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Intermodal Transport/Facilities

The transport of cargo and containers between locations using more than mode of transport – intermodal. Often involves an international logistics company arranging rail and road for one cargo delivery.

Event – Intermodal Europe 2017 – Amsterdam, November 28-30

Amsterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) August 25, 2017 – Intermodal Europe is the world-leading exhibition and conference for companies associated with...

Deepening of Volga river can help development of North-South Corridor

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) August 7, 2017 – A plan to dredge the Volga river to a greater depth and develop local ports, will speed up the...

Barcelona, Koper ports cooperate to boost handling of new cars at Motorways of the Sea

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Barcelona and Koper ports are carrying out the CarEsmatic project to boost the transport of new vehicles on...

Ukraine to begin work on transport corridor linking Black Sea, Baltic ports

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – Ukraine plans to begin the implementation of the project of the international transport corridor Go Highway,...

Barcelona and Valencia join forces over Mediterranean Corridor

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – The Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, and the Mayor of Valencia, Joan Ribó, met last month to sign a joint...

EU project tests new technologies in Madrid to improve traffic and travel information

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 27, 2017 – Spanish technology group Indra is working on the European R&D&i project Harmony to develop new...

Six port multimodal corridor between Greece and Bulgaria

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) July 17, 2017 – By the end of July, Greece and Bulgaria will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the...

Bulgaria and Greece to build a multimodal corridor between Black Sea, Aegean Sea and Danube

Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Bulgaria and Greece have announced that they plan to extend the multimodal transport corridor between the...

Kombiverkehr reports on Greek and Turkish ports traffic

Frankfurt, Germany (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – At a shareholders meeting, Kombiverkehr (Kombiverkehr Deutsche Gesellschaft für kombinierten...

Washington hosts Trans Caspian Forum

Washington, United States (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – The second annual Trans-Caspian Forum – East-West Trade and Transit Corridor has taken...

Dutch firm Ewalls Cargo Care presents dual trailer freight transport system in Spain

Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 29, 2017 – Dutch company Ewalls Cargo Care Holding B.V. presented, for the first time in Spain, a transport system called...

Daily rail freight connection Marseille Fos-Geneva opens officially

Marseille Fos, France (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – The daily rail freight connection between French port of Marseille Fos and Geneva, Switzerland, has been...

Tarragona port to host conference on Mediterranean Corridor

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Tarragona port will host a meeting to analyse the connections of the harbour to the Mediterranean Corridor on...

Valencia urges government to provide better port links to Mediterranean Corridor

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – Valencia regional government public works councillor María José Salvador recommended that the central...

Spain’s Sermaco participates in Mediterranean Corridor construction

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Spanish company Sermaco SLI Servicios Marítimos participates in the works of the Mediterranean Corridor in...

Hannibal launches Melzo-Trieste intermodal service

Trieste, Italy June 20, 2017 – Hannibal, in partnership with Alpe Adria S.p.A., is launching a new intermodal service between Melzo (Milan) and Trieste,...

TEN-T – Connecting Europe – Core network corridors

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Networks) envisages coordinated improvements to primary roads, railways,...

Adif, Valencia port to allocate funds to connect Sagunto port to Mediterranean Corridor

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Spanish state-run railway operator Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (Adif) and Valencia port...

Rail freight corridor North Sea-Mediterranean Sea helps Marseille development

Marseille Fos, France (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The rail freight corridor North Sea–Mediterranean Sea (RFC North Sea-Med) is one of the nine most...

Metrans opens new rail hub in Budapest linking north and south Europe

Budapest, Hungary (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – Metrans, the intermodal subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), is further expanding its...

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