Railways
All aspects of the relationship between ports and railways. This is mainly railway infrastructure within ports used to deliver and collect cargo from ships. It also includes national and international rail networks used to transport goods from ports to markets in Europe. Also includes EU rail transport policies and regulations (TEN-T). Railways often form parts of international transport corridors.
Port of Sète-Frontignan, SNCF sign railway contract
Sète, France (Ports Europe) May 4, 2023 – The Port of Sète-Frontignan and SNCF have signed an agreement to develop the rail service at the port. It...
Alabuga received SIBUR’s first container train
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 3, 2023 – Last weekend, the first train consisting of 76 cars with SIBUR products arrived at the container terminal of...
Samskip increases Duisburg rail services to add to North-South routes
Duisburg, Germany (Ports Europe) April 30, 2023 – Samskip has increased its Duisburg rail services to add to North-South routes. The comany has added...
Valenciaport, Burgos are working on study of direct rail connection
València, Spain (Ports Europe) April 27, 2023 – Valenciaport and Burgos are working on the study of a direct rail connection that links the port with...
First refrigerated container train on from Moscow to Xi’an
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 26, 2023 – RZD Logistics sent the first refrigerated container train on from Moscow to Xi’an (China)....
Spain’s Port of Marin to be modernised by Thales
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) April 21, 2023 – The Spanish Port of Marin is to be modernised by Thales, a leading company in railway solutions for port...
New rail service links Port of Trieste with Kapfenburg, Austria
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 17, 2023 – A new rail service has started linking the Port of Trieste with the Austrian intermodal terminal Montan...
Port of Ravenna exports BMWs to South Korea
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) April 14, 2023 – The Port of Ravenna is part of a logistics chain which exports BMWs from Germany to South Korea. The...
Suardíaz starts intermodal service linking Barcelona, Tarragona, Madrid
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 14, 2023 – Suardíaz Group and BASF will start a new intermodal rail service linking terminals of Morrot, in...
Valenciaport issues rail yard tender
València, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2023 – The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) has issued a tender the remodeling of the rail yard of the East...
Shortest new railway route to Ukraine’s Danube port of Reni via Moldova
Reni, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 10, 2023 – Ukrainian state-owned railway company (UkrZaliznytsia) has opened a new 30 km railway stretch which becomes...
New rail container service links PSA Genoa with Stuttgart
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) April 7, 2023 – A new rail service for containers will link PSA Genoa with Stuttgart in Germany. Commencing May 4, 2023, the...
TX Logistik AG – Intermodal triangular traffic launched between four countries
In order to shift more goods to rail, TX Logistik AG successfully launched an international triangular service for intermodal transports in mid-March –...
DB Schenker launches railway logistics terminal in Romania
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) April 5, 2023 – DB Schenker Romania has opened a new intermodal terminal for the transfer of goods arriving in...
Metrans takes 51% stake in the Croatian Adria Rail
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) March 30, 2023 – Earlier this month, Metrans took a 51% stake in Croatian Adria Rail, a rail operator and rail transport...
North Sea Port rail link takes containers and trailers off the roads
Ghent, Belgium (PortSEurope) March 22, 2023 – A new service whereby trains run from Ghent port to Lyon in France three times a week. It will...
Tender issued for railway development of Port of Constanta
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) March 21, 2023 – The National Railway Company CFR SA has issued a tender for the “Modernization of the railway...
Port of Livorno closed 2022 with a +35.8% rise in trains
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) March 19, 2023 – The port of Livorno closed 2022 with an increase of 35.8% in the total number of terminalised trains...
Port of Tarragona issues tender for 2nd phase of the Intermodal PortTarragona Terminal
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 17, 2023 – The Port of Tarragona has published the tender for the second phase of the works for the Intermodal...
Kazakhstan’s KTZ transports more containers by rail
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) March 16, 2023 – In 2022, the share of container transport in the total volume of export cargo transported along the KTZ...