Early in the morning of Tuesday, 11 October, two of the three cranes operating in the Altynkol terminal on the Kazakh-Chinese border broke down, making the processing of Silk Road trains impossible. The incident has...Read more
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, which took place on 15 and 16 September in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, seems to be a milestone for developments in Central Asia and the Silk Road. Its economic and geopolitical significance...Read more
The State Taxation Commission of Kazakhstan disclosed that China and Kazakhstan have agreed to take joint measures to improve the current capacity of border crossing points. The flagship project in this direction is the construction...Read more
EuroTransit Group of Companies is currently building a new intermodal terminal in Dostyk, Kazakhstan, to facilitate rail traffic at the border with China. Construction works are in full steam, and the company just ordered two...Read more
SilkwayTransit, a Kazakhstani transport company, acquired four TEM14 shunting locomotives. Sinara Transport Machines Holding (STM) supplied the locomotives to the Kazakhstani company last June.Read more
Eurasian transit acquired a new transhipment terminal on the Kazakh-Chinese border. The new terminal started operating a week ago, with the first ten trains in the China-Europe direction passing through it. Dostyk TransTerminal LLP undertook...Read more
The Kazakh-Chinese border crossing Dostyk-Alashankou has increased its handling capacity. In favourable weather conditions, fourteen trains can cross on the Chinese side, while the broad gauge facility in Kazakhstan can handle twelve trains. Up till...Read more
