International
30. 11. 2021
The Port of Koper in Slovenia helps freight traffic on its way to Asia. RCG offers about 15 possible connections and combinations of TransFER connections to and from Koper. In volume terms, Koper is the third most important port in the world for us.
Although it is just 64 years young, the Port of Koper already stands shoulder to shoulder with long-established harbours on the Adriatic. It was built when Slovenia was part of the former Yugoslavia, to compete with Trieste, which lies just less than 30 kilometres to the North. It is spread over 280 hectares, with about 395,000 m2 of closed warehouses, 47,000 m2 of covered storage and 110 hectares of open-air storage. It has space for up to 203,000 m3 of bulk cargo. The port also has 38 km of platforms and 3,300 m of quays.
The Port of Koper offers excellent access to the railway network: about 60 % of cargo is transported onwards by freight train. Building a second platform should strengthen the port’s links to the wider EU railway network even further. This should ease bottlenecks on what is a very busy route and make transporting goods by rail all the more efficient and competitive.
For many years, there has been a fast rail transport connection for container freight and for goods such as coal, iron ore, phosphates and fuel that runs between the Port of Koper and distribution centres in Austria. A total of 945,051 containers were transported to and from Koper in 2020, carrying almost 20 million tonnes of freight.
In that year, the ÖBB Rail Cargo Group handled about 81,000 container loads in Koper. Our TransFER service completes five round trips between Koper and Villach every week, for example. Given that we also have antenna connections to terminals in Vienna, Linz, Salzburg and Wolfurt (all in Austria), the port is closely connected to the whole of Central and Southeastern Europe. In addition, we offer other high-frequency network connections from Koper to Bratislava and Budapest – including antenna connections to terminals in the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary. And what is more: our on-site team takes care of the entire port logistics with all supporting services.
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