The port of Trieste increases rail connections to Austria
Rail connections between the port of Trieste and Austria recently increased in number as well as quality. As of Monday 13 February, there have been two direct trains a week from the Trieste Marine Terminal...Read more
Black Forest Terminal opens in German Horb
A new multimodal terminal was opened in Horb, Germany, near Stuttgart. The Black Forest Terminal, as it is named, will for now launch train services to the port of Hamburg. Trains will run twice a...Read more
ÖBB does it: entry in Trieste, customs in Austria
The Austrian Federal Railways (OBB) will launch a new connection between Italy and Austria to speed up customs operations at the port of Trieste. The service will in fact connect the port with Villach, in...Read more
LTG Cargo tests Kaunas-Duisburg-Trieste service
LTG Cargo carried out the first test run of their new rail freight service between the Kaunas Intermodal Terminal and the port of Trieste via Duisburg. The new service is expected to connect Lithuania with...Read moreHungary in Trieste: will it boost Italy’s role on the New Silk Road?
Italian ports can become the sea transportation solution for cargo to and from landlocked Hungary. This is not only attractive for continental traffic, but also for rail freight between China and Europe. This was pointed...Read more
The port of Trieste will implement VEGA’s roadrailLink system
Adriafer, the railway company of the port of Trieste, will adopt the roadrailLink (r2L) connector system that will allow to move non-cranable trailers from trucks onto trains directly. The r2L system was developed by VEGA...Read more
Hungary will build a new rail terminal…at the port of Trieste
The terminal, named Adria Port, will function as an import-export platform for Hungary. It will be built in the area where the Aquila refinery, which was closed in the 1980s, used to be. The total...Read more
Ports of Trieste and Monfalcone: many rail freight projects postponed
Various projects launched by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (FS) to boost rail freight in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, a region in north-eastern Italy, are going to be delayed or postponed. Many of them involve the ports of Trieste...Read more
Pontebbana railway line reopens: a sigh of relief for the Port of Trieste
After being closed for works for the whole month of July, the Pontebbana railway line has reopened to rail freight traffic. The line connects Udine, 80 km North of the Port of Trieste, with Tarvisio,...Read more
Trieste burns, freight traffic stops
A massive fire started on 19 July in the Carso region, around the area of Trieste-Lisert, 27 km from the port of Trieste. The fire caused the blockage of highways, passenger trains, and freight trains.Read more
Port chaos in Europe keeps rail freight operations on the edge
Hamburg and Bremerhaven ports still face chaos following continuous strikes and infrastructure issues, causing “disastrous consequences” to operators like METRANS. As if that was not enough, Adriatic ports also met immense traffic restrictions, which the...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 more
More trains for Kombiverkehr on the Gotthard axis this month
Kombiverkehr is expanding its services between Germany and Italy this month. With a new railway line, additional departures and a new destination from Italy it will surely have more intermodal traffic via the Gotthard axis...Read moreKombiverkehr 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
Infrastructure upgrades in Slovenia will slow down rail freight
Slovenian Railways will upgrade parts of their railway network, and line closures will last for an extended period, probably causing disturbances in rail freight operations but also on timetables across the country.Read moreTrieste University steps in to improve port’s rail profile
Italian railway company Adriafer and the University of Trieste have joined forces to research sustainable development processes in the Italian port. Their focus will be transport, primarily the rail freight sector, and how it can...Read morePort of Trieste paralysed by protesters against coronapas
The port of Trieste has been paralysed by protesters against the introduction of a corona ticket at work, according to local media. Hundreds of strikers have gathered in front of the port area’s entrance, and...Read more
RCG keeps adding trips to its network
The high demand for services led Rail Cargo Group to add another weekly itinerary in its TransFER Linz-Wels-Duisburg route. Beginning on April 5, the service will have four roundtrips between the three locations every week....Read more