Russian Railways wants 2 more border lines to China in Far East
Russian Railways wants to open additional border crossings for rail traffic in the Far East. The border point of Zabaikalsk-Manchuria does not provide enough capacity to match the growth expected, it said. Russian Railways is...Read more
FESCO’s success story in Vladivostok: ‘new Vietnam line is driving growth’
The port of Vladivostok has proven to be a driver for growth of FESCO’s multimodal transport, with a 19 per cent year-on-year increase this first half year. It was the transloading hub for cargo to...Read more
Russian Railways Far East transport reaches record volumes
The recovery trend that Russian Railways follow after the initial shock by the EU and US sanctions keeps going strong. The state-owned company says that transported volumes to Far East ports reached record numbers in...Read more
Maersk launches third Far East-Europe intermodal service
Maersk launched a new intermodal service linking the Far East with Europe. AE66, as it’s named, complements the logistic provider’s existing AE19 and AE77 services, all using the Trans-Siberian route. With a sea-rail-sea profile, AE66...Read more
FESCO and Russian Railways develop Japan-Europe multimodal service
A new cold chain train service linking Japan with Europe is spotted along the Trans-Siberian route. It is the product of a joint effort between Russian Railways, FESCO and the Japanese Ministry of Transport to...Read more
New collaboration seeks more volumes between China-Russia
Transport volumes between mainland China and Russia have growth potential. The same applies to the volumes between Chinese and Russian Far East ports with an extension to rail. TransContainer aims to boost them even more...Read more
TransContainer launches record-breaking Far East train
TransContainer puts rail at the forefront of intercontinental transport once again. This time it connected Korea to Poland via Russia and Ukraine. The new train service was launched in cooperation with Korean Pantos Logistics and...Read more
Russia looks at Far East ports due to downturn overland transport
Russia is developing its Far Eastern ports as transhipments hubs on the New Silk Road. This is in response to declining volumes on the land route via Russia, caused by additional prevention and control measures...Read more
European shippers get one more link to Japan and Korea
Another new rail-sea link has been launched connecting European traders with markets in Japan and Korea. Beijing Trans Eurasia (TE) and Bahnoperator started operating the eastbound Europe-Dalian blocktrain. From the Chinese port of Dalian, ships...Read more
Difficult times for Vietnam’s international trade
Vietnam is one of the rising stars when it comes to international trade. Many countries move their production sites from China to Vietnam. China, South Korea, Japan, the United States and the European Union are...Read more
Seafood from Russia’s Far East makes it to China in refridgerated containers
FESCO Transportation Group has launched a regular intermodal container service for seafood delivery from the Russian Far East to Jilin province in China. The seafood is refrigerated in containers and bundled in Vladivostok, where it...Read moreMaersk’s intermodal service Japan/Korea now also eastbound
Maersk has launched its first eastbound train from St. Petersburg port to Korea and Japan. On 28 March a train loaded with plywood and chemical products from North Europe departed the port of Vostochniy in...Read more