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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.

Grampet Group announces its first train on the Middle Corridor

ConstanÈ›a, Romania (Ports Europe) June 6, 2022 – GRAMPET Group has announced the first train organized on the the Trans-Caspian International Transport...

How Russia will try to mitigate the impact of the western transport sanctions

Ekaterinburg, Russia (Ports Europe) June 3, 2022 – Understanding Russian strategy about how to circumvent western sanctions in the transport sector and...

Port of Barcelona to participate in the new Madrid-Vicálvaro terminal

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 1, 2022 – Last month, Autoritat Portuària de Barcelona (APB) has said it will participate in the...

Port of Constanța removes unused railway wagons from its tracks

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) May 30, 2022 – The Port of ConstanÈ›a has removed 400 of 700 unused and damaged wagons from its tracks in the port, and...

Port of Constanța handles more cargo due to Ukrainian conflict

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) May 30, 2022 – Since the war started on February 24, 2022, the Port of ConstanÈ›a has become a key exports hub for...

Companies launch new feeder service between Poti and Constanta

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 26, 2022 – GR Logistics and Terminals, ADY Container (Azerbaijan), KTZ Express (Kazakhstan) and the Caspian Shipping...

Terminali Italia and Società Interporti Siciliani (SIS) sign an agreement for the management of Interporto di Catania

Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) May 26, 2022 – Regione Siciliana, Terminali Italia and Società Interporti Siciliani (SIS) have signed an...

Czech railway delivers Ukrainian grain to German port of Brake

Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) May 25, 2022 – ÄŒD Cargo, the Czech rail operator, has delivered the first consignment of 1,800 tonnes of corn from...

Ukraine will start staged construction of European track to connect Ukrainian railways with EU

Ukraine shortly plans to accede to the Convention on the Common Transit Procedure, or the so-called “customs visa-free”. Prime Minister Denys...

Kuryk to triple its cargo handling and increase the transport of vehicles

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) May 23, 2022 – The war in Ukraine and the massive Western sanctions against Russia are redrawing the transport map of...

Maersk introduces new rail-sea connection between Asia and Europe together with APM Terminals

In response to customers’ ever-changing supply chain needs in the current extraordinary times, Maersk introduces a new rail-sea offer connecting Asia to...

FS Group: 2022-2031 industrial plan €190 billion for sustainable development

FS Group, 2022-2031 industrial plan 190 billion for sustainable development of infrastructure and mobility at the service of the country – May 16, 2022 A...

Maersk launches a new Middle Corridor rail service

Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) May 17, 2022 – Maersk has launched a new rail-sea service connecting Asia to Europe through Central Asia using the...

Region Calabria takes ownership of Gioia Tauro port railway connection

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) May 11, 2022 – Region Calabria has taken ownership of the railway connection between the stations of Rosarno and San...

Port Authority of A Coruña allocates €5.7 million for railway access support for the Outer Port project

Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) May 6, 2022 – The Port Authority of A Coruña has allocated €5.7 million for the technical assistance for the work on...

Synergy and Asercomex increase frequency of rail service between Burgos and the port of Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 4, 2022 – The intermodal operator Synergy and freight forwarder Asercomex have increased the frequency of the rail...

Green electricity significantly reduces CO2 emissions at Metrans

The conversion to green electricity that has begun has led to a significant reduction in CO 2 emissions at HHLA’s rail subsidiary Metrans, one of...

Fast rail corridor of RHM between La Spezia Container Terminal and Terminal Italia Marzaglia

Morelli (RHM): “This is the third fast corridor for Contship Italia. In this way we increase the competitiveness of our ports” – March 31, 2022...

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics starts new container train service between China and Europe

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) April 29, 2022 – German company Hellmann Worldwide Logistics will start a new container train service linking the Chinese...

New Russian railway service to link Germany, the Netherlands and Italy with Russia, despite sanctions

St. Petersburg, Russia (PortSEurope) April 29, 2022 – Despite massive Western sanctions against Russia for its invasion in Ukraine, the first train of the...

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