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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.

Trieste Marine Terminal reports increased TEU traffic in first two months of 2019

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – The first two months of 2019, Trieste Marine Terminal srl (TMT) has reported that it handled over 105,000...

ÖBB and Trieste port sign agreements to increase cooperation

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – The ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has signed two two memoranda of understanding (MoU) were signed to...

ÖBB Rail Cargo Group starts service linking Venice port and Duisburg bimodal terminal

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) March 15, 2019 – Shippers using Venice port to unload goods destined for Europe are set to benefit from a new rail cargo...

Seville port’s container traffic rises backed by rail freight services

Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2019 – Seville port has experienced an annual container traffic increase of 23% in January and February 2019, backed...

Vigo port seeks compensation for exclusion from Europe’s main transport network

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – Vigo port is demanding compensation for the decision of the European Commission not to include the railway with...

Kazak company starts cargo rail service from Vietnam to Europe

Duisburg, Germany (Ports Europe) March 7, 2019 – Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), the national railway company, has launched the first railway transit...

cargo-partner to expand Slovakia logistics facility

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) March 4, 2019 – cargo-partner is to expand its logistics center in Dunajska Streda, Slovakia. Total space will increase to...

Russian transport projects that will help Azerbaijan’s ports

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – In February, the Russian government has published detailed information on Russian national projects...

Barcelona port proposes a new technical office to develop road and rail access

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – The Port of Barcelona has proposed to the Ministry of Development to create a technical office in...

Sines port upgrading its services

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – The port of Sines is taking a number of steps to upgrade its services – the Zalsines (Zona...

Luka Koper adds rail capacity to speed up vehicle handling

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) February 24, 2019 – Following the announcement last week that the local Kolektor CGP has won the contract to build...

Koper port awards railway lines construction contract to Kolektor CPG

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – Luka Koper has selected the bid of Slovenian company Kolektor CPG in a tender for the construction of new...

Spain’s Adif launches tender for railway overhaul at Pasaia port

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Spanish state-owned railway infrastructure operator Adif has tendered the extension works to 550 metres of...

Avilés port to launch tender for reconstruction of railway lines

Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Avilés port has approved a tender for the modification of the layout of the railway lines on the left bank...

Santander port may establish railway operator

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Santander (APS – Port Authority of Santander) may establish a...

Grimaldi, Samskip, Rail Cargo Group to launch Venice-Duisburg freight rail service

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – A consortium of Italy’s Grimaldi, Dutch-based Samskip and Austria’s Rail Cargo...

Georgia’s Black Sea ports seek role in new international trade corridors

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 14, 2019 – The Caucasus country of Georgia has three leading ports alongside its Black Sea coastline, Anaklia,...

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