China prefers to subsidise round trips on New Silk Road
More and more new routes are being launched on the New Silk Road every year. Not all of them stand the test of time. Those that survive are also in danger as they need to...Read more
Driving forces for rail freight hubs in Central Eastern Europe
When several freight flows meet in one place, it causes a boom of the freight operations and leads to the development of the related infrastructure. This can be said about today’s Central Eastern Europe. More...Read more
Kaliningrad grand winner as alternative route on New Silk Road
In the past few years, many new routes have sprung up on the New Silk Road. With the continuously rising popularity of rail transportation between Europe and China, there was need of alternatives to the...Read more
Fastest route on New Silk Road gets new departure
The fastest railway link between China and Germany is about to have an additional departure. From July onwards, the Xi’an-Neuss Express will see two trains per week in both directions. The approximate 9,400-km distance is...Read more
Russia develops rolling highway to Kaliningrad
The fact that Kaliningrad Region is cut off from mainland Russia is not an obstacle for the logistics companies. The semi-exclave has a well-developed network of container trains and multimodal connections. Now it is the...Read more
Baltic short sea connections add new dimension to New Silk Road
Short-sea connections can complement the railway lines on the New Silk Road, in order to reduce journey times even more. This has become evident in the Baltic sea ports of Rostock, Mukran and Kaliningrad, which...Read more
New multimodal route via Kaliningrad-Rostock tested
Russian Railways, JSC UTLC ERA, Russian Railways and DB Cargo have launched a new multimodal route from China to Europe through the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. This intermodal chain departs from Xi’an in China, and...Read more
Four ways to speed up trains on the New Silk Road
The rail freight traffic between China and Europe is growing year by year. The logistics companies compete for every customer and every container. Therefore, they are constantly improving their service. What measures are they doing...Read more
Russia wants to connect China and Norway via Kaliningrad
Russian Railways (RZD) intends to launch a multimodal service from China to Norway and back. The rail freight connections via Russia will be combined with shipping lines on the Baltic and Northern seas. In this...Read moreDB Cargo focuses on Kaliningrad route
Two subsidiaries of Deutsche Bahn have turned their look to the Kaliningrad route of China – EU railway corridor. DB Cargo Logistics and DB Cargo Polska intend to develop new train multimodal connections through Kaliningrad...Read more
New feeder services Kaliningrad add to multimodal puzzle
Due to strong market demands, shipping line Unifeeder is adding Kaliningrad to its feeder and shortsea network. Starting 8 December, a new, weekly service will call both terminals in Kaliningrad, Sea Commercial Port and Baltiysk,...Read more
A single waybill for both rail and ferry to China
It is a first in many regards: the multimodal connection between XI’an in Central China to Hamburg. Via Kaliningrad, partly by ferry and with a single CIM/SMGS waybill. “The train, which departein westward direction beginning...Read more
FESCO tests new train from China to Hamburg via Kaliningrad
The Russian enclave of Kaliningrad is gaining significance on the New Silk Road as more and more logistics companies turn to the region’s railway border crossings with Poland. The latest service launched is Silkway Amber,...Read moreRail traffic through Kaliningrad region could reach 1 million TEU
Based on current demand and future developments, the transit traffic of freight trains through the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad could reach a million TEU in the future, joint stock company UTLC ERA believes. “Even under...Read more
New multimodal route China-Europe via port of Rostock
A new multimodal route on the New Silk Road was born at the Transport Logistics Trade Fair 2019 held in Munich last week. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Italian terminal of Verona,...Read more
Multimodal route Rotterdam-Chengdu via Kaliningrad now regular
The Rotterdam-Chengdu multimodal route via the port of Kaliningrad has become an established route for container transportation between Europe and China. In less than a month after the first test deliveries, two 145-container trains departed...Read more
Multimodal route Rotterdam-Chengdu via port of Kaliningrad tested
A multimodal route between the port of Rotterdam, port of Kaliningrad and destination Chengdu has been tested. Cargo was delivered by sea to the port of Kaliningrad, from where two full trains carried the delivery...Read moreKaliningrad: a multimodal solution to connect China with Europe
An alternative gateway between the European railway network and that of the CIS countries to improve traffic flow on the New Silk Road: this is the Kaliningrad route. Moreover, it is a multimodal route, offering...Read moreNext week in Kaliningrad: the Eurasian Transit Forum
On 5 and 6 September the Eurasian Transit Forum takes place in Kaliningrad, Russia. The capabilities of infrastructure, logistics services, multimodal solutions, technologies and regulatory support of transit rail transportation will be discussed, with a...Read more