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.
Rail Cargo Austria to launch intermodal service to Iran, via Trieste
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Austria’s Rail Cargo Group, together with the Turkish shipping company U.N. Ro-Ro İşletmeleri...
Bulgaria-Greece port railway connection project needs investment of €5 billion
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Bulgaria’s transport minister Ivaylo Moskovski has said the total investment in the railway...
Bulgarian PM says port link project with Greece will boost energy, transport, tourist sectors
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Bulgaria’s prime minister Boyko Borisov has said the launch of a railway connection between...
New railway connection agreement between Greece and Bulgaria
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – A memorandum of understanding between Bulgaria and Greece for a new railway connection will be signed...
Castellón port to start drafting southern rail access project
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Castellón port plans to begin the drafting of the construction project of the southern access by...
Italy’s Transport Regulatory Authority visits Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – The recent visit to Trieste port of Autorità per la regolamentazione dei Trasporti (the Transport...
Ferrol port awards €1.7 million contract for railway access technical assistance
Ferrol, Spain (PortS Europe) August 29, 2017 – Ferrol port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ferrol-San Cibrao) has said it awarded a €1.693 million...
Koper-Divaca referendum campaign starts on Aug 25
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) August 25, 2017 – The electoral campaign ahead of the referendum for the construction of the second track of the railway line...
Vilagarcía awards crane railway construction contract to Spain’s Comsa
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Vilagarcía port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vilagarcía de Arousa) has signed a €359,461...
Austrian railway set to bypass Koper port
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) August 20, 2017 – Whilst the Slovenian port of Koper has a most favourable position for a transit seaport for central...
Haifa port adds railway connection
Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) August 18, 2017 – Haifa Port Authority and Israel Railways have cooperated to construct a railway connection to the the...
Adif tenders railroad ties supply contract for Valencia-Sagunto line
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 18, 2017 – Spanish state-owned railway operator Adif has tendered a supply and transportation contract to provide the...
Castellón port considers new railway line
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) August 11, 2017 – Castellón port is considering the launch of a new railway line to cope with the congestion of the...
Noatum extends Pla-Za railway terminal concession
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 4, 2017 – Spanish state-run railway operator Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (Adif) has extended the...
Barcelona, Koper ports cooperate to boost handling of new cars at Motorways of the Sea
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Barcelona and Koper ports are carrying out the CarEsmatic project to boost the transport of new vehicles on...
Italian Court of Audit provides €39 million funding to La Spezia port
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – Italian Court of Audit has unblocked €39 million ($46.1 million) in financing for the construction of...
Constanta and Gdansk ports sign Three Seas Initiative agreement
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – Poland’s PKP Cargo SA and the Port of Gdansk Authority SA signed a Memorandum of Cooperation...
Barcelona and Valencia join forces over Mediterranean Corridor
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – The Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, and the Mayor of Valencia, Joan Ribó, met last month to sign a joint...
Seville port to get €14 million funding for rail access construction
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – Spanish interport compensation fund’s board of directors has unanimously approved a loan of €14...
Cargo flows across the Swiss Alps
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – In 2016, a total of 40.4 million tons of goods crossed the Swiss Alps, which marks a new record and...