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.
SETG offers new Koper port-Austria rail freight service
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 29, 2020 – SETG (Salzburger Eisenbahn Transport Logistik GmbH), an Austrian rail freight comany, is to start a new...
Baku port: Container Trains from China to Turkey arriving faster
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) July 28, 2020 – ADY Container, a subsidiary company of Azerbaijan Railways, the members of the Trans-Caspian International...
Russia’s TransContainer reports over 10% y-o-y increase in container transport
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 23, 2020 – PJSC TransContainer has said that container handling volumes increased by 10.8% year-on-year. Revenue for...
Hungarian and Slovenian minister discuss transport
The Slovenian Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec met in Budapest with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Péter Szijjárt and the...
New rail link to Padua boosts Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 22, 2020 – Alpe Adria SpA and Mercitalia Rail have jointly launched an intermodal container rail service between Padua...
Greece completes another part of Athens-Corinth- Patras rail link
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) July 21, 2020 – Mytilineos S.A., a Greek-based industrial conglomerate, has completed work on the new double railway line of...
DBO Bahnoperator, METRANS, PKP Cargo, and JSC UTLC ERA test New Silk Road rail route
DBO Bahnoperator & METRANS, along with PKP Cargo, and JSC UTLC ERA tested a new route for the China-Europe-China container trains as the New Silk Road...
REC Uluslararasi awarded tender for Mersin Adana Osmaniye Gaziantep railway
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 19, 2020 – REC Uluslararasi Insaat Yatirim Sanayi ve Ticaret AS has won the tender for the project to construct the...
EU’s CEF programme to fund two Trieste port projects
RTTrieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 20, 2020 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Adriatic Sea Port...
Three Slovenian transport projects to receive European Union funding
The European Commission will financially support three Slovenian projects in the total amount of €11.13 million European grants with the Connecting Europe...
EU invests over €2 billion in 140 key transport projects to jump-start the economy
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 16, 2020 – In an effort to boost the European Union economy after the health and economic crises caused by the...
New record time for China-Turkey container train
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) July 7, 2020 – The local ADY Container has reported that together with other members of the Trans-Caspian International...
Ukrainian minister welcomes container train from China
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 6, 2020 – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Vladyslav Krykliy, has joined a ceremonial event on the occasion of...
RFC Amber publishes 2019 annual report
RFC Amber published today its first Annual Report, giving customers, stakeholders and the general public a comprehensive overview over the activities and...
Italy’s Alessandria developing into inland port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) July 6, 2020 – The town of Alessandria is located about 100 km north of Genoa port and is in the process of establishing a...
EBRD to lend up to €100 million to Turkish State Railways (TCDD)
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 5, 2020 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to allocate a €100 sovereign loan to...
World Bank provides €314 mln loan for Turkey Rail Logistics Improvement Project
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 2, 2020 – The World Bank will provide a loan of around €314.5 million ($350 million) for the Turkey Rail Logistics...
Valenciaport will invest 136 million in Sagunto port
These investments will allow for key infrastructures such as rail access, the border inspection centre or the management of the northern zone – June 29,...
Port Burgas managers visit Alexandroupolis Port
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) June 24, 2020 – Alexandroupolis Port Authority has hosted a visit from managers from Bulgaria’s BMF Port...
Yilport Gebze plans to invest in rail platform for its terminal
Yilport Gebze, the “home terminal” of Yilport Holding in the Gulf of Izmit in Turkey, has announced a new investment in a rail platform inside the terminal...