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.
Slovenia government to allow cheaper financing for Divača-Koper port rail track expansion
MEPs have adopted a guarantee law for the Divača-Koper 2nd track and the 3rd development axis, which we have prepared at the Ministry of Infrastructure in...
Southern Italy port authorities seek TEN-T involvement
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) December 18, 2019 – The presidents of two of the Southern Italian port authorities have sent a joint letter to the Minister of...
Azerbaijan, Iran to build Rasht-Astara railway line
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 11, 2019 – Azerbaijan and Iran have agreed to build a railway between Rasht (Iran) and Astara which will be part...
RZD Logistics transports first container from Europe to Japan via Trans-Siberian LandBridge
RZD Logistics – December 2, 2019 RZD Logistics JSC, the leading multimodal logistics operator in the CIS and Baltic countries, has successfully...
Chinese company interested in Serbian rail projects
Government of Serbia – December 2, 2019 Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana...
Rail modernization to Greece is one of Serbia’s priorities
Government of Serbia – December 2, 2019 Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana...
Duisburg inland port expands its activities in China
Duisburg, Germany (Ports Europe) December 2, 2019 – Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport) and China Railway Container Transport Corp (CRCT), part of China State...
150 professionals attend the first edition of Rail Day in the Port of Tarragona
The day, which is celebrated at Tinglado 1 in Moll de Costa, revolves around intermodality to achieve more competitive ports. The success of this meeting...
Trans-Caspian International Transport Route presented at several international events in November 15
Trans-Caspian International Transport Route – November 15, 2019 November 5-10, 2019 in Shanghai (China), the International Association...
Hupac adds Istanbul port-Europe rail links
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 13, 2019 – The Swiss intermodal operator Hupac has started new rail connections between Turkey and the ports and...
Cosco division acquires 60% of the share capital of Piraeus-based PEARL
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) November 11, 2019 – Ocean Rail Logistics, part of the COSCO Shipping group, has acquires 60% of the share capital of...
Port – Rail connectivity must be strengthened in EU policy
Over the last year, experts from both sea and inland ports have been assessing the European railway legislation from a port perspective. This has resulted in a...
DHL ramps up its rail network and service along the new Silk Road
Three new European Rail Competence Centers in France, Italy, and the UK provide customer service and freight handling between Europe and Asia – November...
President of Algeciras port calls for La Algeciras-Bobadilla bottleneck solution
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 3, 2019 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of...
Slovenia: Deputies confirm surety law was appropriate for further consideration
The National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia discussed and voted today on the appropriateness of the guarantee law on the construction of the second track...
Andalucía seeks rail connection between Granada and Motril port
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) October 29, 2019 – The Minister of Development of the Junta de Andalucía, Marifrán Carazo, that she will request of the...
First direct container train departs from Baku to Europe
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) October 20, 2019 – A 42-container block train has recently left the Chinese city of Xi’an to Prague, in the Czech...
Slovenian government takes steps to forward Divača-Koper port railway line
With the guarantee law for the Divača-Koper track and for the 3rd development axis, it is accelerated and cheaper to complete the projects – October 10,...
EU’s Connecting Europe Facility allocates €1.4 billion to support sustainable transport projects
Brussels, October 17, 2019 The European Commission has today launched a call for € 1.4 billion to support key projects through the Connecting Europe...
Greece awards design contract for railways linking Thessaloniki and Kavala ports
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) October 13, 2019 – Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) has awarded a €2.16 million contract to Omega Consulting...