Rail freight jumps in to send relief materials for Coronavirus outbreak
Two logistics companies have decided to offer rail freight services for free to the Chinese city of Wuhan. This is meant for the transport of relief materials, needed to combat the large outbreak of the...Read more
Hazardous goods on the train from South Korea to Poland
TransContainer is in the process of shipping hazardous cargo in reefers from South Korea to Poland, making use of sea transport as well as the train. Avoiding China, where hazardous goods may not be transported...Read more
New state-of-the art terminal to boost Hungary-Ukraine rail freight
A state-of-the-art terminal is in the pipeline on the border between Hungary and Ukraine. It should become the new gateway of the New Silk Road, encouraging rail freight traffic on the route Hungary-Ukraine-Russia. If everything...Read more
Wuhan closes train stations, combatting coronavirus
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the first coronavirus infection was detected, closes its train stations and airport for outgoing travelers. State media reported this on Wednesday. Wuhan is an important city on the New...Read more
Kazakhstan expects more containers from China
Over 3,000 container trains from China to Europe have run via Kazakhstan in 2019. This is 5 per cent more than in the previous year. KTZ Express, an intermodal subsidiary of Kazakhstan Railways, expects further...Read more
New route on Middle Corridor China to Europe
The Middle Corridor between China and Europe will have a new multimodal route. It will run via Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan instead of Kazakhstan. After crossing the Caspian Sea with a ferry, the new service...Read more
Tilburg-Chengdu now available for LCL shipments
From this month onwards, Dutch logistics provider GVT Intermodal offers LCL shipments to and from China from its terminal in Tilburg. This benefits customers with a shipment smaller than a container load. GVT Intermodal serves the...Read more
Doubling of Silk Road trains from Eastern-Chinese province
The Chinese province of Anhui saw a doubling of freight trains departing in the direction of Europe in 2019. 368 China-Europe freight trains were operated last year, an increase of 102.2 per cent compared with...Read more
First Chinese container train arrives in Sławków
Poland has got a new rail freight link with China. The first container train from Xi’an to Sławków arrived at the final destination on Tuesday, 7 January, using the broad-gauge Metallurgy Line. At Euroterminal Sławków,...Read more
‘East-West balance on New Silk Road can never be reached’
Traditionally, the volumes of rail freight going from east to west are higher than in the opposite direction. Industry players have worked hard to restore this balance with success. But, the balance will never be...Read more
Chinese mushrooms avoid cold transit through Russia
A multimodal route has been set up for the transportation of Chinese mushrooms to Russia during winter. While the first and last leg is carried out by train, the cargo is loaded onto ships to...Read more
New Silk Road in 2019: more trains, less empties and lots of politics
The year 2019 was a turbulent year for Eurasian rail freight traffic. Whereas the first six months were relatively calm, the second half was marked by major changes in Chinese support measures, Russian politics and...Read more
TEN-T and New Silk Road integration – top priority in 2020
Making TEN-T and New Silk Road work together, for nations and businesses large and small, could be the biggest challenge in the coming twelve months, said delegates from government and industry at the European Silk...Read more
New container train from China to Poland
A new direct freight train has been launched between China and Poland. It connects Xi’an inland port to the Polish intermodal hub Euroterminal Sławków. The container rail service also provides a connection to the Port...Read more
Syria plans to join New Silk Road
After eight years of bloody civil war, the government of the Syrian Arab Republic wants to reconstruct the country’s infrastructure and recover its economy. One of the possible solutions could be cooperation with China. The...Read more
‘China uses New Silk Road to get political influence’
In Europe sometimes there is a lack of understanding that the One Belt One Road initiative is actually a political business case, asserts professor and China expert Rob de Wijk. “For the Chinese, it is...Read more