UpdatedThe Belarusian government has decided to raise rail freight fees by an average of eight per cent. The burden of such a raise will primarily fall on the shoulders of domestic companies and those transporting...Read more
In a meeting held this week, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russia’s Leningrad Oblast Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko discussed constructing a second railway line connecting Belarus with the Russian port of St. Petersburg. For them, such...Read more
At the European Silk Road Summit (ESRS) held last week in Duisburg, the increase in Kazakhstan’s transit fees was a hot topic for Chinese and European rail freight players. Sadvakkas Seitzhanov, general manager of Kazakhstan...Read more
The hacking group Belarusian Cyber-Partisans claims to have hacked the computer network of the Belarusian Railways to slow down the transport of troops and military equipment towards Ukraine. “Manual control mode is enabled, which will...Read more
The state railway company of Belarus has been targeted by hackers, in an attempt to disrupt its operations. This is in response to the transport of Russian troops into Belarus, something the hackers disapprove off....Read more
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
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
Rail cargo traffic travelling from China to Europe through Belarus doubled in 2017, according to the head of Belarusian Railways, Vladimir Morozov. Over 3,000 China-Europe trains passed through the country last year, a trend expected to continue...Read more