New Service/Product
New services and products. Includes new shipping lines and port calls. Also, new port services and port equipment.
Ravenna port trials customs clearance at sea
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) September 29, 2020 – A trial project for the customs clearance of bulk goods at sea will start at Ravenna port according to...
China launches new cargo train route to Europe via Baku
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) September 20, 2020 – China has started a new rail cargo which will use Kazakhstan’s Aktau port and Baku port as...
May 2021 deadline for Greece-Cyprus ferry link attainable
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) September 16, 2020 – Cyprus’ Deputy Minister of Shipping Vassilis Demetriades has said that the goal of establishing a...
Diamond Line to link Genoa and Piraeus ports
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) September 14, 2020 – Diamond Line, owned by China’s COSCO Shipping Lines Europe GmbH, is to launch the VAX service...
DFDS starts new Patras-Trieste service
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) September 13, 2020 – DFDS has started a new freight ferry service between Patras in Greece and the North Italian Adriatic...
Maersk makes AE19 ocean-rail service from Asia to Europe permanent
Just over a year after its launch in August 2019, Maersk’s AE19 ocean-rail product from Asia to Europe becomes a permanent weekly service responding to...
Iran and Russia to start joint Caspian Sea shipping line
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) August 13, 2020 – Moscow and Tehran have agreed to launch a new Caspian Sea shipping service between Russia’s port of...
MSC Cruises returns to service in the Mediterranean offering full-experience cruising this summer
MSC Cruises announced today that flagship MSC Grandiosa and MSC Magnifica will resume operations in the Mediterranean starting from 16 and 29 August 2020...
APM Terminals & Containerships – Eco-friendly intermodal solution connects Spain, UK & Ireland
Together with Containerships (part of CMA-CGM group), APM Terminals Gijon has formed an eco-friendly logistic chain connecting major Spanish cities to the UK...
CMA CGM to launch its ever-faster service connecting Spain with Algeria
In order to optimize the efficiency of customers’ supply chain from Spain to Algeria with enhanced lead-time and coverage, CMA CGM has announced the...
Ports of Genoa focus on digital: the first results of the E-BRIDGE project
Port System Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea, UIRNet and Circle implement a last-mile railway dashboard that provides operators with real-time information...
Port of Viana do Castelo makes debut in supplying natural gas to ships
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 31, 2020 – The port of Viana do Castelo has become the first port under the management of Administração dos Portos...
APM Terminals first to launch fully digital export management system in Russia
Following successful testing at the Turukhtanny customs post in June this year, First Container Terminal (FCT), will become the first Russian terminal to...
MSC strengthens short sea and intermodal offering for Italian cargo market
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has consolidated its leading position in the Italian cargo market by offering the fastest transit times around the...
SETG offers new Koper port-Austria rail freight service
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 29, 2020 – SETG (Salzburger Eisenbahn Transport Logistik GmbH), an Austrian rail freight comany, is to start a new...
New rail link to Padua boosts Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 22, 2020 – Alpe Adria SpA and Mercitalia Rail have jointly launched an intermodal container rail service between Padua...
DBO Bahnoperator, METRANS, PKP Cargo, and JSC UTLC ERA test New Silk Road rail route
DBO Bahnoperator & METRANS, along with PKP Cargo, and JSC UTLC ERA tested a new route for the China-Europe-China container trains as the New Silk Road...
Yilport’s San Cataldo Container Terminal, Taranto port, set to welcome first ship
On July 12, Yilport’s revived San Cataldo Container Terminal in Taranto, Italy, will the receive the maiden call of the CMA CGM TURMED service vessel...
APM Terminals introduces APIs to transform the next generation of terminal data
APM Terminals has introduced application programming interface (API) accessibility to build stronger, digital supply chains for logistics customers. APIs allow...
EU approves Greece-Cyprus shipping service
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) July 7, 2020 – The Ministry of Shipping has reported that after months of consultations with the European...