The quality of the New Silk Road should go up, the prices and transit time down. The subsidies are no longer needed, the route is already congested enough. These are just a few of the...Read more
After a successful European Silk Road Summit, we are back in the studio. This week in RailFreight Live, we look back at two days of interesting presentations, discussions and networking. We are looking back at...Read more
Day two of the European Silk Road Summit kick off! From 09.30 CET and you can follow this two-day industry event via this live blog. Do you want to follow the summit realtime? That is...Read more
A synchronised Scandinavian rail network could become the gamechanger in New Silk Road connections. How can Eurasian investments put Nordic countries at the forefront? And what role could Gothenburg play in becoming an all-Nordic hub?...Read more
Rail freight along the New Silk Road has proven its efficiency by keeping the supply chains running during the pandemic. The industry acquired a more reliable and resilient profile, but new concerns and opportunities emerge...Read more
Today is the second day of the European Silk Road Summit 2020. At 9.00 CET, this international conference kicks off, live from our studio in Rotterdam. This is an online event, covering two days: 10...Read more
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has established its own intermodal company in Ukraine. The new Ukrainian Intermodal Company (UIC) offers container transport by rail between the Port of Odessa and important economic centres in...Read more
More than half of the cargo volumes of Belarussian Railway was on transit between Europe and China this year. The railway company of the country transported more than 700,000 TEUs of cargo in the first...Read more
Transparency, sustainability, level playing field, and reciprocity: these four pillars define Maja Bakran Marcich’s point of view on the cooperation between Europe-China on the New Silk Road. “If BRI respects these principles, adheres to EU...Read more
Train traffic between Europe and China has proven to be the most resilient transport modality during the ongoing pandemic. The New Silk Road is shock proof! This is the main theme of the European Silk...Read more
Although Europe is making no move to buy Chinese vaccines, cooperation between China and Europe in the fight against the pandemic is inevitable, so are the large cross-border shipments of vaccines. However, while discussing the...Read more
Nearly two years ago Alibaba made its choice for Liège as its first European logistics hubs. The warehouses are not there just yet, but construction has started on the premises of Liège Airport. As soon...Read more
The shipping containers departing from China to Europe are basically full, while a considerable part of the shipping containers returning to China from Europe are empty. The return of the box to China cannot be...Read more
Despite historical links going back a millennia, Britain has been slow to engage with the New Silk Road. Continental Europe has forged ahead, with dozens of trains every week linking ports and terminals all the...Read more
A call for co-ordination, made at the recent European Silk Road Summit in Venlo, the Netherlands, brought to mind a classic problem for international trade with continental Europe. As Henry Kissinger once said, “If I...Read more
With the addition of Electrolux, Rail Cargo Group and the port of Zeebrugge the programme of the European Silk Road Summit is now complete. At this international two-day event, which takes place on 26 and...Read more
The West misunderstands the significance of the Belt and Road Initiative. That is the view of award-winning professor Richard Griffiths of Leiden University in the Netherlands, also fellow of the International Institute for Asian Studies....Read more
While China, Russia and Kazakhstan are ambitiously developing the New Silk Road, Europe is equally important, as it is the other side of the transport chain. Large logistics hubs have understood this and taken position...Read more
