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.
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,...
The Port of Tarragona and Renfe restart transport of goods after 20 years
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 16, 2020 – The Port of Tarragona and Renfe have restarted the rail transport of agri-food products in Lleida after...
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...
Kalmar signs 10-year service agreement with rail operator Lineas Intermodal
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed a comprehensive 10-year Kalmar Care service agreement with leading European rail operator Lineas Intermodal – June...
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...
Venice port receives vehicles from Romania
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) June 3, 2020 – Following the restart of the Fusina terminal (motorways of the sea), the port has reactivated the transport...
MSC group links Tekirdağ Asyaport with Anatolia exporters
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 29, 2020 – The Marmaray railway line, operated by TCDD (Turkish Railways), has started handling cargo travelling...
Tarragona port tests agri-food transport by rail
The Port of Tarragona carries out a test with an agri-food product by rail; loading 250 tons of soybean meal in 4 wagons at the port facilities – May 29,...
Samsun port-Kalin rail line upgrades Turkey’s Black Sea to Mediterranean
Samsun, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 28, 2020 – Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Adil Karaismailoğlu, has announced the completion of construction...
FESCO starts container train to deliver cars from China to Europe
FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) has been expanding its geography of transit services and has launched a container train for expedited delivery of cars from...
European Council adopts relief measures for aviation and railways
European Council: COVID-19: Council adopts relief measures for aviation and railways – May 25, 2020 The Council today adopted a temporary amendment to...
Timetable set for new Alessandria railway station to serve Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 25, 2020 – At the first meeting of the steering committee for the development of the new Alessandria railway station,...
Analysis – China lends money to forward interest in Belgrade-Budapest railway, a key New Silk Road link
Budapest, Hungary (Ports Europe) May 25, 2020 – In 2013, Hungary, Serbia and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build a railway that...
Cargo traffic through North-South Transport Corridor to be boosted
May 19, 2020 Governor of Russia’s Astrakhan Region Igor Babushkin tasked the participants of the regional working group for development of the International...
Testing of railway services begins between Súria mine and potash terminal of ICL in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 19, 2020 – ICL Iberia has started testing a railway service between its facility in Súria and Barcelona port for...
EU approves state aid to promote rail freight conversion in Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 15, 2020 – The European Commission has approved Italian state aid to be used to transpose cargo from road to rail. The...