EU wants Spain and Portugal to push infrastructure investments
The Portuguese and Spanish governments should increase their budgets for rail and port infrastructure. This is the recommendation of the European Commission. The institute considers the Portuguese ports as potential European import hubs due to...Read more
More traffic, less income for Renfe Mercancias
The Spanish rail freight company Renfe Mercancías witnessed a slight increase in traffic volumes despite its financial losses in Q1 2019. The volumes surged to 4.64 million tonnes in the first three months, an increase...Read more
Canfranc-Oloron railway track loses vital customers
The chemical company Ercros will no longer use the Spanish-Franco railway track between Canfranc and Oloron. The infrastructure requires upgrades to respond to the market needs, the long-term customer claimed. The railway line is 61.5 km...Read more
Adif to develop new section of Cantabrian-Mediterranean corridor
Spanish rail infrastructure manager Adif is set to develop the 7-kilometre track in Tafalla, in the Navarra region. The line is a part of the Cantabrian-Mediterranean corridor. The works cost 36.78 million Euros and will...Read more
Galvanised Steel factory to develop terminal in north of Spain
The Spanish company Network Steel Resources (NSR) is going to build a rail freight terminal for its new factory in Villadangos, 22 kilometres far from Leon, a logistics hub between Madrid and Galicia. The company estimates...Read more
LNG transport by road, rail and sea in pilot journey
A container filled with liquefied natural gas (LNG) has travelled over road, rail and sea between the Spanish enclave of Melilla in Morocco and Huelva, in mainland Spain. The pilot journey was carried out as...Read more
‘Rise Spanish track access charges could harm rail freight market’
The Spanish Anti-Trust Authority (CNMC) has requested the Spanish infrastructure manager ADIF to review its proposal to increase the track access charges in 2028. It concluded that it had not consulted the market sufficiently, while...Read more
Intermodal Spanish-French alliance to acquire Primavia
The European Commission (EC) has authorised the aquisition of the Spanish transport company Primavia by Krone-MurServifrio, also from Spain and SNCF subsidiary Europe Intermodal Holding (EIH). Krone-MurServifrio is the owner of Primafrio, a Murcia-based road transport...Read more
New rail freight service connects Spain and China
The transport operator DSV has started a rail freight service to connect Zaragoza Sea Terminal in Spain with the Chinese region of Sinkiang. The train transports Spanish goods for the renewable energy industry and it...Read moreSpanish freight operators disappointed with Mediterranean Railway Corridor
The Spanish Union of Intermodal Transportation Operators (UOTC) has criticised ongoing works on the Mediterranean Railway Corridor in Spain in a recently published report. They believe the corridor will not benefit the Spanish rail freight industry...Read more
Portuguese northern corridor to reduce rail freight costs by 30%
The completion of the railway line connecting Sines in Portugal and Caia in Spain will reduce Portuguese rail freight costs by 30 per cent. This is the prediction of the Portuguese minister of Development, Pedro...Read more
Port of Castellón tests rail freight connection with Zaragoza
The Port of Castellón in the east of Spain is testing a rail freight service connecting to Zaragoza Logistics Centre (ZAL), a key logistics hub in the most industrialised area of Spain. It is an...Read more
From Port of Sevilla to Andalusia in 20 minutes with new rail freight line
Construction of a new railway connection between the Port of Sevilla and La Negrilla Station in Andalusia will make it possible to transit freight over this distance in twenty minutes. The railway line will be...Read more