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MSC to operate Antwerp and Vienna freight rail service

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 25, 2021 – Starting in April this year, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is to manage a twice-weekly freight...

The First Direct Blocktrain arrives from China to Georgia

On 20 February 2021, the first direct blocktrain will arrive at Tbilisi Station, arriving direct from Xi’an in China. The train, which was arranged by Maersk...

Baleària presents plans to Port Authority of Almería

Almeria, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2021 – The general director of Baleària Operations, César Rodríguez, has met with the president of...

Morocco Cruises Line considers Motril port service

Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2021 – Representative of the Morocco Cruises Line shipping company, Mohamed Laiazic El-kadiri, has met with...

Global Ports handles first cargo train from Japan to Europe

Saint Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) February 18, 2021 – First Container Terminal (FCT) and Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC) have handled the...

ECO train to link Islamabad, Tehran and Istanbul

Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) February 16, 2021 – The long dormant project for a container-carrying Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) train, which made...

Iran to start cargo service to Lattakia port, Syria

Lattakia, Syria (PortSEurope) February 15, 2021 – Local sources in Iran are reporting that Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines Group (IRISL) will...

EKOL logistics to start new Ro-Ro service between Izmir and Tarragona port

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) February 10, 2021 – The president of the Port of Tarragona, Josep M Cruset, and the president of the logistics company...

Grimaldi doubles its connections between Ancona and Greece

Naples, 5 February 2021 The latest great news from the Grimaldi Group involves the transport services for passengers and freight between Italy and Greece. In...

Maersk expands cold chain options for fresh fruit from the Black Sea and the Mediterranean to Central Russia

Copenhagen, Denmark – January 27, 2021 On the 21st of December 2020, the first refrigerated containers heading from Mersin, Turkey, were dispatched from...

Sea Lines to start Karasu-Constanta port Ro-Ro service

Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) February 2, 2021 – On February 4, 2021, the ship Vasaland will arrive in the port of Constanta, the ship that serves the...

Port Authority presents the new facility “Málaga Port Control”

The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga (APM – Port Authority of Málaga), Carlos Rubio, today presented the new Málaga Port Control...

Start of a new intermodal connection between Italy and Germany for Arcese

The intermodal freight service between Bologna and Cologne operating from mid- January will pass through the new Ceneri Base Tunnel, directly linking central...

New container service connecting Port of Immingham with Bilbao

ABP Humber and W.E.C Lines are proud to announce a new service connecting the UK to Bilbao that will start on 16th January 2021 – January 14, 2021 The...

Cartagena port starts to Ro-Ro service to Toulon, southern France

Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) January 20, 2021 – Consignee Agencia Marítima Blázquez, with the cooperation of FROET, has started a weekly Ro-Ro...

New intermodal railway starts between Interport of Parma and Giovinazzo, Bari

Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) January 13, 2021 – A new intermodal railway connection has started between the Interport of Parma and Giovinazzo, Bari, with a...

Glenhallen Shipping revives Civitavecchia-Libya service

Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 8, 2021 – Malta’s Glenhallen Shipping is to restart the regular shipping line for the transport of...

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