Switzerland
Switzerland is a country located in central Europe, bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. It is a federal parliamentary republic, with a president and a parliament as its head of state and government, respectively.
Kuehne+Nagel reports reduced profit in Q1 24
Zürich, Switzerland (Ports Europe)- April 24, 2024 – The first quarter of 2024 saw a slight improvement in demand for transportation services in sea and...
Cavotec with $.5.7 mln order to retrofit ships for shore power
Lugano, Switzerland (Ports Europe) February 17, 2024 – Cavotec, a Switzerland based cleantech company developing connection and electrification...
Hupac 2023 results and Europe’s railway issues
Chiasso, Switzerland (Ports Europe) February 17, 2024 – Hupac Group, Europe’s leading intermodal network operator, in 2023 moved 975,000 road...
Swiss ambassador visits Baku port
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – Switzerland’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Thomas Stehlin visited the country’s Caspian Sea port of...
National Council of Switzerland visits Port of Koper
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) October 11, 2023 – Yesterday, Luka Koper hosted Martin Candinas, President of the National Council of Switzerland. He was...
Swiss Ports sees inland water traffic up +19.1% in first half of 2023
Basel, Switzerland (Ports Europe) August 10, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, the inland Swiss ports of Kleinhüningen, Birsfelden and Auhafen Muttenz...
Berne Declaration – Taking the cross-border rail customer experience to the next level
Bern, Switzerland (PortSEurope) July 6, 2023 – The Berne Declaration was signed by CER and European railway CEOs at the Rail CEO Summit hosted by Swiss...
Swiss Rhine ports shows 17% growth in container traffic in first half
The handling figures in the Swiss Rhine ports in the first half of 2022 show significant growth in container traffic of around 17%, but also a significant drop...
Schweizerischen Rheinhäfen reports higher container traffic in first quarter
At just under 1.2 million t, goods handling by Schweizerischen Rheinhäfen (Swiss Rhine ports) in the 1st quarter of 2022 was almost 8% down on the same period...
MSC group’s cruise division first major global cruise business to join Green Marine Europe label
Geneva, Switzerland – 14 February 2022: MSC Group’s Cruise Division announced today its commitment to join the Green Marine Europe Label,...
Swissterminal opens new Austrian link with southern European port connections
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 8, 2022 – Swissterminal Group is to open an intermodal rail connection to Wolfurt in Austria with onward...
Schweizerische Rheinhäfen reports improved 9-month performance
Zurich, Switzerland (PortSEurope) November 22, 2021 – Schweizerische Rheinhäfen has reported total cargo handling of 4.28 million tons, up 7.5% on the...
Kuehne+Nagel Group – Excellent business performance continues in Q3 2021
The Kuehne+Nagel Group once again reported an excellent business performance in the third quarter of 2021. All business units were able to exceed their...
MSC Cruises seeks net zero emissions by 2050
Geneva, Switzerland (Ports Europe) September 23, 2021 – MSC Cruises, part of MSC, has pledged “to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...
Swiss Rhein Ports: Q1 2021 – Freight handling exceeds previous year
After quarterly figures for transshipment in the Swiss Rhine ports for some time now only barely or not at all exceed the previous year’s figures, the...
Swiss Rhine ports: Handling statistics 1st quarter 2021 – Cargo handling at previous year’s level
At a good 1.25 million t, the cargo throughput in the Swiss Rhine ports in the first quarter of 2021 is roughly at the level of the corresponding period of the...
PSA Genova Pra joins Groupement Fer consortium
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 17, 2021 – PSA Genova Pra, operator of the largest container terminal at Genoa port, has become a partner of Groupement...
Cavotec to refocus business of ports and maritime sector
Lugano, Switzerland (Ports Europe) March 8, 2021 – Cavotec, a global engineering group, headquartered in Lugano, is to divest its airports business and...
Logtainer and Hupac to start intermodal service to Italian ports
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) February 3, 2021 – Transport companies Logtainer and Hupac will integrate their networks to offer fast and reliable...
Ceneri Tunnel turns Genoa into a fast rail gateway to Europe
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 3, 2020 – The inauguration of the Ceneri Base Tunnel (CBT), part of the new Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA),...