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.
Rail Cargo Group is leader in rail logistics with Turkey
In 2019, the Rail Cargo Group is again the leading customer of the Turkish state railway TCDD Taşımacılık and leads the way in terms of number of wagons...
Barcelona port produces positive rail audit
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 11, 2020 – The Port of Barcelona has successfully completed the audit of its Security Management System and Railway...
Rail Cargo Group’s China transport is on the increase
Rail freight transport to and from China can start moving again. Rail Cargo Group’s TransFER connections can guarantee direct links to the ports for imports...
First Rail Cargo Group train from Jinan arrives in Budapest
The first batch of healthcare equipment travelling on our fastest direct connection between Jinan and Budapest arrived in Europe – April 27, 2020 The...
Adif awards Valencia port contract to COPASA
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 30, 2020 – Adif, the state-owned railway infrastructure manager, has awarded Copasa, a construction and services...
Maersk offers weekly rail service from China to Turkey
Copenhagen, April 29, 2020 Maersk has launched its first rail service from Xi’an, China to Izmit, Turkey. This new route, which is part of Maersk...
Iran continues dry port development
Aprin, Iran (Ports Europe) April 27, 2020 – The country’s largest inland, dry port, Aprin, has received a boost from an agreement between country’s...
Chabahar intermodal corridor links India, Iran and Afghanistan
Chabahar, Iran (Ports Europe) April 24, 2020 – The first India-Iran-Afghanistan intermodal transport, using Transports Internationaux Routiers (TIR...
Turkey: Minister Karaismailoğlu – The freight train is on its way to sister countries
News – Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure – April 18, 2020 Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu stated that foreign...
ANIA F2i Fund acquires Compagnia Ferroviaria Italiana
News Release – F2i – April 20, 2020 F2i Sgr and Ania, the National Association of Insurance Companies, have announce the acquisition of a majority...
Serbian President Vucic visit construction site Belgrade-Budapest fast railway
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic have visited works on...
Duisburger Hafen: Regular train traffic with Wuhan resumed
Safe and reliable rail transport strengthens duisport as a European hub in China trade; Regular train traffic with Wuhan resumed – April 14, 2020 Goods...
Genoa-Basel Mittelmeerzug remains operational
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 10, 2020 – At the end of 2018, PSA started the first direct intermodal railway connection between Genoa and Basel,...
FELB and Sinotrans operate first Shenyang-Enns container train
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) April 7, 2020 – FELB and Sinotrans have operated the first train from Shenyang, southern China, to Enns in Austria. The...
Italferr awards tender for the Bari Centrale-Bari Torre a Mare railway
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) April 7, 2020 – Italferr, part of FS Italiane Group, has been awarded the tender for the construction of the Bari...
Mercitalia hub: new “multifiliera” service Padua-Bari-Catania
Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) April 7, 2020 – Polo Mercitalia (FS Italiane Group) has started a new freight service connecting Interporto di Padova to...
MOU signed for Interporto di Catania connection
Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) April 7, 2020 – The Sicilian Region, RFI and Società Interporti Siciliani (SIS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
RZD International to stop operations in Iran
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 6, 2020 – Russian Railways division RZD International, a special purpose engineering company, has announced that it...
Maersk’s first intercontinental train from Europe to Asia dispatched from St. Petersburg
The new route reduces the transit time in half and offers attractive complementary product to traditional Ocean services – March 30, 2020 On 28 March...
Slovenia’s 2TDK signs local consortium for Glinščica work, part of rail capacity increase for Koper port
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 30, 2020 – State-owned 2TDK has announced the signature of an €8.5 million contract with a consortium comprising...