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CMA CGM starts Genoa port-Piacenza logistics hub intermodal rail service

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 7, 2020 – French shipping and logistics group has announced a new container rail service, the Piacenza Rail Shuttle,...

Hutchison Ports BEST to set up intermodal service with Bayonne port

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2020 – Hutchison Ports BEST subsidiary Synergy has signed a contract with Navarra-based GIMEX to establish an...

Brittany Ferries maintains commitment to Ireland-Spain route; moves departure port to Rosslare

Brittany Ferries – News Release – January 20, 2020 Brittany Ferries has announced that it is to move its Ireland/Spain sailings from Cork to...

New rail service to link Koper port and Bratislava

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 26, 2020 – Ljubljana-based intermodal transport company Adria Kombi and Austria’s Rail Cargo Operator have...

Maersk inaugurates a new container line in Huelva port

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2020 – From February 10, the Maersk shipping company will start a new feeder service from Huelva port, linking...

Ocean Alliance confirms calls to Italian ports of Genoa, La Spezia and Trieste

Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale – January 10, 2020 The Ocean Alliance containerized shipowning alliance has presented the new...

Maersk to introduce Gijón port service

Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) January 12, 2020 – Maersk Lines is to link its Z03 container service with the port of Gijón commencing January 23,...

New catamaran line between Burgas and Istanbul

Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) November 16, 2019 – A new catamaran/fast ferry line will start operations on July 1, 2020, between Bulgaria’s second...

RZD Logistics transports first container from Europe to Japan via Trans-Siberian LandBridge

RZD Logistics – December 2, 2019 RZD Logistics JSC, the leading multimodal logistics operator in the CIS and Baltic countries, has successfully...

Minister for Infrastructure and Housing visits Lisbon port at the premiere of the new regular container service

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) December 1, 2019 – The Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Pedro Nuno Santos, has visited the Port of Lisbon today,...

ICTSI Croatia welcomes new intermodal service

International Container Terminal Services – 20 November 2019 Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), the Croatian subsidiary of International Container...

Ferry connection between Skadovsk port and Zonguldak Turkish port planned

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 7, 2019 – Skadovsk port has hosted a meeting of the port administration, Kherson Oblast Administration and...

DHL ramps up its rail network and service along the new Silk Road

Three new European Rail Competence Centers in France, Italy, and the UK provide customer service and freight handling between Europe and Asia – November...

Romania’s Grampet Group launches naval route between Batumi and Constanta ports

Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) October 28, 2019 – Three members of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) – Grampet – Grup...

COSCO Shipping Lines participates in new short sea shipping service that includes Valencia and Algeciras ports

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2019 – COSCO Shipping and CMA CGM have inaugurated the new Black Sea Marmara Morocco Service (BSM) at Valencia...

MSC launches new reefer rail service with high-tec power supply

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 21, 2019 – MSC, a global transport and logistics company, has successfully completed the first service in a new...

Kalmar adds Automated Truck Handling to its AutoStrad offering

Cargotec Press Release – October 10, 2019 Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has announced the introduction of Automated Truck Handling (ATH) to its Kalmar...

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