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United Seaways launches UK-Morocco Ro-Ro service

Poole, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 18, 2021 – United Seaways is to launch a new weekly Ro-Ro service between the UK port of Poole in Southern...

A new rail shuttle service between Trieste port and Interporto Pordenone under discussion

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 17, 2021 – A new rail shuttle service between Trieste port and Interporto Pordenone is a step closer following talks...

Sibport will manage the terminal in which Bilbao Port Authority has invested €15.7 million

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 17, 2021 – Starting tomorrow, the new Aratrain rail service will commence linking Bilbao port’s container...

FESCO starts China-Germany intermodal container service

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) March 14, 2021 – Russia’s FESCO Transport Group (FESCO) has launched a regular intermodal container service from...

Empowering intermodal south-east network: new shuttle train Geleen-Vienna

Hupac has launched a new shuttle train linking RTC Geleen in the Netherlands with Wels CT and WienCont in Austria – March 5, 2021 “Another step that...

Baleària will expand the connections in Melilla

Baleària reinforces its commitment to Melilla by expanding connections and operating with one of the most modern and sustainable vessels in its fleet. As of...

Tarros to start Italy-Libya cargo service

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 4, 2021 – The Italian shipping line is to start a cargo service to Libya. The new Italy Libya Express (ILE) service...

A.P. Moller-Maersk to pioneer a first-ever block train from Japan to UK via Trans-Siberian railway

The Maersk´s forty 40’-container consignment has arrived at Felixstowe, UK, on March 2nd, after its departure from Yokohama, Japan in January and having...

Grendi Trasporti Marittimi receives license to operate Olbia port, Sardinia

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2021 – Grendi Trasporti Marittimi will receive a license to officially operate as a company in the...

MSC to operate Antwerp and Vienna freight rail service

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 25, 2021 – Starting in April this year, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is to manage a twice-weekly freight...

The First Direct Blocktrain arrives from China to Georgia

On 20 February 2021, the first direct blocktrain will arrive at Tbilisi Station, arriving direct from Xi’an in China. The train, which was arranged by Maersk...

Baleària presents plans to Port Authority of Almería

Almeria, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2021 – The general director of Baleària Operations, César Rodríguez, has met with the president of...

Morocco Cruises Line considers Motril port service

Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2021 – Representative of the Morocco Cruises Line shipping company, Mohamed Laiazic El-kadiri, has met with...

Global Ports handles first cargo train from Japan to Europe

Saint Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) February 18, 2021 – First Container Terminal (FCT) and Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC) have handled the...

ECO train to link Islamabad, Tehran and Istanbul

Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) February 16, 2021 – The long dormant project for a container-carrying Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) train, which made...

Iran to start cargo service to Lattakia port, Syria

Lattakia, Syria (PortSEurope) February 15, 2021 – Local sources in Iran are reporting that Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines Group (IRISL) will...

First China-Azerbaijan container block train of 2021 departs from China

The first container train China – Azerbaijan departed from Qingdao (China) – February 1, 2021 Despite the COVID 19 pandemic difficulties in the...

EKOL logistics to start new Ro-Ro service between Izmir and Tarragona port

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) February 10, 2021 – The president of the Port of Tarragona, Josep M Cruset, and the president of the logistics company...

Grimaldi doubles its connections between Ancona and Greece

Naples, 5 February 2021 The latest great news from the Grimaldi Group involves the transport services for passengers and freight between Italy and Greece. In...

Maersk expands cold chain options for fresh fruit from the Black Sea and the Mediterranean to Central Russia

Copenhagen, Denmark – January 27, 2021 On the 21st of December 2020, the first refrigerated containers heading from Mersin, Turkey, were dispatched from...

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