The Middle Corridor cannot meet all the volume and capacity demands resulting from the disruption of New Silk Road routes passing through Russia. “The corridor accounts for about 3-5 per cent of the total capacity...Read more
With the Eurasian supply chain disturbed and many companies pulling out the Russian route, what alternatives exist to keep cargo running on rail across the New Silk Road? Is the Middle Corridor a viable solution?...Read more
Rail freight between mainland China and Hong Kong has resumed. A fully loaded train transporting medical supplies departed from Shenzhen on Wednesday, carrying anti-pandemic supplies for Hong Kong. According to local media sources, it is...Read more
TransContainer has signed a three-party cooperation agreement with two Chinese companies, targeting the development of container transit traffic between China and Europe.Read more
As the whole world closely watches the developments on the Ukraine-Russia frontier, the rail freight industry waits for China’s reaction to see how things will develop on the New Silk Road. The Chinese President Xi...Read more
The Khaf-Herat railway line between Iran and Afghanistan could possibly extend towards China as part of the East-West railway corridor. Abbas Khatibi, the Deputy Transport and Urban Development Minister, stated that such a development could...Read more
Due to the Russian military attacks in Ukraine, rail freight on transit through the country is currently suspended. Freight trains running on the main China-Europe corridor – via Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus – run as...Read more
COSCO has launched a new China-Europe train, connecting Qingdao on the east coast of China with
Mannheim, a German logistics hotspot in the west of the country. The first train departed from Qingdao last Friday, 18...Read more
China’s president Xi Jinping is willing to work closely with the EU and embrace their agreements. In a communication with France’s president Emmanuel Macron last week, he stressed that France’s EU presidency could leverage the...Read more
Since the year’s start, the Kazakhstan branch of RZD Logistics sent two dedicated trains with agricultural products to China. The two trains carried 124 40-foot containers from Bayserka station near Almaty to Wuwei in China’s...Read more
CEVA Logistics started 2022 by expanding its products between Asia and Europe. It launched some new services and updated existing ones. Turkey is now in the company’s network as it offers daily connections between the...Read more
The Russian intermodal operator TransContainer launched its first multimodal rail freight service under a unified CIM/SMGS consignment note. The service that connected Wuhan in China with Mukran Port in Germany is the first of many...Read more
The assumption that the Winter Olympics are only about sports can already be contested. Since the start of the worldly event in Beijing, several handshakes have been made by world leaders agreeing about a range...Read more
Transit traffic through Ukraine to and from the Polish border will be resumed. That was the biggest news of this week, although an official date for the reopening of this route is yet to be...Read more
ANALYSISScenarios around the consequences of an armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine have come and gone lately. So far, Russia is not buckling under Western pressure while the US and EU are ready to impose...Read more
Right before China transitioned into the New Year according to its calendar, it saw another reason to celebrate. On 29 January the 50,000th China-Europe train embarked on its journey towards the west.Read more
A few days ago, the presidents of four Central Asian countries met with India’s prime minister. They praised the transport and logistics possibilities between the countries, but unfortunately, no concrete plans were produced. Read more
VIDEOThe New Silk Road has connected Europe and Asia, but many companies are still finding it difficult to find reliable partners on the other side of the supply chain. From time to time, we use...Read more
