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The European Commission (EC) recently approved an aid scheme for 45 million euros to boost the modal shift from road to rail in Portugal. The…
The European Commission (EC) recently approved an aid scheme for 45 million euros to boost the modal shift from road to rail in Portugal. The…
The Madrid – Valencia rolling highway has launched. Tramesa and Transitalia worked on the development of the route for more than five years. After testing…
Medway is seriously considering leaving the Portuguese market. The Portuguese government reportedly did not follow up on earlier agreements with the company. MSC’s rail freight…
Medway, MSC’s rail freight subsidiary, will soon start operating three intermodal terminals in the Spanish region of Extremadura, near the border with Portugal. The three…
The rail freight sector in Portugal is somewhat of a unicum in the European Union. Just like in Spain, the railway network is equipped with…
The Spanish Ministry of Transport (MITMA) awarded 26.1 million euros to be assigned to eight rail freight operators as eco-incentives. This strategy is part of…
The Italian private rail freight sector has kept growing since the early 2000s, despite the state-owned entity, Mercitalia Rail, still keeping the largest slice of…
Shipping giant MSC has been selected to take over 50 per cent of the Spanish national rail freight operator Renfe Mercancías. The initiative is expected…
The upgrade of the railway line between Évora and Elvas, in southern Portugal, is one of the main ongoing projects to increase rail connectivity from…