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.
Slovenian government agrees to second railway track between Koper and Divača
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – The Slovenian government has agreed to investment in a second railway track between Koper and Divača,...
Volkswagen Portugal explores rail transport as alternative to Setubal port
Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – Volkswagen Portugal is investigating the railway as an alternative for the export of vehicles with the...
Trieste Marine Terminal reports increased intermodal traffic in 2018
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – Trieste Marine Terminal Srl has announced that in 2018, its facility handled over 3,000 trains, a 49.75%...
SNCF Réseau and Marseille Fos port sign rail development agreement
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 20, 2019 – Marseille Fos Port and SNCF Réseau have signed an agreement to develop the rail freight traffic of...
Cartagena port signs agreement for Adif to develop rail capacity
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) January 15, 2019 – Joaquín Segado, president of Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of...
Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao to increase rail capacity
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 8, 2019 – To consolidate its commitment to intermodal transport, Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao is working on the...
ANESCO urges Adif to restore rail traffic to Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras (ANESCO – Spanish National Association of Stevedoring...
A Coruña port postpones launch of Punta Langosteira railway project
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – A Coruña port has postponed by more than a year the works for the construction of a railway line in...
Italy’s FdS to improve intermodal infrastructure at Venice’s Mestre railway station
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Italian state-owned railway group Ferrovie dello Stato (FdS) plans to launch a project for the...
Cádiz port signs contract to operate Jerez freight rail terminal
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) December 17, 2018 – Spanish state-owned railway operator Adif has signed a contract with Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de...
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana and Venice port authority sign railway upgrade agreement
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Maurizio Gentile, Managing Director and General Manager of Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (FS Group), the...
Italy’s RFI approves overhaul of rail network near Venice port
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 13, 2018 – Italian state-owned railway operator Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has approved an investment project for...
EBRD partners with EU for Macedonian Railway Corridor VIII
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to grant Macedonia an...
Port of Izmir to be connected to BTK railway
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 9, 2018 – Turkey plans to connect the port of Izmir to the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway corridor (BTK) by rail, the...
FELB to launch freight rail service linking Italy to China’s Chengdu
Melzo, Italy (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – Austria-based company Far East Land Bridge (FELB) plans to launch a freight rail service connecting the Melzo...
Studies set to expand Kavala port rail connections
Kavala, Greece (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – The commercial port of Kavala was visited by a workshop of the contractor of the project “Phase C...
New record for rail operations in La Spezia
La Spezia, November 28, 2018 Over the last three years, the number of trains in and out of the terminal, including those handled at the Santo Stefano Magra...
Trieste Marine Terminal attends Navigator Haulage Conference 2018 in Budapest
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) November 29, 2018 – Trieste Marine Terminal Spa’s Sales and Marketing Manager Marco Zollia has presented the...
Italy’s Mercitalia launches rail freight line linking Verona to Bari
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – Italian freight railway operator Mercitalia Intermodal has launched a service to connect...
Morocco expects economic dividends from high-speed train
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 25, 2018 – Morocco’s launch of Africa’s first high-speed train (LGV) is set to have a significant impact...