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Maersk launches sea-rail service via Poti into Central Asia

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) September 21, 2023 – Maersk is launching a sea-rail service from Greece to Poti, Georgia, and on to Central Asia. The...

Rail Cargo offers new Middle Corridor connections

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) September 20, 2023 – Rail Cargo is offering new Middle Corridor connections, linking Central Europe and Central Asia. A...

TransContainer launches new service for cargo from China to Russia

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 6, 2023 – PJSC TransContainer has launched a service for cargo transportation from China to Russia via Suifenhe...

COSCO Shipping launches new digital service between China and Greece

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 31, 2023 – Today, COSCO Shipping launches a new digital service between Chian and Greece – “Talent...

Global Ports’ terminals welcome new container services by Hub Shipping

St. Petersburg, (Ports Europe) August 30, 2023 – Russia’s leading container terminal operator Global Ports and Hub Shipping, an international marine...

Thessaloniki Port Authority launches rail service with Skopje

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 29, 2023 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) is launching a new container block-train service between...

JSV to start new shipping line linking Turkey and Spain in four days

València, Spain (Ports Europe) August 29, 2023 – The JSV group, a multimodal logistics operator specializing in transport to the Canary Islands, will...

“ONE” service starts Port of Koper service

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) August 28, 2023 – The “Mito” ship of the Japanese shipping company Ocean Network Express (ONE) arrived at...

Delo Group starts using specialized containers of Global Ports

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) August 25, 2023 – The Delo Group has started regular transportation and port handling of mineral fertilizers with...

Metrans starts new regular common train service in Rijeka

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 1, 2023 – Staring last June, the new regular common user train service from Metrans connects the port of Rijeka,...

Landlocked Serbia with a new rail link to Port of Koper

Nis, Serbia (Ports Europe) August 1, 2023 – The intermodal rail and road MBOX Terminal in Niš, Serbia, a member of the Milšped Group, has started a new...

La Spezia Container Terminal welcomes the MedGulf service

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 28, 2023 – Starting in early August, Contship’s La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) will be added to the...

New all-electric floating crane from Liebherr

Rostock, Germany (PortSEurope) July 17, 2023 – Liebherr’s new all-electric crane CBG 500 E combines state-of-the-art drive technologies with in-house...

W.E.C. Lines opens rail link between Port of Bilbao and La Rioja

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 14, 2023 – W.E.C. Lines has opened a rail link between the Port of Bilbao and the Intermodal Logistics Centre in...

Iran’s IRISL resumes service to Misrata, Libya

Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) July 13, 2023 – The Iranian shipping line IRISL has resumed its service to the Misrata Free Zone (MFZ) through its local...

New rolling road service between Madrid and Valencia in 2024

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2023 – In early 2024, Madrid and Valencia will be connected with a new rolling road service, suitable for non-cranable...

Russia pushes for sanctions-busting cargo transport with Turkmenistan

Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) July 3, 2023 – Desperate Russia, looking for ways to bypass Western sanctions is pushing for a regular container ship line...

First Romania-Georgia ferry line

Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) July 2, 2023 – A regular ferry line was opened between Romania’s biggest Black Sea port of Constanta and the Georgian...

Rail Cargo Group launches Rijeka-Budapest cargo service

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) June 27, 2023 – Austria’s Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has started a service linking the Croatian port of Rijeka, via the...

Armenia establishes rail-sea cargo route to Russia, bypassing sanctions

Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – Without much fanfare, Armenia has established a regular combined rail and sea cargo route to sanctions-hit...

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