Belt and Road
News about rail between Europe and Asia
New Silk Road full of opportunities for the Netherlands
A delegation of the Dutch rail freight sector visited several Chinese hubs in a week-long trade mission to the Asian country last week. The Chinese Belt and Road initiative offers business opportunities to the Dutch...Read more
Door-to-door between Coevorden and China
A multimodal logistics solution is now offered between Coevorden in the north of the Netherlands and several destinations in China. Logistics provider Graaco offers a door-to-door service in both end destinations. Although the connection from...Read more
Invisible border Europe-China opens up with uniform legal regime
Until today rail freight traffic between Europe and Asia must cross an invisible border due to the existence of two different legal regimes. Where Europe applies the CIM Uniform Rules, Russia, China and other Asian...Read more
Luxembourg hops onboard China train
CFL multimodal and Chinese operator Chengdu International Railway Service (CDIRS) have jointly launched a combined train between the Intermodal Terminal of Bettembourg-Dudelange (Luxembourg) and the Chengdu Qingbaijiang International Railway Port (China). The first train left...Read more
NUNNER Logistics opens new office in Switzerland
NUNNER Logistics will open a new branch in St Gallen, Switzerland on 1 May. The new company will focus primarily on developing rail activities in and between Europe, Central Asia and China. In addition to...Read more
Porsche to ship cars to China via New Silk Road
Porsche will transport some of its car fleet destined for China per rail, starting this month. “After a successful test period, the transport of Porsches on the New Silk Road starts in April”, the company...Read more
Italy signs deal with China for port investment
Italy joins the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. The countries concluded this in an agreement during a visit by the Chinese leader Xi Jinping to Rome. This includes investments in various ports. With these steps...Read more
UTLC ERA signs partnership with Slovakian ZSSK CARGO
The United Transport and Logistics Company – Eurasian Rail Alliance (UTLC ERA) and the Slovakian rail cargo company ZSSK CARGO have signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning possible future cooperation in the area of freight...Read moreNew Silk Road succeeds in cost reduction, less volatile than ocean freight
Eurasian rail freight has become more competitive due to significant cost reduction. Moreover, the cost of rail transportation is less volatile than the price of sea delivery, research firm Drewry concludes. Drewry is a leading independent...Read more
First Xi’an – Prague container train arrives
The first container train from Xi’an in China to Prague in Czechia arrived in the European city on 10 March. The journey took 11 days and terminated at the Ceska Trebov Terminal. The new train service...Read more
Weekly service for Geely automotive parts China-Belarus
JSC RZD Logistics launched a weekly rail freight service transporting knock-down kits of automotive manufacturer Geely. The goods are delivered from Chengdu in China to the BelGee assembly factory in Belarus. The first train is...Read more200 more railcars for UTLC on New Silk Road
United Transport and Logistics Company – Eurasian Railway Alliance (UTLC ERA) has purchased 200 railcars fitting 80-foot containers from Osipovichsky Plant of Mechanical Engineering (OPME). All units will be delivered by the end of April,...Read more
Kazakhstan moves more cargo by rail to China in 2018
Railway traffic between Kazakhstan and China saw a major rise in 2018. Especially eastbound traffic increased significantly, with more than 50 per cent. This is a positive milestone for Eurasian railway traffic, which has seen...Read more