‘Track rebuilding time and costs terrify me’, states Greek Deputy Transport Minister
Reconstructing the heavily damaged Greek railway network after the floods of early September is a terrifying task for the Greek Deputy Infrastructure and Transport Minister, Nikos Tahiaos, considering the time and money it will need....Read more
Greece: 50 km of destroyed tracks require 50 million euro investments
The aftermath of Storm Daniel in Greece last week is becoming all the more visible. The central north-south Greek railway axis has been impacted heavily, with 50 kilometres of railway infrastructure in Central Greece destroyed....Read moreFloods put Greece underwater, Piraeus stranded from rail services
Greece is experiencing one of the worst floods in its modern history, with storm ‘Daniel’ putting several parts of the country underwater and with people dead and missing. The already fragile Greek railway network is...Read more
COSCO Greece pushes for rail route reopening; safety concerns remain
COSCO, the owner of the Greek port of Piraeus, is pushing Hellenic Train and infrastructure manager OSE to reopen the rail route connecting the Neo Ikonio port terminal in Piraeus with the Thriasio freight and...Read more
CMA CGM links Piraeus to Middle Corridor via port of Poti
Port connectionsCMA CGM is eager to link Central Asia and the Caucasus to its sea services. A new intermodal product will directly connect trains from the Middle Corridor to Georgia and forward cargo towards Piraeus and...Read more
COSCO adds 4th service on Land-Sea Express Line
COSCO has opened a fourth route on its Land-Sea Express Line. A train departed from the port of Trieste on Monday, to arrive in Velenje, Slovenia the next day. It is one example of how...Read moreCOSCO makes port of Trieste its new rail hub on the way to Budapest
After two successful test container trains on 22 and 27 June, COSCO Shipping Italia aims to launch a regular rail freight connection between the port of Trieste and Budapest. The ocean-rail concept that links sea...Read moreFrom China to Scandinavia via Greece? Yes, it’s possible also by rail
Can the Nordic countries connect via the Silk Road with China with Greece as a transit point? This is possible, says Nordicon, a consolidation company that runs a new multimodal service between Yantian, China and...Read more
COSCO Romania considers launching train from Greece to alleviate Constanța
COSCO Shipping Lines Romania is closely looking at the possibility of launching a container train service between the Greek port of Piraeus and Romanian terminals. This is a response to the heavily congested port of...Read morePiraeus port: records, disbelief and a chance for more rail
The greek port of Piraeus recorded the highest revenues in its history and increased volumes turnover in 2021. At the same time, it faces court decisions ruling that expansion projects of previous years were illegal...Read more
Kombiverkehr adds trips between Cologne-Trieste with eyes on Mediterranean ports
Kombiverkehr’s rail freight service between Cologne in Germany and the port of Trieste in Italy offers one more weekly departure. The intermodal company announced that it increased its weekly roundtrips in this route from three...Read more
Greece to launch 4 billion worth of railway projects
The allegedly biggest infrastructure project that Greece has ever seen was announced by the Greek ministry of infrastructure and transportation. A plan worth 4 billion euros foresees the start of six projects, including the application...Read moreMore rail freight through Greece: is it feasible?
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.Read moreFrom sea to land, rail transforms transport through the Balkans
How much do we know about rail connections between Greece, the Balkans and Central Europe? What about connections between these regions and China through maritime transport? It might sound like fiction, but it is true:...Read more
Greek government calls for investments, railway still underdeveloped
In 2016 the Greek state agreed with Chinese shipping company Cosco it would purchase the majority of Port of Piraeus S.A shares. This agreement sealed the collaboration between the two countries, which began in 2012...Read more
Gdansk and Piraeus most dynamic container ports in Europe
The seaports of Gdansk and Piraeus have shown enormous growth of container traffic in the last 13 years: by around 2,040 per cent and 312 per cent. Such figures make them the most dynamic container...Read more