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.
Uganda railways delegation visits Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 3, 2017 – Valencia port received on February 1 a delegation of Uganda railways, interested in the implementation...
Trieste railway line to make Baltic-Mediterranean transport more flexible
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – The German port of Kiel on the Baltic Sea and the Italian port of Trieste in the Adriatic have been...
Spanish railway operator to tender access to Barcelona port in May
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) president, Sixte Cambra, said that Spanish...
Rail Cargo Austria subsidiary relocates to Porto Marghera
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – The Rail Cargo Austria subsidiary Rail Cargo Carrier Italy (RCCI) is to relocate its operational...
First train on TEN-T Adriatic-Baltic corridor to depart from Trieste port on Jan 25
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – The first intermodal train scheduled on the Kiel-Gothenburg route will travel from Trieste port...
Puertos del Estado president says access construction to Punta Langosteira is essential
A Coruna, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – The access to the Punta Langosteira, the outer harbour of A Coruna port, is “a pending...
Balearia, Renfe sign deal to sell tickets jointly
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – The president of shipping company Balearia, Adolfo Utor, and the chairman of Spanish state-run railway...
Russian government to examine Greek port, railway projects cooperation proposals
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – Russia is ready to promptly examine the Greek proposal for port and rail projects, the Ministry of...
Almeria mayor, Puertos del Estado president discuss railway line construction project
Almeria, Spain (Ports Europe) January 19, 2017 – Almeria mayor Ramon Fernandez-Pacheco held a meeting with the president of Spanish national port agency...
Seville port urges Huelva harbour to keep Majarabique railway platform commitment
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) January 19, 2017 – Seville port has called on Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) to meet its commitment...
LPG transit through Ukrainian railway lines, ports declines by 23.2% Y/Y in 2016
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 19, 2017 – The transit of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) through Ukrainian railway lines and ports decreased by...
Livorno port launches intermodal terminal
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – With a total investment of around €40 million ($42.3 million), Livorno port has opened a new...
Sines, Extremadura discuss opportunities of railway corridor to Badajoz platform
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 13, 2017 – The president of the Spanish region of Extremadura, Guillermo Fernandez Vara, met today with the president...
OFP Atlantique almost hits annual cargo traffic target set for 2018
Nantes, France (Ports Europe) January 12, 2017 – French company OFP Atlantique, owned by La Rochelle and Nantes ports, together with Euro Cargo Rail,...
Huelva port awarded contract to operate Majarabique railway terminal
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has been awarded a contract for the operation of the...