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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.

Port of Livorno closed 2022 with a +35.8% rise in trains

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) March 19, 2023 – The port of Livorno closed 2022 with an increase of 35.8% in the total number of terminalised trains...

Port of Tarragona issues tender for 2nd phase of the Intermodal PortTarragona Terminal

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 17, 2023 – The Port of Tarragona has published the tender for the second phase of the works for the Intermodal...

Kazakhstan’s KTZ transports more containers by rail

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) March 16, 2023 – In 2022, the share of container transport in the total volume of export cargo transported along the KTZ...

RZD Logistics expanded routes via Eastern branch of INSTC

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 14, 2023 – JSC RZD Logistics has organized the first export container shipment via Eastern route of the International...

Rail transport increases profile in Port of València in 2022

València, Spain (PortSEurope) March 13, 2023 – Rail transport has increased its profile in the Port of València in 2022 with more and longer trains,...

Port of Sagunto rail link to the Mediterranean Corridor advances

Sadunto, Spain (PortSEurope) March 2, 2023 – Representatives from interested agencies have met to review progress of the Port of Sagunto rail link to the...

Slovenia to double Divača railway line to Koper port

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) February 21, 2023 – The Slovenien government is to double the new railway line between Divača and Koper port, making it...

Taman Bulk Cargo Terminal ready to process 2,071 coal wagons daily

Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) February 14, 2023 – Taman Bulk Cargo Terminal has confirmed it now has the capacity to process 2,071 coal wagons daily....

Ignazio Messina starts Ravenna-Segrate cargo rail service

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) February 3, 2023 – Ignazio Messina & C has started a Ravenna-Segrate cargo rail service linking the port with the...

Railway connection of Burgas port to be rebuilt

Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 3, 2023 – Construction work on the abandoned 3 km railway track from Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of Burgas to...

TransContainer’s loaded traffic grows above the market in 2022

PJSC TransContainer (part of the Delo Group) increased its loaded traffic using the managed fleet by 5.1% to 1.8m TEUs in 2022 – January 23, 2023 Growth...

Port of Taranto restarts railway line

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2023 – The Port of Taranto has restarted the railway line connection between the multi-purpose pier of the port...

MEDWAY improves port rail connections in Portugal

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 23, 2023 – The MEDWAY transport company will restart the Setúbal – Entroncamento – Leixões rail link during...

New Ukrainian rail link with Romania’s Constanta port starts

Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) January 19, 2023 – A new Ukrainian rail link with Romania’s Constanta port has resumed after a gap of 17 years....

Civitavecchia port to develop national rail links

Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 12, 2023 – The report was signed last month to start the reorganization works of the railway system in the...

Honda Italia favours Trieste port and railway

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 11, 2023 – Honda Italia delivers its auto components from the Far East to Trieste port and onwards by rail to...

Bulgaria very slowly realising deficiencies of its port infrastructure

Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) January 10, 2023 – In the background of the war in Ukraine, it became clear that Bulgaria’s Black Sea port...

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