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.
First cargo train between Istanbul and Islamabad via Tehran reaches Ankara
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 4, 2022 – Yesterday, the first cargo train between Istanbul and Islamabad via Tehran (ITI) reached Ankara via...
2021 on the New Silk Road: integration of infrastructures, technologies and expertise
By the end of 2021 the volume of railway container transportation between Europe and China will make one million standard containers (TEU). Integration...
Petrolesport handled transit cars from China to Europe as part of new railway-sea pilot
Petrolesport (PLP), part of the Global Ports Group, has participated in the pilot project of the new China-Europe intermodal transit route, reloading passenger...
Bulgaria and Serbia plan a new intermodal hub on their common border
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) December 10, 2021 – A new intermodal hub is to be build on the border between Bulgaria and Serbia, following an agreement...
Ruscon set monthly record for container trains dispatch from Novorossiysk port
By the end of November 2021, the multimodal transport operator Ruscon, part of the Delo Group, set a monthly record by dispatching 14 public container trains...
ROLA beats last year’s transport volumes
As early as October, the Rolling Road (ROLA) had surpassed the transport volumes achieved in the full-year in 2020 and 2019 – December 1, 2021 ROLA’s...
The improvement of the Valencia-Teruel-Zaragoza railway line will attract more traffic from the north of Spain to Valenciaport
The works to improve the Zaragoza-Teruel-Sagunto-Valencia railway line are progressing at a good pace, a strategic infrastructure to link the Cantabrian...
RFI introduces new computerized management system to benefit Vado Ligure
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 28, 2021 – RFI, the Italian railway infrastructure manager, has started operating a new computerized management...
CMA CGM to start Duisburg-Marseille intermodal rail service
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 22, 2021 – The French logistics group CMA CGM has announced a new block-train service between the inland port of...
Port of Barcelona and the city councils present the Urban Master Plan for the Intermodal Logistics Terminal
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 18, 2021 – The preview of the Urban Master Plan (PDU) for the Port of Barcelona’s Intermodal Logistics...
Port of Seville approves new rail project
The project for the new rail access to the Port of Seville has already been approved and we await the tender shortly – November 16, 2021 Rafael Carmona...
EBRD lends €150 million for key railway line from Istanbul to Bulgarian border
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending a €150 million loan to the Turkish government for the construction of a 67 km...
Port of Trieste to tender first stage of rail upgrade
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) November 15, 2021 – The tender for the first phase of the upgrading of the railway infrastructure in the port of Trieste has...
PortCastelló awards first phase contract of its railway network for €5.6 million
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 10, 2021 – A joint venture of Gimecons, OHL and SATO has been awarded a €5.64 million contract for the...
Terminales MarÃtimas del Sureste and Transfesa Logistics inaugurate rail service from port of Alicante to the UK
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) November 9, 2021 – Terminales MarÃtimas del Sureste, S.A. (TMS) and Transfesa Logistics have inaugurated a new rail...
TransContainer launches regular multimodal service from Korea to Poland via Far East
PJSC TransContainer of Delo Group, Pantos Logistics and the Polish company PKP LHS have launched regular multimodal service of cargo transportation in...
Port of Taranto promotes northern rail cargo connection
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2021 – At a webinar entitled “Taranto San Cataldo Container Terminal: New Gateway to Italy and Central...
A sign of the times: PSA International looks at railway options in Kazakhstan
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 7, 2021 – Reorientation of cargo from sea transport to railways was the focus of the visit of a PSA International...
Valenciaport: “We are bringing the railroad closer to companies so that containers travel by this means of transport”
València, October 22, 2021.- The president of the Valencia Port Authority (APV), Aurelio MartÃnez, has highlighted the commitment that Valenciaport is...
RFC Amber trials longer trains
On 20 October 2021, freight train operator GYSEV CARGO operated the first 740 m long Demo-Train on the Sopron – Budapest section of the AMBER Rail...