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JSV Logistic starts Barcelona service to Turkish ports

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 12, 2020 – Shipping company JSV Logistic and Marmedsa, have set up a shipping service between the APM Terminals...

First container train sets off along China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan multimodal corridor

On June 5, 2020, in the city of Lanzhou, Gansu Province of the People’s Republic of China, the official ceremony of sending the first consignment of 25...

Grimaldi adds Ro-Pax ship to Italy-Greece line

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) June 5, 2020 – Naples-based Grimaldi Group is to utilise the Ro-Pax ship “Venice”on the...

Taranto port to benefit from new CMA CGM feeder service

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) June 4, 2020 – French shipping company, CMA CGM, is to start a feeder service calling at the Turkish ports of Ambarli,...

New Koper port-Libya shipping service starts in July

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) June 4, 2020 – A new service will be launched linking the North Adriatic Slovenian port of Koper and Libya (port unnamed),...

NileDutch extends Mediterranean service offering to Rades, Tunisia

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) June 3, 2020 – NileDutch, a shipping company linking West Africa with Europe, has added the Tunisian port of Rades to its...

Containerships starts container service between Ferrol port and UK ports

Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) June 3, 2020 – Containerships, part of CMA CGM, has started a second container service from Ferrol port, Galicia, to ports...

Mars Logistics starts Istanbul-Duisburg intermodal rail cargo service

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 29, 2020 – Mars Logistics, a provider of international logistics, has operated a cargo train running from EskiÅŸehir,...

MSC group links TekirdaÄŸ Asyaport with Anatolia exporters

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 29, 2020 – The Marmaray railway line, operated by TCDD (Turkish Railways), has started handling cargo travelling...

FESCO starts container train to deliver cars from China to Europe

FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) has been expanding its geography of transit services and has launched a container train for expedited delivery of cars from...

Port of Thessaloniki launched EMR Facility

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) May 25, 2020 – On May 1, 2020, Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) launched an Equipment & Maintenance Repair...

Azerbaijan Railways announces new cargo transportation terms

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) May 14, 2020 – ADY Container LLC, a division of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC, is to offer more favourable terms for cargo...

First vessel from the updated AEM6 service calls Koper port

News – First vessel from the updated AEM6 service calls Koper – May 11, 2020 In the past weekend Koper port has berthed the first vessel which...

Terminal Container Ravenna introduces single window structure for clearing goods

Starting from May 6th the authorities responsible for clearing the goods arriving and leaving the port of Ravenna will benefit from a single window control...

Ocean Network Express to expand refrigerated container fleet to meet growing demand

News – Ocean Network Express continues to expand refrigerated container fleet to meet growing demand of perishable cargo – May 5, 2020 Ocean...

PSA Pra’: new EMA container service

First ship of the new containerized maritime service EMA (East Mediterranean – America) managed by the shipping companies ONE / COSCO / OOCL / Yang Ming...

Mersin International Port introduces electronic documentation

Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 30, 2020 – Mersin International Port Management Inc. (MIP) has announced that agencies can transmit their cargo...

Tuniship vessel docks in Tripoli port, Libya

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) April 29, 2020 – The first vessel in a new direct shipping line between the port of Sfax and the port of Tripoli, has...

Maersk offers weekly rail service from China to Turkey

Copenhagen, April 29, 2020 Maersk has launched its first rail service from Xi’an, China to Izmit, Turkey. This new route, which is part of Maersk...

Sfax-Tripoli (Libya) shipping service starts

Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) April 25, 2020 – The Ministry of Agriculture has announced that the new direct shipping line between the port of Sfax and...

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