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.
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...
Koper port could benefit from EIB railway finance
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) February 17, 2019 – It has been reported that the European Investment Bank (EIB) is considering providing finance for the...
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,...
Amber Rail Freight Corridor becomes operational
Koper, Slovenia, February 13, 2019 – With the publication of paths for international freight trains in mid-January 2019 the Amber Rail Freight Corridor...
Trenitalia to start operation of line linking Rome to Civitavecchia port
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Italian company Trenitalia plans to start the operation of a cruise passenger service...
France’s Viia to launch rail service linking Barcelona port to Luxembourg
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – French railway transporter company Viia plans to open its new railway line between Barcelona port and...
Barcelona port approves launch of railway coordination centre
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – Barcelona port has approved the launch of a railway coordination centre and has tendered the...
Trieste Marine Terminal starts Bavaria rail service for Sägewerk Schwaiger GmbH
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – Trieste Marine Terminal srl (TMT) has announced a new train service to Hengersberg, south-eastern...
Brexit preparedness: provisional agreement on realigning North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor and investing in the adaptation of transport infrastructure for security and border checks
European Commission – Press Release – February 8, 2019 The European Parliament and the Council on the North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor –...
Spain’s Renfe Mercancías to launch new service linking Madrid to Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2019 – Spanish state-owned freight railway operator Renfe Mercancías plans to launch a new service of three...
Trieste port hosts Silk Road-railways forum
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 5, 2019 – On February 14, 2018, the Trieste Maritime Station will host a conference called “Le vie della seta e...
Livorno port improves rail access to Darsena Toscana terminal
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) February 5, 2019 – Livorno port has introduced new procedures for rail traffic entering and exiting the Varco Ferrovia...
EU provides €233 million for Anaklia port development
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) – February 4, 2019 – Anaklia Deep Sea Port will receive for the second stage of its construction European Union (EU)...
60,000 TEUs via the Middle railway corridor between China and Europe in 2019
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) February 4, 2019 – Some 60,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU)’s should be shipped along the Middle Corridor in 2019,...
Transport development discussed at joint EU-Georgia meeting
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 1, 2019 – The first EU-Georgia High- Level Transport Dialogue took place on 29 January 2019 in Tbilisi,...
MSC to build Portugal’s largest dry port
Lousado, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to build Portugal’s largest dry port through Medway,...