More rail freight through Greece: is it feasible?
Image: Piraeus Port Authority / olp.gr
Could Greece become a rail freight gateway for intercontinental traffic to and from Europe? Some rail freight companies prove that this could be the case, while the industry still sees some obstacles.
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Provided a performing railway network, Pireaus, Thessaloniki, Patras and eventually Volos harbours are the intermodal gateways of choice for an East Mediterreanean short sea shipping hinterland stretching from Syria to Egypt, incl. Lebanon and Israel.
Add to that Bahrain, Koweit, UAE, Qatar, Iraq, Syria, Jordan and Saudia, Sudan and East Africa.
Ukraine, East Turkey, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan are next.
Provided a performing railway network, Pireaus, Thessaloniki, Patras and eventually Volos harbours are the intermodal gateways of choice for an East Mediterreanean short sea shipping hinterland stretching from Syria to Egypt, incl. Lebanon and Israel.
Add to that Bahrain, Koweit, UAE, Qatar, Iraq, Syria, Jordan and Saudia, Sudan and East Africa.
Even East Turkey, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan are at hand.