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.
Valenciaport issues rail tender for Poniente and Levante docks
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – Valenciaport has published the tender for the rail track doubling work and the implementation of the...
A new railway between RFI main line and port of Augusta, Sicily
Augusta, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) January 11, 2024 – A railway connection will be built between the RFI main line and the port of Augusta. This was...
Taranto port starts new service to transport refrigerated containers
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) January 8, 2024 – The Port of Taranto port started a new service to transport refrigerated containers. An agreement has...
Adif to invest in electrification of the Zaragoza-Teruel-Sagunt line
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 8, 2024 – Spanish state-owned railway infrastructure manager Adif will invest 34.4 million euros in the...
Train Port Barcelona set up to manage rail activities
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 4, 2024 – The Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility and the Ministry of Finance and Public Function will...
EU banks supports Corridor VIII rail network, North Macedonia
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 20, 2023 – European Union banks will help finance the third phase of the Eastern section of the Corridor VIII...
Port of Trieste starts first European customs corridor
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) December 14, 2023 – The Port of Trieste has announced the start of the first European customs corridor, which connects the...
Rasht-Astara railway construction for INSTC corridor in 2024
Tehran, Itan (Ports Europe) December 14, 2023 – It has been announced that the construction of the 163-km Rasht-Astara railway in Northern Iran will...
EIB loans finance for Koper and Divača railway expansion
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) December 11, 2023 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €250 million loan agreement with 2TDK Družba za...
Adif to tender railway between Tarragona and Zaragoza
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) December 1, 2023 – Adif plans to put out to tender at the beginning of next year a railway between Tarragona and...
TransContainer, Global Ports launch East-West container service
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 30, 2023 – PJSC TransContainer and container terminal operator Global Ports have launched a new scheduled...
DFDS, VIIA sign MoU with French ports of Sète and Calais
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 24, 2023 – Transport operators, DFDS and VIIA, and the French ports of Sète and Calais have signed a Memorandum...
TransContainer starts new export routes for timber
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 23, 2023 – PJSC TransContainer has started exporting timber using new export routes. This includes to China via...
RFI, Webuild sign €700 million Genoa contract
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) November 22, 2023 – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) and Webuild have signed a €700 million contract to continue working on...
Azerbaijan’s ADY Container continues to grow rail traffic
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) November 20, 2023 – ADY Container LLC, part of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC, has increased the traffic of containerised...
Albanian Railways issues tender for Durres-Kosovo railway
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) November 17, 2023 – Albanian Railways has issued a tender for a Durres-Kosovo railway consulting contract. The contract...
New direct rail freight service connects Barcelona port with Toulouse and Lyon
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2023 – A new direct rail freight service now connects the Port of Barcelona with the French cities of Toulouse...
Update: Russia prepares second alternative supply route to Crimea
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) November 8, 2023 – Construction of a railway connecting illegally annexed by Moscow Crimea and Russia’s...
One more rail connection Barcelona-Toulouse
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 22, 2023 – Hutchison Logistics Synergy, the Spanish logistics arm of Hutchison Ports, will connect the BEST...
Latvia receives first grain train from Ukraine
Riga, Latvia (PortSEurope) October 18, 2023 – Rīgas Universālais Termināls (RUT) has received the first grain train from Ukraine which was carrying...