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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.

UTLC ERA JLC and Belintertrans-Germany open joint end-to-end regular multimodal service China to Western Europe

JLC United Transport and Logistics Company – Eurasian Railway Alliance (UTLC ERA JLC) and Belintertrans-Germany GmbH (BIT-Germany) open a joint...

New Genoa-Melzo rail Fast Corridor – Contship

On Thursday, September 3, Rail Hub Milano received from the Italian Customs agency the authorization to activate the new Genoa-Melzo Fast Corridor. Several...

Ukraine and Slovakia to develop multimodal transportation between Asia and the EU

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) September 24, 2020 – Transport ministers from Ukraine and Slovakia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to...

China launches new cargo train route to Europe via Baku

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) September 20, 2020 – China has started a new rail cargo which will use Kazakhstan’s Aktau port and Baku port as...

Port Authority of Algeciras advances in the development of the future rail highway

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) September 16, 2020 – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of Algeciras), Adif and...

Ferrol port opens bidding procedures for first phase of internal rail network

Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) September 17, 2020 – Autoridad Portuaria de Ferrol-San Cibrao (APF – Port Authority of Ferrol) has opened a tender for...

Bergé loads first train of bulk agro-alimentary products in Tarragona

BERGÉ is responsible for loading the first train of bulk agro-alimentary products at the new Aragón dock loading point, in the port of Tarragona –...

Maersk makes AE19 ocean-rail service from Asia to Europe permanent

Just over a year after its launch in August 2019, Maersk’s AE19 ocean-rail product from Asia to Europe becomes a permanent weekly service responding to...

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...

First special train from China, with surgical face masks for Italian schools, arrives in Melzo

On Wednesday, August 26th, the first of ten special trains from Xi’an (China) has arrived in Melzo (MI) at Contship Italia Group Rail Hub Milano (RHM)...

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan discuss Trans-Caspian International Transport Corridor project

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) August 28, 2020 – Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have discussed joint projects related to Trans-Caspian International Transport...

Azerbaijani Railways improves North-South transport corridor

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) August 25, 2020 – Azerbaijani Railways has started reconstruction of the Guzdek-Garadagh railway that will help the...

5GMED: The future of mobility in the Mediterranean cross-border corridor

News Release – 5G Barcelona – August 20, 2020 Through 4 pilot tests in railway and highway between Figueres and Perpignan 5GMed will demonstrate...

Croatia to receive €23.3 million from CEF for five transport projects

During the past week, the Coordination Committee of the Connecting Europe Facility – CEF presented the results of the evaluation of the second CEF...

Ukrainian-German partnership in the development of intermodal railway transportation

Today, July 30, 2020, in the presence of the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Vladyslav Krykliy and First Deputy Dmytro Abramovich, Acting Chairman of...

SETG offers new Koper port-Austria rail freight service

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 29, 2020 – SETG (Salzburger Eisenbahn Transport Logistik GmbH), an Austrian rail freight comany, is to start a new...

Zaragoza Maritime Terminal continues as a leader in Spain

Zaragoza, Spain (PortSEurope) July 23, 2020 – Terminal Marítima de Zaragoza, operated by tmZ Services, maintains its growth line, despite the health...

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