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.
Adif will advise Croatia on development and modernization of railway infrastructure
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – The president of Adif, Juan Bravo, the Secretary of State for Infrastructure of Croatia, Nikolina...
Spanish government amends Barcelona port’s railway accesses project
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has announced a redesign in the project of new rail...
Avilés port awards railway signalisation deal to Alstom
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2018 – Avilés port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Avilés) has awarded a contract for the installation of...
Genoa port to launch railway upgrade of PSA Voltri-Prà terminal in March
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Genoa port plans to start the project for the increase of the capacity of the railway access to the PSA...
Trieste Marine Terminal set to launch Burghausen rail link
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Trieste Marine Terminal S.p.A. (TMT) will start its second railway service linking its Trieste terminal...
Psa Voltri-Prà Genoa terminal set to double rail access capacity
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) January 21, 2018 – In March, after years of waiting, work will begin for the doubling of the railway access to the Psa...
Civitavecchia hosts “Connecting Italy” conference
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – The Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (Centre-North Tyrrhenian...
Valencia port handles 7% of land cargo by rail
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – Valencia port has set as one of its priority objectives to develop railway connectivity as it is an element...
Castellón port loses only freight rail line to Bilbao
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) January 15, 2018 – Castellón port no longer has the rail service that allowed the transfer of goods to Bilbao. The only...
Friuli Venezia Giulia Region approves financing of projects to transport slabs on rail and ship
Monfalcone, Italy (PortSEurope) January 14,2018 – On January 3, 2018, the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region allocated €1.222 million to Fratelli Cosulich...
Málaga port, City Council join forces in underground railway project
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – Málaga City Council and Málaga port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga) will go hand in hand to...
Spanish minister presents Avilés port access project
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – Spanish public works minister Íñigo de la Serna has presented the project for the construction of accesses...
Reganosa supplies first European passenger train powered by LNG from Ferrol port terminal
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) January 7, 2018 – The first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has just been delivered by means of a truck to Asturias, a...
Freight transport by sea in Italy increases
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) January 6, 2018 – The maritime and railway transport of goods is increasing, while the road transport is slightly down,...
Marseille-HAROPA rail links to improve cargo transport times
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) January 6, 2018 – The concerted efforts of the two major French seaports have made it possible to achieve and implement...
COSCO sets up OceanRail Logistics in Greece
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – Chinese COSCO Shipping and Ports Limited has announced the setting up of OceanRail Logistics S.A. The...
Valencia port starts railway import service for new cars
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Valencia port started a railway import service of vehicles in December, when two convoys left the harbour to...
EBRD Ukrainian loan to improve connectivity between industrial and agricultural areas and key ports
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – The EBRD is to make a loan to Ukraine to increase efficiency of Ukrainian Railways (JSC Ukrzaliznytsya...
Valencia port to invest €6 million in container terminal accesses upgrade
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 29, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to invest €6 million ($7.2 million) to...
Agreement signed for improved intermodality at Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 28, 2017 -Rete Autostrade Mediterranee (RAM) has announced that a memorandum of understanding has been signed between...