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.
New promotional office of Trieste port in Budapest and expansion plans
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 21, 2021 – The Port Authority of Trieste and Alpe Adria have opened their first promotional office abroad in Hungarian...
North Macedonia issues grant agreements for consulting services for Corridor VIII
The Government of North Macedonia signed the Grant Agreement for consulting services, as well as the Agreement for Supervising Engineer for the upcoming...
Hupac takes over operations of Terminal Novara CIM
Combiconnect is the name of the Hupac Group company that will manage the operation of the Novara CIM terminal from 18.10.2021 – October 8, 2021 The...
Spain’s Adif to invest in Algeciras-Zaragoza rail link
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 8, 2021 – Cargo rail connections between the Port of Algeciras and Zaragoza in Northern Spain are set to improve...
Port of Barcelona assumes presidency of multimodal logistics of in-move by Railgrup
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 5, 2021 – The Port of Barcelona has assumed the presidency of the multimodal logistics working group of the...
Greece plans investment in rail network connections to ports
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 17, 2021 – Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Costas Karamanlis, speaking at a European Year of Railways...
APM Terminals Vado Ligure’s first dedicated ‘Fast Corridor’ opens
16 September 2021 First ‘Fast Corridor’ provides uninterrupted link between Vado Ligure and inland customer APM Terminals Vado Ligure’s first dedicated...
The railway already takes more than 160,000 lorries off the road in the València-Madrid corridor
València, September 16th, 2021.- The railway already takes out of the race 160,000 lorries a year with containers (calculated in TEUs, or units equivalent to...
TransContainer, Taewoong Logistics arrange first rail cargo from Korea to Turkey via ports
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) September 16, 2021 – Russia’s TransContainer and Taewoong Logistics have arranged the first transportation of...
Adif, Valenciaport & Tramesa agree new Madrid-Valencia rail link
València, Spain (Ports Europe) September 16, 2021 – Rail operator Adif, Valenciaport and Transportes Mixtos Especiales (Tramesa) have signed an...
VTG and Lotras introduce intermodal north-south rail service
Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) September 13, 2021 – Using the RoadRailLink (R2L) technology, Hamburg-based VTG and the local transport company Lotras...
Ports and logistics highlighted for Turkish investment
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 13, 2021 – According to the Turkish government’s 2022-2024 Investment Program, both ports and logistics...
Seaport of Kiel gets connection via Hanover Lehrte to Verona
(Kiel, 6th September 2021) In eco-friendly rail freight transport, the seaport of Kiel is getting additional capacity and faster connections. Since the...
Port of Trieste opens office in Budapest
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 7, 2021 – Port of Trieste has opened a representative office in the Hungarian capital of Budapest in order to...
RFI reconnects Trieste port with Servola and Aquilina stations
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 6, 2021 – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), the Italian railway infrastructure manager, has completed a €7.5...
Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP) to invest €4 million in Port of Leixões rail connections
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 3, 2021 – Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP) has announced that it will invest €4 million to improve rail...
Container rail traffic at the Port of Barcelona grows by 46% in the first half of the year
Container rail traffic at the Port of Barcelona has grown by 46% in the first six months of 2021, totalling 161,735 TEUs, compared to 111,132 TEUs in the same...
MSC to start new, direct rail service connecting Trieste and Ludwigshafen, Germany
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 2, 2021 – MSC has announce the launch of a new, direct rail service connecting Trieste,...
Spain’s Renfe takes holding in Leo Express rail company in Czech Republic
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 24, 2021 – Renfe, the Spanish state-owned rail company, has acquired a 50% stake in Leo Express, a Czech train...
Hupac acquires 4.16% stake in WienCont
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) August 23, 2021 – Hupac, an intermodal transport in Europe, has acquired a 4.16% stake in the WienCont container terminal,...