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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.

Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine to set up joint rail cargo corridor

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 29, 2019 – The railway administrations of Belarus (Belarusian Railway  BCh), Ukraine (Ukrainian Railways), and...

Madrid-Cádiz port rail cargo connection service start operations

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) May 27, 2019 – On May 10, the railway link between Madrid and the port of Cádiz started. The first train is scheduled to...

PortCastelló to host summit on the Mediterranean corridor

Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 27, 2019 – In order to hasten the development of Castellón and its hinterlands, l’Ajuntament de Castelló (local...

Ukraine minister calls for further EU transport integration

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 26, 2019 – “The key to Ukraine, for transport and any other sphere, is the ongoing implementation of the...

Brindisi to benefit from new Costa Morena rail link start

Brindisi, Italy (PortSEurope) May 24, 2019 – Today will see the operational start of the Costa Morena rail link in the port of Brindisi, which will allow...

AdSP del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (Livorno) signs rail construction contract

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) May 23, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port...

Chinese bank opens Vienna branch with new Silk Road focus

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 – The Chinese bank ICBC has opened a subsidiary branch in Vienna, ICBC Austria Bank GmbH, operating as a...

Porsche starts delivering vehicles to China by rail – the new Silk Road

Stuttgart, Germany (Ports Europe) May 5, 2019 – Porsche AG, a German automobile manufacturer specializing in high-performance sports cars, SUVs and...

Shuttlewise launches freight rail service linking Netherlands to Spain

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 14, 2019 – The latest new service of Shuttlewise is the CoolRail train from Rotterdam to Barcelona and Valencia. The...

Renfe Mercancías relaunches Algeciras-Madrid Abroñigal rail link

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 13, 2019 – Spanish rail freight services operator Renfe Mercancías relaunched the rail link from Algeciras port to Madrid...

New intermodal connections for the Contship terminal in Ravenna

Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) May 13, 2019 – Contship Italia Group has announced a collaboration between Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR) and Hannibal to...

Slovenia signs contract with 2TDK for 2nd track of Divaca-Koper railway

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) May 12, 2019 – The Slovenian government has signed a concession contract with the company 2TDK for the construction and...

EBRD finances innovative logistics hub in Turkey

News – EBRD finances innovative logistics hub in Turkey: Private Turkish-German venture opens new gateway to transport cargo – May 9, 2019 Turkish...

Hutchison’s Synergy adds third rail frequency between Barcelona port and Miranda de Ebro

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – Synergy, the logistics operator of Hutchison Ports group, has started a third train frequency between...

TFG Transfracht starts new service for southern port in Koper

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – TFG Transfracht, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG, will start a new service for Koper port on May 10, linking...

Trade union CCOO, Bilbao port join forces in railway project

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – Spanish trade union (CCOO), Teruel Existe and la Plataforma del Ferrocarril de Teruel have met with Bilbao port...

Aveiro port’s rail freight traffic rises 34% in 2018

Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – Railway traffic in the port of Aveiro grew 34% in 2018, reaching more than 256,000 tonnes and removing an...

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