MSC intends to construct an inland rail container terminal at Lousado, that is destined to become the largest dry port in Portugal. The company makes this significant investment through Medway, its rail freight operator in Iberia, to address the growing needs of exporters and shippers in the north of the country. Northern Portugal accounts for […]
The Port of Algeciras can multiply fifteen-fold the number of its weekly freight trains to Spain’s hinterland by 2030, if it ensures a competitive rail connectivity. This is one of the main conclusions delivered by the consulting company TRN Taryet in its “Analysis of the potential demand to be captured by rail transport of the […]
NSW Ports, the Australian investment consortium managing ports and terminals of New South Wales, announced its plans to invest in on-dock rail infrastructure capacity at each of the three container terminals at Port Botany, ultimately increasing the port’s rail capacity to 3 mln TEU. The investment will be staged, with stevedores being required to invest […]
The Port of Hamburg has announced its 9 months 2018 results. The port achieved a total throughput of 100.8 mln tons, which is 3.4% below the 2017 level, due to lower volumes of bulk cargo and containers, although conventional general cargo slightly increased. Hamburg handled 6.6 mln TEU in January-September 2018, -2.4% as compared to […]
Noatum Terminal Malaga has launched a rail service for import/export containers between Madrid and the port of Malaga, Spain. The new service was initiated following the decision of Noatum Terminals, the terminals operating division of Noatum Maritime, to engage in local container traffic, informs the company’s press service. Having invested in additional equipment to handle […]
The Port Authority of Valencia (La Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia, or APV) has announced the awarding of the contract to draft the Intermodal Development Plan to TRN Taryet, the Spanish consulting company specialized in transport planning and research. With this project, Valencia aims to expand its hinterland and to attract cargo from beyond its area […]
PSA International yesterday announced the signing of an investment agreement with Ashcroft Terminal, whereby PSA acquires 60% of this rail terminal in Western Canada. The deal marks the entry of the Singapore-based global port operator into the North American market as well as its first inland facility in Canada. The Ashcroft Terminal is located approx. […]
The Port of Vancouver has announced the allocation of CAD 167 mln (USD 125 mln) by the federal government for three projects aimed to improve the port’s rail infrastructure and reduce traffic congestion. Combined with CAD 55.8 mln (USD 42 mln) announced last month for four other critical infrastructure projects in the region, this brings […]
This week, the UK government has published the Department for Transport’s report on port connectivity, entitled “Transport infrastructure for our global future: a study of England’s port connectivity”. The analysis aims at examining the current level of access to ports, the key transport and economic corridors serving ports, how port connectivity issues are managed and […]
Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC), belonging to Russia’s leading container terminal operator Global Ports and operating one of the largest container facilities in the Russian Far East at the Vostochny port, has launched a container rail service to Uzbekistan. The pilot block train was formed at VSC using VSC’s own platform wagons. On 29 March 2018, […]
