China Railways has launched its first official online portal serving the China Europe Express. The portal, on the one hand, will publish statistics about China Europe Express operations. On the other hand, forwarders can directly...Read more
Is the Middle Corridor growing? In theory, it looks like so. The port of Poti witnessed an 80 per cent increase in containerised cargo volumes eastbound alone. Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) experienced an 86 per cent...Read more
After a long time, Maersk returned to the forefront of Eurasian connections. The global shipping player launched a new intermodal service connecting the port of Poti in Georgia with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan using the Middle...Read more
ANALYSISThe recent confirmation of the US and EU-led plan to establish an India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, which will also be of great rail transport and logistics significance, has received the first backlash. Turkey’s President Recep...Read more
“Around 100 containers are detained in Małaszewicze due to inspection of sanctioned goods,” Miłosz Witkowski, Rail director of Polish Forwarding Company, shared with RailFreight.com earlier this month. The detained containers are suspicious of transporting dual-use...Read more
UK logistics and freight forwarding company Davies Turner has announced the inauguration of a pioneering eastbound consol container service. It marks a significant milestone in the company’s commitment to enhancing global trade connections, not least...Read more
The recent G20 summit in India functioned as a platform to unfold the ambitious plans of a new economic and transport corridor in the context of the G7-EU-led Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment initiative....Read more
The Caspian Sea waters have reached critically low levels, a development that could be a reason for concern for Middle Corridor operations. The water depth has decreased by 7.1 per cent at the side of...Read more
Kazakhstan’s grain export volumes to China could double in 2024, in line with the Alashankou border crossing’s capacity doubling for grain transportation. Another border crossing, the Khorgos terminal, will also stimulate grain transportation capacity by...Read more
China has started the operation of a new consolidation centre located in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The new location will service the “Qilu” China Europe trains, connecting Almaty with Jinan in eastern China in seven days. The...Read more
Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) has seen Middle Corridor volumes grow by 86 per cent for the first seven months of this year compared to 2022. The total volume amounted to 1.6 million tons, with the export...Read more
Debrecen completed the first phase of its railway modernisation in its industrial park worth 168 million euros last week, making it accessible by rail. This eastern Hungarian city has recently been spotlighted for new energy...Read more
The situation concerning Italy and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is getting hotter as the deadline to make a decision approaches. Over the weekend, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani said that...Read more
There’s a new Silk Road express on the rails. Davies Turner, who style themselves as the leading independent UK freight forwarder, have broken their own record for intermodal freight transit between China and the UK....Read more
Vietnam could potentially develop multiple new intermodal terminals in Kazakhstan, according to a recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) and the Vietnamese investment group Sovico. Yerzhan Nauruzbayev, director of KTZ Business...Read more
The Russia situation stresses out Chinese rail freight forwarders: China-Russia rail volumes are set to drop despite the recent monopoly. Together with Europe, the westbound rail freight business is facing its downturns. One cannot help...Read more
The ‘China plus one’ strategy has created a wave of production migration from China to Southeast Asia. Vietnam is one of the countries that benefit from this growing manufacturing switch. Rail freight forwarders are seeking...Read more
Kazakhstan is extending a ban on importing wheat by road and rail for another six months. The decision came into force in April this year amid smuggling concerns from third countries, including Russia. While it...Read more
Kazakhstan has recently imposed additional customs fees for transit cargo. From 14 August onwards, companies operating through the country need to pay an additional amount of 46 US dollars per freight order.Read more
The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) corridor is undergoing several changes that could improve its efficiency. The corridor’s road leg crossing Kyrgyzstan will shift, while an agreement between the Central Asian country and China could decrease waiting and...Read more
KTZ’s container transportation via its subsidiary KTZ Express has increased by 2,6 times year-on-year for the first half of 2023. The overall transportation amounted to 346.000 TEU. Cargo flows linked to China have contributed much...Read more