Kazachstan’s customs authorities have seen many dollars gone missing due to structural fraud at the border with China. This is according to the Kazakh president, who has ordered a revamp of the border authorities to...Read more
NC KTZ JSC (Kazakhstan Railways) decided to cancel all fees, fines and charges related to rail freight transport through the country for the period of the state emergency due to the riots.Read more
Riots in Kazakhstan have come to an end and the situation is stable, just as it is on the railways. Railway traffic currently runs as usual, is the message of the national railway company Kazakhstan...Read more
Recently, violent protests erupted in Kazakhstan over the rising price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The government resigned and declared some areas in a state of emergency. As a prime transit country for the New...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
Silkway Transit LLP from Kazakhstan renews its locomotive fleet with 22 new electric Russian locomotives. The first three 2ES7 ‘Black Granite’ locomotives manufactured by the Ural Locomotive plant in Russia have already been delivered to...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
Railway traffic from China to Europe via the border crossings of both Alashankou and Erenhot has been halted. China Railways has released an official mandate to stop the loading of outgoing trains via these border...Read more
The collaboration between Sinara Transport Machines (STM) and Kazakhstan’s freight operator Silway Transit grows stronger. This time, the two companies agreed on the delivery of 22 new freight electric locomotives: the 2ES7 ‘Black Granites’.Read more
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
