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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.

Trade union CCOO, Bilbao port join forces in railway project

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – Spanish trade union (CCOO), Teruel Existe and la Plataforma del Ferrocarril de Teruel have met with Bilbao port...

Algeciras port to recover rail freight traffic on May 13

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 30, 2019 – Algeciras port plans to recover rail freight traffic on May 13 after the completion of the rehabilitation...

Aveiro port’s rail freight traffic rises 34% in 2018

Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – Railway traffic in the port of Aveiro grew 34% in 2018, reaching more than 256,000 tonnes and removing an...

METRANS starts new block-train service between Koper port and Enns

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – The Luka Koper port authority has reported a new railway service connecting Enns, in Austria, with Koper...

Hupac to increase frequency of freight rail service linking Rotterdam to Italy

Brescia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 22, 2019 – Swiss-based company Hupac Intermodal SA plans to increase the frequency of its freight rail...

Italian company signs €880,000 contract for Livorno port rail reorganisation

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2019 – D.R. Ferroviaria Italia Srl has signed a €880,000 ($989,500) contract for the redevelopment of the railway...

Spain’s government to approve participation in Valencia port logistics project

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Spain’s central government plans to approve its participation in the construction of the Intermodal and...

Huelva port launches weekly container train service to Madrid

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Huelva port has launched a new weekly container train service between Madrid and its South Pier, joining the...

Plenkovic, Li say Peljesac bridge symbolises Croatia-China-EU cooperation

Zagreb, Croatia (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Last week Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang visited the...

APM Terminals launches The Gothenburg Gateway

News Release – APM Terminals launches The Gothenburg Gateway – April 15, 2019 APM Terminals Gothenburg launched The Gothenburg Gateway this week....

Austria’s RCG establishes China-Hungary rail freight connection

Budapest, Hungary (Ports Europe) April 15, 2019 – Austria’s Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has established a regular connection the Chinese province...

Sète port to invest €6 million in rail platform overhaul

Sète, France (Ports Europe) April 15, 2019 – Sète port plans investments worth €6 million ($6.8 million) to expand its railway platform, managing...

Chinese investors show interest in Rijeka port rail project

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) April 12, 2019 – Chinese companies are interested in participating in the project for the modernisation of the...

Galicia applies for EU funding for rail link to A Coruña’s outer harbour

A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2019 – The Galicia regional government plans to ask the European Commission (EC) for funding of a railway...

Livorno port launches railway connection to Marchi Terminal

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) April 3, 2019 – Livorno port has launched a new railway connection linking the Marchi Terminal owned by logistics company...

EU Cohesion funds allocated to Portugal’s Linha do Norte railway line

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – The EU Cohesion Policy has announced investments of €4 billion ($4.48 billion) in 25 large...

EC proposes €11.8 million financing for new rail terminal at Barcelona port

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – The European Commission (EC) has proposed a total of €11.8 million ($13.3 million) to the...

Livorno port’s rail freight traffic rises 14% in 2018

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Livorno port handled 35,670 carriages and 1,963 trains in 2018, representing a 14% increase in...

Consorzio ASI to operate Brindisi port’s rail junction

Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) March 22, 2019 – Brindisi port plans to sign an agreement with state-owned company Consorzio per l’Area di...

Nantes port to improve links with hinterland

Nantes, France (Ports Europe) March 22, 2019 – The European Commission has included the Nantes Saint-Nazaire port in the list of major European Union...

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