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Baku port launches first container train to China

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) November 27, 2024 – The first container train on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route’s return trip from...

FESCO updates Novorossiysk-China service

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) November 24, 2024 – The FESCO Transport Group has announced the launch of an updated marine service, FESCO Black Sea...

New Caspian ferry line Turkmenbashi-Olya might finally launch

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) November 16, 2024 – After years of talks, in the near future, a regular ferry service may finally be launched between...

Alicante boosts Ro-Pax lines to Algeria

Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) November 6, 2024 – Spain’s Mediterranean Sea port of Alicante adds new lines with the Algerian ports of Oran and...

Rail Cargo Group to launch Rijeka-Belgrade service

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) November 4, 2024 – Rail Cargo Group is to launch a Rijeka-Belgrade service on its TransNET connecting the two rail hubs....

Ruscon launches Israel-Russia cargo service

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) November 1, 2024 – Ruscon, a multimodal transportation operator, has launched a regular service for the delivery of...

Maersk launched new container feeder line to Ukraine

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) October 29, 2024 – In defiance of continuing missile strikes against Ukrainian Black Sea ports, Danish giant shipping and...

New intermodal rail connect starts between Venice and Brescia

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) October 28, 2024 – A joint collaboration between Vecon-PSA Venice, Magli – Intermodal Service Group (MIS Group) and...

Russia-Turkey Ro-Ro service restarts after 2-year break

Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – After a two-year break, a Ro-Ro service between the Turkish Black Sea port of Zonguldak and the...

Port of La Rochelle introduces cold ironing

La Rochelle, France (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – The Grand Port Maritime de La Rochelle has announced that it is now equipped with twelve new...

APM Terminals Maasvlakte II will use shore power from 2028

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) October 15, 2024 – APM Terminals Maasvlakte II (MVII) will equip its terminal with shore power from 2028. Also...

New intermodal service between the port of Venice & Montirone

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) October 11, 2024 – After an initial test phase in recent weeks, the operation of the rail link between the docks of the...

Aldeport opens new terminal in Port of Seville

Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) October 8, 2024 – A new terminal of the Port of Seville, located to the south of the site in the Dársena del Cuarto,...

STF Shipping with 3 container lines China-Russia’s Far East

Shanghai, China (Ports Europe) October 6, 2024 – Newly established, Hong-Kong registered, STF Shipping launched three new East Asia (China) to Russia’s...

BCP, Tanger Med Port Authority use Blockchain Payment Gateway” platform

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – On September 27, 2024, Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP) and Tanger Med Port Authority (TMPA) signed...

New Burgas-Istanbul ferry line as of October 11

Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – The Turkish company İstanbul Deniz Otobüsleri Sanayi ve Ticaret (IDO) will start a new ferry service...

Ruscon launches China-Moscow rail cargo service

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 24, 2024 – Ruscon, part of Delo Group, has launched a new railway service for cargo delivery from China to...

Port of Marín part of new Brazilian fruit reefer service

Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2024 – The Port of Marín re-enters the maritime fruit transport circuit with a weekly line starting on...

Port of Barcelona, first zero-emissions call for a container ship

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona has received its first ship, which has switched off its engines whilst docked....

Grimaldi launches Trieste and Ambarli Ro-Ro service

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 3, 2024 – Starting September 14, the Grimaldi Group will launch a new direct connection between Trieste and...

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