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.
Spain’s Renfe Mercancías to lift traction capacity at Santander port
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2017 – Santander port will see the traction capacity of state-run freight rail operator Renfe Mercancías in its...
Spanish Environment Ministry okays A Coruna port’s outer harbour rail project
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2017 – Spanish Ministry of Environment has given the green light to the study of rail access to outer harbour Punta...
Valencia urges government to provide better port links to Mediterranean Corridor
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – Valencia regional government public works councillor María José Salvador recommended that the central...
Slovenian prime minister insists on Koper-Divaca railway project
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – Slovenian prime miniser Miro Cerar said he insists on the planned upgrade of the Koper-Divaca railway line...
Spain’s Sermaco participates in Mediterranean Corridor construction
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Spanish company Sermaco SLI Servicios Marítimos participates in the works of the Mediterranean Corridor in...
Hannibal launches Melzo-Trieste intermodal service
Trieste, Italy June 20, 2017 – Hannibal, in partnership with Alpe Adria S.p.A., is launching a new intermodal service between Melzo (Milan) and Trieste,...
Russia’s Freight One organises cargo shipment for Knauf at Taganrog port
Taganrog, Russia (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Russian logistics company JSC Freight One organised the first complex cargo transportation by sea from the...
TEN-T – Connecting Europe – Core network corridors
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Networks) envisages coordinated improvements to primary roads, railways,...
Adif, Valencia port to allocate funds to connect Sagunto port to Mediterranean Corridor
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Spanish state-run railway operator Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (Adif) and Valencia port...
Rail freight corridor North Sea-Mediterranean Sea helps Marseille development
Marseille Fos, France (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The rail freight corridor North Sea–Mediterranean Sea (RFC North Sea-Med) is one of the nine most...
Metrans opens new rail hub in Budapest linking north and south Europe
Budapest, Hungary (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – Metrans, the intermodal subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), is further expanding its...
Badajoz logistics platform to be completed by 2020
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 –The Plataforma Logística do Sudoeste Europeu (PLSWE – The Southwestern European Logistics Platform) in...
Basque Country, Castile and Leon regions lobby for shorter Madrid-Bilbao port route
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – Basque and Castile and Leon regional government officials have called on the central government to initiate a...
Serbia, China, Hungary start talks on transport corridor to Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Serbia, China and Hungary have agreed to start talks as soon as possible on the modernization of the transport...
Georgia, Iran & Azerbaijan to launch south-west transport corridor
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – The heads of Georgian, Iranian and Azerbaijani railways have discussed launching a new South-West...
Andalusia government official calls for better rail links to regional ports
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Gaspar Llanes, Secretary General of Economy of Andalusian regional government, stressed yesterday that...
USPA and World Bank to update Ports Development Strategy
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Ukrainian Seaports Authority (USPA) jointly with the World Bank experts will update the Ports Development...
Renfe Mercancías to start Barcelona port-Lyon freight line in Autumn
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Spanish freight railway firm Renfe Mercancías SA plans to start an international container traffic service...
Rail cargo traffic at Pasaia port to increase
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – An expansion of the railway station of Lezo-Errenteria will enable it to accommodate trains of up to 550 metres in...
Mediterranean Railway Corridor has more “allies” in Europe than in Spain
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – At the opening of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) event in Barcelona, Catalan Minister for...