The Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been quite vocal about her position against Italy’s inclusion in the Belt and Road Initiative in 2019. The country’s Ministry of Transport Matteo Salvini, however, recently showed a...Read more
In the first quarter of 2023, the China-Laos Railway’s import and export freight volumes increased by 274,4 per cent year-on-year. According to customs data from the Chinese city of Kunming, goods transported along the route...Read more
Vietnamese infrastructure investor DEOCA Group and Laos oil trading company PTL have signed a joint venture agreement to conduct a study on constructing a railway between Vietnam-Laos. The main target of this agreement is to...Read more
Wang Yi, head of diplomacy of the Communist Party of China, will visit Italy to try to smooth Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s edges and renew the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2019. The relationship...Read more
Just after she claimed victory in the national elections in Italy, Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right party Fratelli d’Italia and the future Italian Prime Minister, expressed her intentions of not renewing Italy’s participation in...Read more
ANALYSISChina seems to be overtaking Europe in global infrastructure investments, with EU leaders alarmed about the possible consequences. How does China benefit from expanding the Silk Road to other continents, and what could be Europe’s...Read more
The origins of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) date back to 2013. The project started with the intention to connect 71 countries from Asia, Europe and Africa through investments, trade, and multilateral or bilateral...Read more
According to Pakistan Railways, the Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad corridor will begin its operations tomorrow, on Thursday 4. On this date, the train will leave Istanbul to arrive in Islamabad on 16 March, following a twelve-day trip. The...Read more
Turkey, Iran and Pakistan want to revive services of the Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad train this year. Pakistan wants to connect this line with China’s Belt and Road network through Pakistan’s ML-1 railway line, the largest component of...Read more
The Bremen based logistics cooperative hub, New Silk Road Network, has expressed optimism over the future opportunities. A squeeze on new membership applications, but New Silk Road Network has continued to attract enquires, despite the...Read more
Wuhan and other cities in Hubei continue to be locked down until at least 10 March. This means that freight transport to and from the coronavirus-stricken province remains restricted to urgent shipments only. This was...Read more
The year 2019 was not a year of enormous growth in terms of volumes on the Eurasian corridor. It was a year of many achievements nevertheless. Transit times were reduced significantly, new routes established and...Read more
Rhenus Group plans to expand its activities in Kazakhstan. A head office and container depot will be setup in the industrial city of Karaganda. With this move the German logistics firms wants to tap into...Read more
Altynkol Station, on the border between China and Kazakhstan, is fairly quiet. The windows of the brand new station buildings reflect the sun on this warm Monday morning in April. The newly planted perks and...Read more
The Chinese government has called for increased optimalisation of existing cooperation mechanisms when it comes to transport between Europe and China. International railway transport procedures should be simplified, transit costs lowered and goods should be...Read more
Polish rail freight company PKP Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa (PKP LHS) has signed an agreement with China Railway Tielong Specialised Container Logistics B.U. and China Communications and Transport Association on promoting and launching a regular container...Read more
The Belt and Road initiative (BRI) is a Chinese project. The EU does not participate in it, but it is also not a simple spectator of it. The European Commission pays attention to the BRI...Read more
Italy is investing in its ports and railway infrastructure in order to become a true European gateway on the Maritime Silk Road. Maurizio Gentile, CEO of Italy’s infrastructure manager Italian Rail Network (RFI) outlined the...Read more
When the European Commission revises the TEN-T network in 2023 it should consider the possibilities that the Belt and Road initiative (BRI) offers, said Alain Baron of the Directorate General for Mobility and Transport (DG...Read more
The growing potential of the Trans-Caspian Silk Road rail route – dubbed the ‘Middle Corridor’ – has taken another stride with the addition of Turkish State Railways to its membership.
Until now a relatively underused strand...Read more
China’s CRCC International Corporation Ltd has signed a contract with Swiss intermodal specialist Hupac to provide it with flat wagons. The deal includes EU certification and wagon registration at the Swiss Federal Office of Transport.
The...Read more
