Belarus will not prevent the transit of Chinese trains and will supply China with products previously supplied by Lithuania based on the development of its agricultural sector.Read more
If you are active on the New Silk Road, you need to be aware of possible sanctions, as the list of sanctioned goods, persons and transactions is growing. Disagreements between China on the one hand,...Read more
The new US sanctions on Belarus have led to fierce discussions about the rail transport of Belarusian potash fertilisers, which has until now continued after 8 December, when the sanctions went into effect. The sanctions...Read more
FELB launched a new service between St. Petersburg in Russia and Beijing in China. However, the service is multimodal, linking north European ports like Rotterdam, Duisburg or Hamburg with St. Petersburg before putting cargo on...Read more
The EU and US sanctions imposed on Belarus are not binding for Lithuania to stop the rail transport of fertilisers from Belaruskalij, a Belarusian manufacturer. Nevertheless, Lithuanian Railways are already drawing up their future strategy,...Read more
Political tension between the EU and Belarus is reaching a climax. Rail freight transport could be among the sectors to suffer the most from this development. This scenario is not far from the reality since...Read more
The Lithuanian Railways will lose approximately 24 million on yearly revenues due to the EU regulations imposing sanctions on Belarus. The losses concern the railway activities of LTG Cargo and LTG Infra that will see...Read more
PKP Polish Railway Lines is modernising several broad-gauge railway lines in the Podlaskie province. The works are essential for improving freight transport between Poland and Belarus and between the east and west of Europe. With...Read more
UTLC ERA has carried out a test container train trip from China to Europe in cooperation with Belintertrans-Germany (BIT-Germany) and CFTS Liski. The freight train composed of fifty 40-foot containers departed from Chongqing on 8...Read more
The United Transport and Logistics Company – Eurasian Rail Alliance (UTLC ERA) announced that it already reached its goal of 500,000 transported TEUs on the New Silk Road for the year. The amount concerns the...Read more
PCC Intermodal has increased its regular service via Poland to Belarus. The interest in this service is huge, the company says. If all goes well , it may be able to increase the connectivity on...Read more
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has announced that Belarus will close its borders with Poland and Lithuania and strengthen border controls with Ukraine. Three weeks ago he threatened to impose economic sanctions on Lithuania by diverting...Read more
Dutch research and consultancy firm Panteia has developed a method for calculating the modal shift potential of traffic flows between the Netherlands and Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan. The conclusion: 44,500 TEUs of cargo could be...Read more
The fact that Kaliningrad Region is cut off from mainland Russia is not an obstacle for the logistics companies. The semi-exclave has a well-developed network of container trains and multimodal connections. Now it is the...Read more
Mongolia and Belarus will collaborate in constructing a freight train assembly plant in Mongolia. This was agreed in a recent meeting between government representatives and reported by Mongolian media.
The proposal came from Mongolia’s Minister of...Read more
The rail freight traffic between China and Europe is growing year by year. The logistics companies compete for every customer and every container. Therefore, they are constantly improving their service. What measures are they doing...Read more
For over ten years a plan has been on the shelves to extend the broad gauge railway further into Europe via the Košice – Vienna railway line. This would provide a faster connection with the...Read more
Belarus intends to export meat to China by rail. The first train with reefer containers is expected to depart from Belarus in November. Belintertrans, a logistics subsidiary of Belarusian Railway, is negotiating with local meat...Read more
Belarusian Railway has completed the modernisation of the intermodal terminal at Brest-Severny (Brest-North) railway station. The project was worth over 9 million Euros. It will allow to improve container handling on the east-west corridor, including...Read more
Belarusian Railway is moving ahead in the digitalisation of freight transport. After the success in implementing electronic documents for the transit of empty wagons from Russia to Latvia or Lithuania, the state-owned company plans to...Read more
In 2020 Belarusian Railway will start the construction of a new intermodal terminal for handling products transported between China and the EU. It will be located at the Great Stone Industrial Park, a joint Chinese-Belarusian...Read more
