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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.

Valencia region, Basque country demand improvement of Valencia-Bilbao ports railway

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – Valencia regional government president Ximo Puig said he will hold a working meeting with Basque counterpart...

Andalusian ports demand investments in Mediterranean Corridor connectivity

Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2017 – The seven Andalusian port authorities have today demanded from the central government investments to connect...

EU invests €22.1 million supporting synergies between transport & energy sectors

Brussels, Belgium, April 24, 2017 – EU invests €22.1 million supporting synergies between transport & energy sectors Today, EU Member States...

Trieste handles more trains in Q1 2017

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) April 26, 2017 – Trieste port handled more than 2,000 trains in the first quarter of 2017, a 20.06% increase on the same...

China’s CRCC representatives visit Lisbon port

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – Lisbon port has received a delegation of China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) and its subsidiaries...

Slovene government approves Koper-hinterland rail link

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – Last night, the Slovenian Parliament passed an urgent bill to approve the building of a new high-speed...

Ukrainian government presents route of test freight train to Iran

Chernomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 23, 2017 – The route of the test train from Ukraine to Iran will pass through Baku, Azerbaijan, to the port of...

Odessa port sets up working group for rail overhaul

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 23, 2017 – Odessa port has set up a working group, led by deputy managing director Ruslan Sahautdinov, for the overhaul...

Spain’s Adif upgrades railway line connecting Zaragoza to Sagunto port

Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) April 21, 2017 – Spanish state-run railway operator Adif (Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias) plans to execute...

Iran offers exchange of cargo with Odessa port

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 21, 2017 – Iran has offered Ukraine to organise the exchange of goods between the Iranian ports and Odessa with the help...

Trieste port handles 20% more trains in Q1 2017

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 20, 2017 – Trieste port handled some 2,000 trains in the first quarter of 2017, up 20.06% on the year, while total cargo...

Almeria to host forthcoming Mediterranean Corridor meeting

Almeria, Spain (Ports Europe) April 20, 2017 – After the last meeting for discussions on the Mediterranean Corridor project, carried out in Tarragona and in...

Valencia port railway terminal to operate 24 hours a day

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – The railway terminal of Valencia port will be able to operate rail services 24 hours a day, thanks to the...

Vilagarcia port calls tender for construction of crane rails

Vilagarcia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2017 – The Official State Gazette (BOE) published yesterday the tender of the works to construct rails for the...

Contship expands Hannibal rail services

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2017 – Hannibal, the multimodal transport operating division of the Contship Italia Group, is expanding with a...

Catalan Government calls for timetable for Mediterranean Railway Corridor

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – At a meeting of the strategic board for the Mediterranean Railway Corridor, Spanish Minister for...

Luka Koper unsure about Hungarian financial support for railway project

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 10, 2017 – Hungary’s financial participation in the project for the construction of a second rail track serving...

Puertos del Estado participates at Intermodal South America

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – The stand of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado at Intermodal South America in Brazil,...

Cantabrian-Mediterranean Railway Corridor has annual potential of 1.1 million TEUs

Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2017 – The Cantabrian-Mediterranean Railway Corridor, linking Zaragoza to Sagunto port, has a potential demand of...

Government discusses options for including Luka Koper in Divaca project

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 4, 2017 – Representatives of Slovenian Infrastructure Ministry and Luka Koper d.d., the operator of Koper port, have...

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