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.
REC Uluslararasi awarded tender for Mersin Adana Osmaniye Gaziantep railway
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 19, 2020 – REC Uluslararasi Insaat Yatirim Sanayi ve Ticaret AS has won the tender for the project to construct the...
EU’s CEF programme to fund two Trieste port projects
RTTrieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 20, 2020 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Adriatic Sea Port...
Three Slovenian transport projects to receive European Union funding
The European Commission will financially support three Slovenian projects in the total amount of €11.13 million European grants with the Connecting Europe...
EU invests over €2 billion in 140 key transport projects to jump-start the economy
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 16, 2020 – In an effort to boost the European Union economy after the health and economic crises caused by the...
New record time for China-Turkey container train
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) July 7, 2020 – The local ADY Container has reported that together with other members of the Trans-Caspian International...
Ukrainian minister welcomes container train from China
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 6, 2020 – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Vladyslav Krykliy, has joined a ceremonial event on the occasion of...
RFC Amber publishes 2019 annual report
RFC Amber published today its first Annual Report, giving customers, stakeholders and the general public a comprehensive overview over the activities and...
EBRD to lend up to €100 million to Turkish State Railways (TCDD)
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 5, 2020 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to allocate a €100 sovereign loan to...
World Bank provides €314 mln loan for Turkey Rail Logistics Improvement Project
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 2, 2020 – The World Bank will provide a loan of around €314.5 million ($350 million) for the Turkey Rail Logistics...
Valenciaport will invest 136 million in Sagunto port
These investments will allow for key infrastructures such as rail access, the border inspection centre or the management of the northern zone – June 29,...
Port Burgas managers visit Alexandroupolis Port
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) June 24, 2020 – Alexandroupolis Port Authority has hosted a visit from managers from Bulgaria’s BMF Port...
Yilport Gebze plans to invest in rail platform for its terminal
Yilport Gebze, the “home terminal” of Yilport Holding in the Gulf of Izmit in Turkey, has announced a new investment in a rail platform inside the terminal...
Jaguar Land Rover vehicles arrive in Koper port for export
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) June 22, 2020 – A train carrying 198 cars of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has arrived today at Koper port’s Car &...
Yilport’s Transitex starts new rail link between Elvas and Huelva port
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) June 22, 2020 – Transitex, an Iberian logistics and transport company and part of Yilport, has added the port of Huelva to...
Bunge starts rail tests to transport soybean meal between Barcelona port and Aragon
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 18, 2020 – Bunge, a world leader in sourcing, processing and supplying oilseed and grain products and ingredients,...
New rail link serves Turkish boron exports to China via Asyaport
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 15, 2020 – The state-owned company Eti Maden İşletmeleri Genel Müdürlüğü has started exporting products to...
First container train sets off along China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan multimodal corridor
On June 5, 2020, in the city of Lanzhou, Gansu Province of the People’s Republic of China, the official ceremony of sending the first consignment of 25...