Railways
All aspects of the relationship between ports and railways. This is mainly railway infrastructure within ports used to deliver and collect cargo from ships. It also includes national and international rail networks used to transport goods from ports to markets in Europe. Also includes EU rail transport policies and regulations (TEN-T). Railways often form parts of international transport corridors.
Serbian government, CRBC agree €2.1 billion deal for Bar-Belgrade motorway
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Serbia’s government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China Road and Bridge Construction...
Vigo port presents its logistics complex, line to Tanger in Munich
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has travelled to Munich to...
Italy’s Cemat starts operating La Spezia-Padua dry ports fast railway corridor
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – Italian transport company Cemat S.p.a. has started operating the fast track railway corridor connecting La...
Millet SA and Regiorail to operate traction services for OFP Atlantique
Nantes-St.Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) May 6, 2017 – Millet SA and Regiorail are to set up OuestRail in order to take over the traction services of OFP...
Marseille port – the development of inland services
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – The Marseille Fos 2016 annual report gives details of the ports successes in 2016 in developing inland...
Valencia region, Basque country demand improvement of Valencia-Bilbao ports railway
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – Valencia regional government president Ximo Puig said he will hold a working meeting with Basque counterpart...
EU invests €22.1 million supporting synergies between transport & energy sectors
Brussels, Belgium, April 24, 2017 – EU invests €22.1 million supporting synergies between transport & energy sectors Today, EU Member States...
Ukrainian government presents route of test freight train to Iran
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 23, 2017 – The route of the test train from Ukraine to Iran will pass through Baku, Azerbaijan, to the port of...
Odessa port sets up working group for rail overhaul
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 23, 2017 – Odessa port has set up a working group, led by deputy managing director Ruslan Sahautdinov, for the overhaul...
Spain’s Adif upgrades railway line connecting Zaragoza to Sagunto port
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) April 21, 2017 – Spanish state-run railway operator Adif (Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias) plans to execute...
Trieste port handles 20% more trains in Q1 2017
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 20, 2017 – Trieste port handled some 2,000 trains in the first quarter of 2017, up 20.06% on the year, while total cargo...
Valencia port railway terminal to operate 24 hours a day
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – The railway terminal of Valencia port will be able to operate rail services 24 hours a day, thanks to the...
Catalan Government calls for timetable for Mediterranean Railway Corridor
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – At a meeting of the strategic board for the Mediterranean Railway Corridor, Spanish Minister for...
Luka Koper unsure about Hungarian financial support for railway project
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 10, 2017 – Hungary’s financial participation in the project for the construction of a second rail track serving...
Cantabrian-Mediterranean Railway Corridor has annual potential of 1.1 million TEUs
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2017 – The Cantabrian-Mediterranean Railway Corridor, linking Zaragoza to Sagunto port, has a potential demand of...
Government discusses options for including Luka Koper in Divaca project
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 4, 2017 – Representatives of Slovenian Infrastructure Ministry and Luka Koper d.d., the operator of Koper port, have...
Valencia port liberalises railway manoeuvre services
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has approved the schedule for the delivery of...