Kazakhstan is building a new railway line to increase its transit potential on the Middle Corridor. It runs from Dostyk near the Chinese border to Moiynty near the Caspian Sea. Construction has officially started, backed...Read more
It is now more than two months since a new terminal at Dostyk was opened on the Chinese-Kazakh border. According to the operator, it is already handling three trains per day on average, and this...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
The new terminal Dostyk TransTerminal at the China-Kazakhstan border crossing is proving to be successful. The first pilot shipments in the month of June showed good results, reported UTLC ERA, the largest operator in this...Read more
The Bonn-based company RailWatch has secured a new shareholder: Agartha Fund LP from Abu Dhabi. This investment opens up the export of its Wayside Monitoring System – Pulsar technology – to countries such as Russia,...Read more
A bunch of 40-foot containers were transported from the port of Alexandria (Egypt) to the port of Poti (Georgia) and from there to Kazakhstan (Kostanay station) by rail. The specific transport route was used for...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 developer of the East-West Gate (EWG) intermodal terminal, being built in Hungary and the Kazakh EuroTransit Group, which operates several terminals on the Kazakh-Chinese border, will cooperate in providing a fast and reliable transport...Read more
Kazakhstan has announced a freeze on truck traffic at the border with China, in order to free up capacity for China-Europe trains. The ban started on Monday 1 March and will remain in place for...Read more
UTLC ERA has carried out a test container train trip from China to Europe in cooperation with Belintertrans-Germany (BIT-Germany) and CFTS Liski. The freight train composed of fifty 40-foot containers departed from Chongqing on 8...Read more
Kazakhstan’s role in Eurasian transportation during recent years is indisputable. The country sees significant volumes transported through its railway infrastructure yearly. A crucial transit destination for trade in the New Silk Road and a primary...Read more
The United Transport and Logistics Company – Eurasian Rail Alliance (UTLC ERA) announced that it already reached its goal of 500,000 transported TEUs on the New Silk Road for the year. The amount concerns the...Read more
RZD Logistics, a dedicated subsidiary of Russian Railways, is testing new rail freight services between Ukraine and Central Asia. They are devoted to the delivery of sanctioned goods that were previously not allowed on transit...Read more
KTZ Express, an intermodal subsidiary of Kazakhstan Railways, has contributed to fighting with the coronavirus in the country. It delivered to Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan, the components for the prefabricated hospital. The medical...Read more
The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line connecting Azerbaijan to Turkey saw the longest freight train since its opening on its tracks last week. A 940-metre-long freight train consisting of 82 containers ran from Turkey via Georgia to...Read more
Train by train, Azerbaijan is attracting new container volumes on its railway network. ADY Container, a dedicated subsidiary of Azerbaijan Railways, is making every effort in order to increase transit traffic running from Central Asia...Read more
For Kazakhstan, the Caucasian states have already become an important region in terms of transport. It operates the seaport facilities in Georgia, engages the region into its multimodal logistics solutions such as the Middle Corridor...Read more
Rhenus Group plans to expand its activities in Kazakhstan. A head office and container depot will be setup in the industrial city of Karaganda. With this move the German logistics firms wants to tap into...Read more
