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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.

Chinese company interested in Serbian rail projects

Government of Serbia – December 2, 2019 Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana...

Rail modernization to Greece is one of Serbia’s priorities

Government of Serbia – December 2, 2019 Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana...

Duisburg inland port expands its activities in China

Duisburg, Germany (Ports Europe) December 2, 2019 – Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport) and China Railway Container Transport Corp (CRCT), part of China State...

150 professionals attend the first edition of Rail Day in the Port of Tarragona

The day, which is celebrated at Tinglado 1 in Moll de Costa, revolves around intermodality to achieve more competitive ports. The success of this meeting...

Trans-Caspian International Transport Route presented at several international events in November 15

Trans-Caspian International Transport Route – November 15, 2019 November 5-10, 2019 in Shanghai (China), the International Association...

Hupac adds Istanbul port-Europe rail links

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 13, 2019 – The Swiss intermodal operator Hupac has started new rail connections between Turkey and the ports and...

Cosco division acquires 60% of the share capital of Piraeus-based PEARL

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) November 11, 2019 – Ocean Rail Logistics, part of the COSCO Shipping group, has acquires 60% of the share capital of...

DHL ramps up its rail network and service along the new Silk Road

Three new European Rail Competence Centers in France, Italy, and the UK provide customer service and freight handling between Europe and Asia – November...

President of Algeciras port calls for La Algeciras-Bobadilla bottleneck solution

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 3, 2019 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of...

Slovenia: Deputies confirm surety law was appropriate for further consideration

The National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia discussed and voted today on the appropriateness of the guarantee law on the construction of the second track...

Andalucía seeks rail connection between Granada and Motril port

Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) October 29, 2019 – The Minister of Development of the Junta de Andalucía, Marifrán Carazo, that she will request of the...

First direct container train departs from Baku to Europe

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) October 20, 2019 – A 42-container block train has recently left the Chinese city of Xi’an to Prague, in the Czech...

Slovenian government takes steps to forward Divača-Koper port railway line

With the guarantee law for the Divača-Koper track and for the 3rd development axis, it is accelerated and cheaper to complete the projects – October 10,...

EU’s Connecting Europe Facility allocates €1.4 billion to support sustainable transport projects

Brussels, October 17, 2019 The European Commission has today launched a call for € 1.4 billion to support key projects through the Connecting Europe...

Greece awards design contract for railways linking Thessaloniki and Kavala ports

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) October 13, 2019 – Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) has awarded a €2.16 million contract to Omega Consulting...

Valenciaport celebrates COSCO’s commitment to the Cantabrian-Mediterranean Corridor

Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) ratifies its commitment to increase the competitiveness of this railway...

EU to invest in Naples-Bari railway line

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) October 9, 2019 – The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) has approved a €124 million ($135.87 million)...

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