Ikea Supply Chain Operations chooses the train to transport products between the port of Barcelona and the Tarragona terminal in Spain. In collaboration with Maersk, the home furnishing products powerhouse decided to switch from road...Read more
A new intermodal service is being tested to transport agricultural products between Almeria in Spanish Andalusia and Antwerp in Belgium. The service is initiated by Swiss operator Hupac, Spanish railway company Renfe and Spanish consortium...Read more
A tip of balance from northern to southern European ports in terms of intermodal traffic is not among the concerns of the port of Hamburg. The hinterland connections from the northern ports still prevail. This...Read more
Rail freight volumes handled by the Port of Barcelona amounted to 243,800 TEUs in 2017, indicating an increase of eight per cent compared to the previous year. Its container traffic totalled 2.98 million TEUs, 32...Read more
A record amount of rail traffic helped the Port of Barcelona deliver its best-ever freight results in 2017, and confirmed its status as one of Europe’s fastest-growing ports.
Official figures from the port authority management show...Read more
Longer freight trains and better rail links within Spain’s Catalan region are key to improving the area’s rail freight infrastructure, under a new ‘manifesto’ drawn up by commerce group the Barcelona-Catalonia Logistics Centre (BCL).
A six-point...Read more
An investment programme of around 850 million Euros has been pledged for freight rail services and lines supporting Spanish ports, the Government has announced. A series of projects aimed at improving the country’s land-to-sea multimodal...Read more
