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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.

Port of Venice and Polish port agree rail targets

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) July 4, 2023 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSPMAS – Northern Adriatic Sea Port...

EU grant to fund railway development in North Sea Port

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 3, 2023 – The European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) will provide a €3.4 million grant to North...

Update: Ukraine will help Moldova rebuild 400 km railway to Reni Port with EU funding

Reni, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 30, 2023 – War-torn Ukraine will help its poor neighbour Moldova to rebuild a 400 km-long section of the railway line from...

Iran completes one more section of railway from Strait of Hormuz to Caspian Sea

Rasht, Iran (PortSEurope)June 27, 2023 – The long-delayed railway 160 km section between Qazvin and Rasht in Iran will become operational by early July,...

Rail Cargo Group launches Rijeka-Budapest cargo service

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) June 27, 2023 – Austria’s Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has started a service linking the Croatian port of Rijeka, via the...

New railway tunnel for Port of Trieste

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 23, 2023 – The Friuli Venezia Giulia Region has approved a project to build the railway tunnel to connect Molo...

New tender for the port of Genoa railway shunting service

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 21, 2023 – A new tender for the assignment of the railway shunting service in the port of Genoa has been approved by the...

Conference in Bremen: Rail-port connections

Bremen, Germany (PortSEurope) June 20, 2023 – Ports are embracing rail and make huge efforts and investments to efficientize the connection with...

More railway projects for Russia’s Taman Port

Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) June 19, 2023 – Russia’s Demetra Holding plans by 2027 to build a railway infrastructure for its deep water grain terminal...

Metrocargo Italia to start Marseille-Parma intermodal service

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 13, 2023 – Metrocargo Italia has won a contract to set up an intermodal rail service between Miramas, Marseille, and...

Maersk, Renfe, Cepsa to use biofuels on Algeciras-Madrid rail line

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2023 – Maersk, Renfe and Cepsa will test second-generation biofuels in the railway sector with the aim of...

Russian Railways will invest 13.9 million euro in a dry port in Astrakhan

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – Russian Railways (RZD) will invest about 1.2 billion rubles (13.9 million euro) until 2025 in the...

Ukraine will help Moldova rebuild 400 km railway connection to Reni Port

Reni, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – War-torn Ukraine will help its poor neighbour Moldova to rebuild a 400 km-long section of the railway line from...

València-Font de Sant Lluís intermodal terminal increases traffic

València, Spain (Ports Europe) May 31, 2023 – The València-Font de Sant Lluís intermodal terminal will have the capacity to operate 150,000 Intermodal...

Baltic-Adriatic Rail Freight Corridor meeting in Gdansk

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) May 26, 2023 – On 23 May 2023, representatives of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Centro-Settentrionale...

METRANS rail service links Rijeka and Budapest

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) May 26, 2023 – The rail company METRANS will add a new rail cargo link between Rijeka and Budapest starting June 1....

New Hannibal rail link between HHLA PLT Trieste and Milan

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) May 24, 2023 – Last month, Contship Italia Hannibal started a new railway service linking the HHLA PLT terminal in Trieste...

PSA International, Kazakhstan Railways to jointly develop TITR Corridor

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) May 23, 2023 – PSA International Pte Ltd and Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) will establish a joint venture company, KPMC Ltd,...

Russia and Iran to construct the 162 km INSTC missing railway link

Rasht, Iran (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – Russia and Iran signed an intergovernmental agreement for the construction of the 162 km Rasht-Astara railway in...

Rail Cargo Group starts new Vienna-Kiev intermodal rail service

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) May 10, 2023 – Rail Cargo Group (RCG) starts new Vienna-Kiev intermodal rail service with the cooperation of Ukrainian...

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