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.
PKP Cargo International continues to develop rail transport to the south of Europe
At the end of November, PKP Cargo International (formerly AWT), a leading logistics operator in Europe, launched a new regular railway line between the...
Thessaloniki port-Sofia intermodal rail service starts trial
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) December 4, 2020 – Following the creation of the first dry port in Sofia, Bulgaria and in the context of improving the...
CSP Iberian Zaragoza Rail Terminal confirms full capacity to operate ferroutage trains
CSP Iberian Zaragoza Rail Terminal (CSPZ), part of the CSP Spain group, has confirmed to ADIF and the regional government of Aragon, its capacity to...
Turkey to boost railway investments, directly connecting industrial zones to port cities
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 28, 2020 – Infrastructure and Transport Minister, Adil Karaismailoğlu, has said that the government plans...
AdSP del Mare di Sicilia Orientale (Augusta) plans over €145 million
Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) November 24, 2020 – Following approval of its business plan for 2021, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia...
Maersk and PKP Cargo Connect set up rail service between Prague and Koper port
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) November 23, 2020 – Maersk, in cooperation with PKP Cargo Connect, has started a new rail connection between Koper port and...
Maersk doubles capacity on weekly ocean-rail service from Asia to Europe
Plans underway to scale up the service to daily services if customers’ demand continues on the current track – November 17, 2020 Copenhagen, 12...
AdSP del Mar Ligure Orientale (La Spezia) awards rail management contract
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 17, 2020 – Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port...
Aggressive Balkan expansion of Thessaloniki Port starts with an intermodal dry port in Sofia
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 13, 2020 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) has started a hinterland expansion with its first intermodal...
Valenciaport warns of the danger of not having double track for Valencia-Castellón and Sagunto-Zaragoza trains
The ports of Sagunto and València are strategic intermodal platforms to facilitate connectivity with the Mediterranean corridor – November 11, 2020...
Calls for Giresun railway development to be in national interests
Giresun, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 10, 2020 – Hasan Çakırmelikoğlu, Chairman of Giresun Chamber of Commerce and Industry, speaking baiut the...
New freight train service between Trieste and Nuremberg
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) November 6, 2020 – A new train service that will connect the port of Trieste with the hub of Nuremberg, Germany, started...
Ukraine considers possibility of cooperation with Italy in development of high-speed railway traffic
The Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Vladyslav Krykliy held a working meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy to Ukraine...
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik to establish its own intermodal company in Ukraine
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 5, 2020 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has established its own local intermodal company, Ukrainian...
Ceneri Tunnel turns Genoa into a fast rail gateway to Europe
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 3, 2020 – The inauguration of the Ceneri Base Tunnel (CBT), part of the new Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA),...
Naples port starts rail service with China
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) November 2, 2020 – Naples port has announced that the the railway connection between Shunde, in Southern China, and the Nola...
Contship Italia Group releases new business plan targets 2021-2024
Contship Italia Group, the Italian container terminal and intermodal branch of Eurokai, today unveils a raft of new initiatives aimed at enhancing its national...
Euroterminal LLC to expand railway access to Odessa port
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 29, 2020 – Euroterminal LLC has started construction of an access railway track to Odesa-Peresyp railway station...
The Three Seas Fund agrees its first investment
Warsaw, Poland (PortSEurope) October 27, 2020 – The Three Seas Fund has announced its first investment, acquiring a 100% interest in Poland’s...
Madrid-Barcelona port rail links set for investment
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 26, 2020 – Madrid and Barcelona have agreed funding improvement to railways linking the two cities. Puertos del...