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MSC launches rail line linking Seville port to Sines

Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2018 – Seville port has kicked off its new rail connection with the Portuguese Atlantic coast, launched by the...

Pasaia port to handle export of train carriages to Amsterdam

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2018 – Pasaia port goes one step further in the logistics of ro-ro cargo of high added value with the start of a new...

Corsica Ferries launches Toulon-Mallorca route

Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – Italian company Corsica Ferries has launched a Toulon-Mallorca route, as part of its strategy to gain ground...

Costa Crociere returns to Catania cruise port

Catania, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – Costa Crociere SpA is to resume using Catania port after a break of a few years. The first landing...

Porto Torres call for resumption of direct Livorno port links

Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – The municipal administration of Porto Torres has proposed a new shipping service (cargo and...

Nidec signs shore-to-ship power supply contract with Genoa port

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – Nidec Industrial Solutions has signed a contract worth €8 million with Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del...

MSC Cruises introduces AI aboard ships

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – MSC Cruises has introduced a personal digital assistant aboard the MSC Bellissima cruise ship, a service...

Barcelona port promotes World Ports Sustainability Programme (WPSP)

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – Barcelona port is one of the promoters of the World Ports Sustainability Programme (WPSP), a project whose...

Barcelona port launches electronic public bidding platform

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – Barcelona port has launched an electronic public bidding platform with the aim of facilitating and speeding...

Cepsa presents in Huelva port the first multi-product marine fuel supply vessel in southern Europe

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) March 24, 2018 – Cepsa, the Spanish energy company, has presented today in Huelva port the first multi-product marine fuel...

2M alliance strengthens Mediterranean services 

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2018 – The 2M alliance has announced the strengthening of its services in connections from Asia to Europe and the...

MSC to launch Seville-Sines rail service on April 4

Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2018 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the launch of a new rail transport service between the...

Cartagena port approves rail access modernisation project

Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2018 – Cartagena port has approved the launch of a project for the modernisation of the rail access to the...

Arkas Line upgrades Algerian services

Béjaïa, Algeria (Ports Europe) March 20, 2018 – Arkas Line (Arkas Container Transport S.A.) has announced the expansion of its services to Algeria with the...

Livorno port starts handling car transport railway link to Slovakia’s Trnava

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 19, 2018 – Livorno has started handling a direct railway link with Slovakia’s Trnava for the transport of new...

Container train service starts between Bologna and Livorno port

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 17, 2018 – The first train from Interporto Felsineo, Bologna, has arrived at the terminal of Lorenzini Terminal Srl...

Polo Mercitalia launches Livorno port maritime transport service

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – Polo Mercitalia has started a new maritime transport service linking Padua airport and Livorno port. The...

DB Cargo starts operating rail service linking Barcelona port to Germany

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2018 – DB Cargo started operating the first rail vehicle service linking the port of Barcelona to Germany. The...

Integrail start Koper port-Budapest container block train service

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 14, 2018 – The Hungarian railway operating company Integrail has set up a new container block train connection...

Arkas picks Ravenna port’s container terminal for Adriatic service

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) March 13, 2018 – The “Natalia A” ship, a container carrier of the Turkish shipping company Arkas Line, which...

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