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.
Spanish Public Works Ministry expects Mediterranean Corridor to be completed in three years
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Ministry has assured that “most of the works” of the Mediterranean Corridor...
Dry ports, railway line to boost Bilbao port growth
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – The railway line and the dry ports in Burgos and Álava represent a boost for the development of Bilbao port, the...
Spanish government approves Sagunto port railway access project
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) announced the approval by the Spanish Ministry of...
Gijón-Nantes Motorway of the Sea attracts interest of “one or two” companies
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado’s president José Llorca said that there are “one or...
Basque Country agrees on construction of railway line to Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 24, 2017 – The Spanish government and the Basque Country authorities expect the railway line to Bilbao port to be operational...
Adif expresses support for railway projects of Sagunto port
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – The mayor of Sagunto, Quico Fernández, has held a meeting with the president of Spanish state-run railway...
Gijón port looks for companies to operate Motorway of the Sea line
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – Gijón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón) is studying the interest of companies regarding the launch...
China considers Albanian transport investment
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – Albanian Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Sokol Dervishaj attended the recent Belt and Road forum...
Basque Country, Navarre governments discuss connectivity of Bilbao, Pasaia ports to Pamplona
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – Representatives of the governments of the Basque Country and Navarre held a working meeting in Pamplona to analyse...
Huelva port awards railway rehabilitation deal to Acciona
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) and Acciona Construcción S.A. have signed a contract worth...
Spain’s Adif plans actions for overhaul of Bobadilla-Algeciras line
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – Spanish state-owned railway operator Adif is carrying out the inspection of the Bobadilla-Algeciras railway...
Serbia to agree on financing of Bar-Belgrade motorway section in November
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – Serbian infrastructure minister Zorana Mihajlovic said she expects to sign a contract for the financing of the...
Sines port growth causes concerns in Algeciras
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 – The growth of the port of Sines is being viewed with suspicion and some fears in Spain, and this time it is the...
Trade union complains of lack of train handling staff at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – Spanish trade union CCOO denounced yesterday the staff deficit identified in the rail service of the port of...
Vigo port presents its logistics complex, line to Tanger in Munich
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has travelled to Munich to...
Almeria hosts Mediterranean Corridor meeting
Almeria, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – About 800 entrepreneurs from Andalusia, Murcia, Valencia and Catalonia participated in Almeria in the third of...
Italy’s Cemat starts operating La Spezia-Padua dry ports fast railway corridor
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – Italian transport company Cemat S.p.a. has started operating the fast track railway corridor connecting La...
Spanish logistics companies’ turnover rises in Jan-Feb 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2017 – Spanish freight and logistics companies increased their total turnover in the first two months of 2017 by 5.4%...
Event – Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation – May 14-15, Beijing
Beijing, China (PortSEurope) May 9, 2017 – China’s Belt and Road Forum is being billed as one of the biggest diplomatic events of 2017, and is based...
NAPA attends Transport Logistic event in Munich
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – The North Adriatic Ports Association (NAPA) was present at the Transport Logistics fair in Munich, and...