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Grupo Moldtrans starts a shipping service linking Mexico with Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Moldtrans Group has launched a maritime transport service between Spain and Mexico in collaboration...

Santander port may establish railway operator

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Santander (APS – Port Authority of Santander) may establish a...

Grimaldi, Samskip, Rail Cargo Group to launch Venice-Duisburg freight rail service

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – A consortium of Italy’s Grimaldi, Dutch-based Samskip and Austria’s Rail Cargo...

Genoa port launches Truck Management System at PSA Voltri-Prà terminal

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 18, 2019 – Genoa port has activated a Truck Management System (TMS) at the PSA Voltri-Prà container terminal....

Avilés port launches mobile management system

Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2019 – Avilés port has launched an internal management system that will allow customers and operators to...

Trenitalia to start operation of line linking Rome to Civitavecchia port

Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Italian company Trenitalia plans to start the operation of a cruise passenger service...

France’s Viia to launch rail service linking Barcelona port to Luxembourg

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – French railway transporter company Viia plans to open its new railway line between Barcelona port and...

Trieste Marine Terminal starts Bavaria rail service for Sägewerk Schwaiger GmbH

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – Trieste Marine Terminal srl (TMT) has announced a new train service to Hengersberg, south-eastern...

Italy’s GNV to operation of resume Genoa-Olbia line in spring-2019

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 8, 2019 – Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) plans to resume the operation of a ferry line linking Genoa...

Tunisia’s Zarzis port expects launch of shipping line to Italy’s Marina di Carrara

Zarzis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) February 5, 2019 – The Tunisian port of Zarzis expects the launch of a regular shipping line to Italy’s Marina di...

Spain’s Renfe Mercancías to launch new service linking Madrid to Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2019 – Spanish state-owned freight railway operator Renfe Mercancías plans to launch a new service of three...

Italy’s Tarros includes Marseille port in GPS cargo service

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – Italian integrated logistics company Tarros SpA plans to include Marseille port in its GPS service,...

Las Palmas port to launch electronic notification of settlements system in February

Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Las Palmas port plans to launch in February an electronic notification of settlements,...

Contship’s Melzo RHM rail terminal set to receive trains from Chengdu in China

Milan, Italy, January 24, 2019 The first westbound train connecting RHM terminal in Melzo with China, operated by FELB, left Chengdu on Saturday January 26,...

CMA CGM introduces new Mediterranean service

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – CMA CGM Short Sea Lines Med has announced the introduction of a new Mediterranean service in which the...

THE Alliance shipping alliance reduces use of Italian ports in 2019

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – The shipping consortium THE Alliance, which consists of the German navigation company Hapag-Lloyd, the...

Caronte & Tourist to introduce two new ships in services to Lampedusa, Pantelleria

Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2019 – Italian company Caronte & Tourist plans to introduce two new ships for services to the islands of...

2M launches strategic cooperation with ZIM on Asia-Mediterranean route

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) January 14, 2019 – The 2M shipping alliance, consisting of the container shipping companies Maersk Line and...

Boluda upgrades Las Palmas-Cape Verde route

Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Spanish company Boluda Corporación Marítima has announced the extension of the route...

P&O Ferrymasters launches new intermodal service via Trieste

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – P&O Ferrymasters has announced the launch of new intermodal services from the Turkish ports of Pendik,...

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