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.
EBRD Ukrainian loan to improve connectivity between industrial and agricultural areas and key ports
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – The EBRD is to make a loan to Ukraine to increase efficiency of Ukrainian Railways (JSC Ukrzaliznytsya...
Valencia port to invest €6 million in container terminal accesses upgrade
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 29, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to invest €6 million ($7.2 million) to...
Agreement signed for improved intermodality at Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 28, 2017 -Rete Autostrade Mediterranee (RAM) has announced that a memorandum of understanding has been signed between...
Rail Transport Service of ValenciaportPCS implementation starts
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – The implementation of the Rail Transport Service of ValenciaportPCS is complete in the import process...
Spanish dry port tmZ receives first container of regular line to China
Zaragoza, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – Spanish dry port Terminal Marítima de Zaragoza (tmZ) said it has received the first container of the...
Durrës port to benefit from EBRD Balkan transport loans
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – €123 million ($145 million) in European Union grants and €190.5 million (€224.6 million) in...
Nantes-Saint.Nazaire calls for container train link to Lyon
Nantes-Saint.Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – The French Atlantic seaport of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire is called for the electrification of...
DSV to launch Zaragoza-Zhengzhou rail freight service
Zaragoza, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Zaragoza dry port operator Terminal Marítima de Zaragoza (tmZ) plans to launch a regular freight rail...
Barcelona port to open railway terminal shortly
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Barcelona port plans to launch in the coming days a terminal for freight trains, increasing its capacity...
Spanish government expects another record-high year at ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – The cargo traffic will once again beat its absolute record in the ports of Spain. This was confirmed by the...
Genoa looks to take Swiss traffic from northern European ports
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Whilst the Italian port of Genoa has always had a trading relationship with Switzerland, its full...
Medway to launch regular freight rail line connecting Lisbon to Córdoba
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 7, 2017 – Portuguese freight rail operator Medway plans to launch a regular line connecting Lisbon to the Spanish...
Spain’s Mercazaragoza consolidates its leadership
Zaragoza, Spain (PortSEurope) December 7, 2017 – Spanish freight railway terminal tmZ, operated by Mercazaragoza, has consolidated its position as the...
South European ports to benefit from EU Bolzano investment
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) December 6, 2017 – The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules an Italian scheme to support the shift...
Spanish government to invest €12 million in construction of road access to Castellón port
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has said the government plans to invest €12...
Trieste Marine Terminal reports improved Jan-Oct 2017 traffic numbers
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 4, 2017 – Total cargo volumes handled at Trieste Marine Terminal (TMT) S.p.A. in October 2017 were up 25%...
Aragon’s freight rail transport to ports rises
Zaragoza, Spain (PortSEurope) December 1, 2017 – A total of 70% of the more than 150,000 containers that the Spanish region of Aragon sends to ports are...