Spain unlocks 26 million euros in rail freight eco-incentives
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 Spain’s agreement with the European Commission (EC) to unlock some...Read more
Liberalised market in Italy: more players, stagnating volumes
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 the pie. All in all, the situation in Italy concerning...Read more
MSC to take over 50 per cent of Renfe Mercancías
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 to help Renfe Merciancías’ operations and finances, given that the...Read more
Rail delivers rail for key project on Atlantic Corridor in Portugal
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 the port of Sines. The rails are finally being delivered,...Read more
MEDWAY: 45 million euros to expand into France
Portuguese rail freight operator MEDWAY is planning to expand its operation outside of the Lusitanian border. The company will in fact invest in rolling stock to deploy between Spain and France.Read more
Largest Iberian rail freight terminal is one step closer to reality
The Lousado terminal, in northwestern Portugal, is expected to be ready before the end of the year and progress has been made recently. The Vila Nova de Famalicão City Council has acquired 3,904 square metres...Read more
Another train for BMW connects Regenburg to Zeebrugge
BMW has once again found its way to the rails with a new dedicated car train between Germany and Belgium. The new service, operated by Medway, runs from the German Regensburg, via Aachen to the...Read more
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