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New feeder service will link Port of Ferrol to international shipping

Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) February 11, 2022 – A new service of X-Press Feeders (ACX -Algeciras Canaries) will connect the Port of Ferrol, via...

TransContainer launches its first international multimodal service from China to Germany under unified CIM/SMGS consignment note

PJSC TransContainer of Delo Group has launched its first international multimodal service of cargo transportation from China to Germany under unified CIM/SMGS...

Swissterminal opens new Austrian link with southern European port connections

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 8, 2022 – Swissterminal Group is to open an intermodal rail connection to Wolfurt in Austria with onward...

ZIM adds Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port to vehicle transport service

Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) February 7, 2022 – Israel’s ZIM Integrated Shipping Services will include the port of Chornomorsk in the Ro-Ro Vehicle...

Port of Trieste carries out first “customs clearance at sea”

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 7, 2022 – The Port of Trieste has carried out the first “customs clearance at sea” of bulk goods for...

New Maersk rail service starts between ports of Algeciras and Marin

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 4, 2022 – The first refrigerated train has completed the almost 1,700 km between the ports of Algeciras and...

Port of Malaga set to open marina for mega yachts

Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2022 – A joint venture between Ocean Capital Partners (OCP) and Island Global Yachting (IGY) plans to open a...

CMA CGM’s Containerships extends Spain and UK shipping service

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2022 – Containerships is expanding its Spain and UK shipping service. The NWUK FAST LANE service offers an...

Baleària builds the first electric ship to have zero-emissions during port stays

Baleària presented the construction of the first electric passenger and cargo ferry that will be pollution free during port stays and approaches –...

Volta Shipping Services starts new shipping service linking Port of Koper with Far East

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 26, 2022 – This month, Volta Shipping Services launched the MED service connecting Koper with five Far East ports...

CMA CGM and TotalEnergies carry out Marseille Fos’ first ship-to-containership LNG bunkering

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 24, 2022 – French global logistics company CMA CGM and TotalEnergies have launched Marseilles’ inaugural...

Port of Tarragona starts its first regular multi-client railway route

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 21, 2022 – The Port of Tarragona has started this Thursday the first regular multi-customer railway service TECO...

New Kuehne+Nagel sea freight disruption indicator points to persistent supply chain challenges

Kuehne+Nagel is launching the Seaexplorer disruption indicator to measure the efficiency of the world container shipping networks – January 20, 2022 The...

Maersk launches new reefer train service between Algeciras and Marin ports

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) January 14, 2022 – A.P. Moller- Maersk (Maersk) has announced a new rail service for reefer cargo between its Andalucía...

Port of Cartagena seeks leading role as LNG supplier to ships

Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) January 13, 2022 – The Brittany Ferries ship “Salamanca” has just called at the Port of Cartagena where it took...

New UK-Morocco cargo sea service avoids Brexit red tape

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) January 12, 2022 – United Seaways has launched a weekly Ro-Ro service directly linking Poole on the Southern coast...

New RifLine container service arrives at Port of Salerno from China

Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 11, 2022 – At the end of last month, Salerno Container Terminal (SCT) welcomed the full container ship “Green...

Bulgaria pushes for a Ro-Ro line with Turkey between the ports of Burgas and Karasu

Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) January 9, 2022 – Bulgaria keeps pushing for the establishment of a Ro-Ro line between the country’s second largest Black...

First cargo train between Istanbul and Islamabad via Tehran reaches Ankara

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 4, 2022 – Yesterday, the first cargo train between Istanbul and Islamabad via Tehran (ITI) reached Ankara via...

Petrolesport handled transit cars from China to Europe as part of new railway-sea pilot

Petrolesport (PLP), part of the Global Ports Group, has participated in the pilot project of the new China-Europe intermodal transit route, reloading passenger...

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