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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.

Noatum launches railway services unit

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2018 – Noatum Logistics, the logistics unit of Noatum Maritime, has launched a new division specialising in offering...

AdSP (Genoa port) president speaks at infrastructure event

Savona, Italy (PortSEurope) May 28, 2018 – The President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian...

Barcelona port joins Railgrup cluster

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 25, 2018 – Barcelona port has joined the Railgrup railway cluster as part of efforts to boost the railway traffic. The...

Trieste Marine Terminal sees increased rail traffic in Q1 2018

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – In January-March 2018, rail traffic connecting Pier VII with Italy and Europe increased by 65%, in relation...

IAPH comments the effect of developing dry ports on seaports

Tokyo, Japan (PortSEurope) May 22, 2018 – At the recent World Ports Conference of the International Association of Ports and Harbors in Baku,...

DB Schenker names CEO of Iberian unit

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 21, 2018 – Juan Carlos Moro has been named CEO of the DB Schenker unit in Iberia (Spain and Portugal), replacing Lluís...

Spain approves establishment of single European railway area

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2018 – Spain’s Council of Ministers approved the Royal Decree modifying the regulation of the railway sector and...

MSC start Graz-Trieste port service to reduce transit times from Asia

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. has introduced the new weekly MSC Graz-Trieste Runner shuttle train,...

Anaklia Deep Sea Port becomes associate member of Trans Caspian International Transit Route

Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – Anaklia Deep Sea Port has become an associate member of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route,...

Durrës port to benefit from EU investment in rail services

Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is set to provide up to €36.9 million ($44.14...

RFI part of study to upgrade the La Spezia-Migliarina station

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 13, 2018 – The Peracchini Administration has announces that the feasibility study to upgrade the La Spezia-Migliarina...

AdSP del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (Venice) and RFI sign agreement

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) May 12, 2018 – After the signature of an agreement in February 2018, to identify the necessary steps “for the updating...

Maersk offers Zaragoza companies rail line for exports via Vigo port

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – The conviction of the Vigo port community that Maersk would never completely abandon the harbour but would increase...

Minister of Development and Housing López calls for momentum in developing transport corridors

Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – The Minister of Development and Housing, Felipe López, has described as “key to the momentum of the...

Ticino-Genoa port transport developments under discussion

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – After the meeting which took place last March in Lugano, Switzerland, another bilateral initiative is being...

Andalusia insists on overhaul of railway line to Algeciras port

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – Andalusia’s regional government has asked the central Spanish government to invest in the modernisation of the...

Livorno and Piombino ports set for significant railway investment

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – The region of Tuscany is to provide €200 million to Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), the owner of...

Spain proposes inclusion of Huelva port in Ten-T Atlantic Corridor

Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) April 30, 2018 – Spanish public works minister Íñigo de la Serna has proposed the inclusion of Huelva in the Atlantic...

Aragón is Barcelona port’s main rail traffic partner

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 30, 2018 – Aragón is the leading market of the port of Barcelona, both in terms of the number of containers exchanged...

Egyptian government considers Red Sea and Mediterranean railway connection

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) April 30, 2018 –  The Ministry of Transportation is studying the construction of a railway connecting the Red Sea and...

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