Felixstowe, UK, on March 2nd, after its departure from Yokohama, Japan in January and having...