The rail operator Transfracht will launch on 13th May 2019 a new regular dedicated container service between Koper port and the Austrian terminals of Enns and Salzburg. The service will run twice per week on import and export route. This new connection will further increase the option for cargo flows from and to the region of Upper Austria, which offers new potential volumes
For many years, daily railway connections have been in place between Koper and the Austrian logistics centres for the transport of containers and other goods such as coal, iron ore, phosphates and fuel. A container connection with the logistics centre in Graz operates ten times a week, and containers can be transported to Villach and Enns and from there to other Austrian centres several times a week.
The modal road/railway split in the Austrian market is therefore significantly weighted towards railway (75%). Goods to/from Austria are handled at all terminals in the Port of Koper, with the most common products being timber, paper, coal, iron ore, and various goods transported in containers (225,000 TEUs were registered last year). Between 2009 and 2018, the number of containers increased almost six times.
