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Renfe, officially Renfe-Operadora, is the national passenger railway company of Spain. It was created in 2005 upon the split of the former Renfe national company into the Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias and Renfe-Operadora.

Maersk, Renfe, Cepsa to use biofuels on Algeciras-Madrid rail line

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2023 – Maersk, Renfe and Cepsa will test second-generation biofuels in the railway sector with the aim of...

Cádiz’ Jerez de la Frontera Railway Logistics Terminal multiplies its activity by six during 2021

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2022 – The Jerez de la Frontera Railway Logistics Terminal has multiplied its activity by six during 2021...

Puertos del Estado hosts SIMPLE innovation event

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 18, 2019 – Last Friday, Puertos del Estado (state-owned ports agency) hosted the first milestone event of the SIMPLE...

Renfe Mercancías relaunches Algeciras-Madrid Abroñigal rail link

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 13, 2019 – Spanish rail freight services operator Renfe Mercancías relaunched the rail link from Algeciras port to Madrid...

Algeciras port to recover rail freight traffic on May 13

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 30, 2019 – Algeciras port plans to recover rail freight traffic on May 13 after the completion of the rehabilitation...

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...

First pilot test of LNG transport by road, rail and sea successfully carried out in Europe

Press release – CORE LNGas Hive – First pilot test of LNG transport by road, rail and sea successfully carried out in Europe – December 10,...

European Commission selects Enagás initiative LNGHIVE2 to boost LNG as an alternative fuel

Press release – European Commission selects the initiative LNGHIVE2, coordinated by Enagás, to boost LNG as alternative fuel – November 15, 2018...

EU to invest €5.2 million in three LNG projects at Huelva port

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) of the European Commission has approved three projects at...

Sibport awarded contract operate Júndiz railway freight terminal near Bilbao port

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2018 – Spanish company Servicios Intermodales Bilbaoport SL (Sibport) will start operating during the next four years,...

US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx visits Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – US Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Foxx, has visited to the port of Valencia. He was accompanied on...

Transfesa holds market share of up to 30% in Spain

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2018 – With a total of 1.13 million tonnes of cargo handled in 2017, Spanish logistics operator Transfesa (Transportes...

DB Cargo starts operating rail service linking Barcelona port to Germany

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2018 – DB Cargo started operating the first rail vehicle service linking the port of Barcelona to Germany. The...

Costa Cruises, Renfe renew cooperation deal

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2018 – Costa Cruises and Spanish state-run railway operator Renfe signed a renewal of their of cooperation...

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...

Spain’s Renfe, Portugal’s Medway launch freight line linking Mérida hub to Sines port

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – Spanish state-run railway operator Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles (Renfe) and Portuguese...

Zaragoza-Sagunto rail freight traffic to soar at end-October

Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) October 13, 2017 – At the end of October, freight traffic on the Zaragoza-Teruel-Sagunto railway corridor will quintuply on the...

Huelva-Zafira rail line’s traffic exceeds expectations

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Huelva port promotion association HuelvaPort has said the cargo traffic of the railway line connecting the...

Huelva port, Renfe Mercancías sign cooperation deal

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has signed a cooperation agreement with Spanish...

Spain’s Railsider Mediterráneo to build container storage facility in Sagunto

Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – Spanish company Railsider Mediterráneo has announced plans to build a container storage facility in Sagunto,...

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