Medway and AutoEuropa put cars on the rail in Portugal
Medway Portugal, the Portuguese rail freight subsidiary of MSC is launching a new service for AutoEuropa. The collaboration will last 10 weeks with five departures per week and will connect the AutoEuropa factory, south of...Read more
Medway will reopen this Portugal-Germany line after ten years
Medway will launch a new rail connection between Portugal and Germany. Vasco da Gama is the name of the train that, in the first quarter of 2023, is expected to start running the line after...Read more
Medway Italia to start transporting goods between Belgium-Germany
Rail freight operator Medway Italia SRL has signed an agreement to use the Dutch rail infrastructure and services from 1 July. The Belgian branch of Medway Italia will manage the organisation and operational adjustment of...Read moreMSC establishes Medway Belgium to expand rail freight in northern Europe
Shipping giant MSC has started a recruitment campaign for a new railway company in Belgium under the name Medway. In Portugal, Spain and Italy, MSC has been operating its own trains under the Medway label...Read more
Largest Iberian terminal to be gets green light for construction
Lousado terminal, which is branded as the largest rail freight terminal ever built in the Iberian peninsula, got the needed signatures to kick off construction works. The terminal, which will be located in Vila Nova...Read moreItaly sees new rail services as road capacity continues to fall
Rail freight company Medway Italia, in partnership with intermodal player Medlog Italia, has just started operating a new regular link between the La Spezia container terminal and the inland logistics area in Cavatigozzi (Cremona), both...Read more
MSC acquires Spanish rail freight operator
The Swiss sea shipping company Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has acquired most shares of the Spanish rail operator Laumar Terminales Ferroviarias, previously owned by Laumar Cargo. Laumar Terminales Ferroviarias manages rail freight warehouses in Vicalvaro...Read more
Medway to develop logistics centre in Sines, Portugal
The Portuguese rail freight company Medway will develop a logistics area in the Port of Sines, in the region of Alentejo. The project will be carried out with a total budget of 1 million Euros. Medway...Read moreMedway continues using workshops Emef in Entroncamento
The Portuguese rail freight company Medway has announced it will renew the contract with the specialist in train maintenance and repair Emef in Entroncamento, Central Portugal. Medway will contract 50 additional workers to increase quality...Read moreMedway to build logistics centre northern Portugal
The MSC-owned rail freight operator Medway is to build a logistics centre in the Portuguese city of Famalição, close to the northern border with Spain. In addition, it plans to launch a rail freight service...Read more
Market share fall for Spanish rail freight
Rail freight had only a 1.4 per cent market share in the Spanish transport market in 2016, according to the Anti-trust Spanish Authority (CNMC). The Spanish rail freight industry´s incomes totalled 290 million Euros, way...Read more
Medway and Renfe prepare new Cordoba-Sines rail link
Portuguese rail freight Company Medway and Spanish carrier Renfe Mercancias are preparing a new service between Cordoba, in the Spanish region of Andalusia, and the Portuguese port of Sines. This service will have stops in...Read more
New Merida-Sines Port rail freight service launched
The National Spanish Railway Society (Renfe) and Portugese freight carrier Medway have launched a new rail freight service between Merida, in the Spanish region of Extremadura, and Sines Port (Portugal). The 22-wagon service, which takes...Read more