Kazakhstan to build its own terminal in Xi’an, China
Kazakhstan Railways will construct a terminal in the Chinese city of Xi’an, the country’s most important hub on the New Silk Road. Xi’an agreed to provide 8 hectares of land plot for the construction of...Read more
China: transporting via Kazakhstan is much faster than via the Black Sea
Transporting goods from China via Kazakhstan will take significantly less time than using routes via the Black Sea. It is in fact estimated that it will take 5 days to cross Kazakhstan, while the route...Read more
KTZ tests new China-Europe route to avoid the congested Black Sea
Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) sent the first trans-Caspian China-Europe train from Jiaozhou, in eastern China, to the port of Koper, in Slovenia. The convoy, loaded with new electric vehicles, covered the 13,000-kilometre route in 45 days....Read more
Nurminen Logistics: ‘everything changed, but mainly for the better in 2022’
INTERVIEWSanctions, new routes, new offices and acquisitions. 2022 had it all for Nurminen Logistics. The leading Finnish logistics company had to take certain measures to adapt to the changing and challenging environment. However, 2022 was...Read more
KTZ’s Middle Corridor volumes more than doubled in 2022
The Middle Corridor is increasingly establishing itself as a viable alternative to routes crossing Russia. As Kazakhstan’s national railway company, Kazakhstan Temir Joly (KTZ), claimed, the volumes of cargo transported on this route rose by...Read more
Something is moving in Central Asia with Agroexpress rail services
The Eurasian Agroexpress project, officially launched in 2022 by member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), is here to stay and expand. In its first year of operation, the rail project scored sufficient numbers...Read more
KTZ Express: new India-Kazakhstan service via Iran-Turkmenistan
Kazakhstan is joining Russia in the quest to develop the eastern branch of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC). The newest development is that KTZ Express, the multimodal subsidiary of Kazakhstan’s national railway company KTZ,...Read more
Winds, snow and -20 degrees Celcius, but the trains keep running
While the Lunar Year has officially kicked off and the people in Europe have left their holidays behind, we are finding ourselves in the midst of winter. In Kazakhstan and some parts of China, this...Read more
FESCO enters 2023 with an appetite for records
In early January, FESCO’s rail operations reached a new record high. The company managed to dispatch 53 container trains in just a week from the Vladivostock region towards Central and Western Russia. The previous-now broken-...Read more
First Vietnam-China-Kazakhstan route opens
The first route from Vietnam to Kazakhstan was launched on 31 December. The train departed from Pingxiang Railway Station in Guangxi, in southern China, and reached the Xi’an dry port, in the east of the...Read more
Prices for transit through Kazakhstan will remain stable in 2023
At the European Silk Road Summit (ESRS) held last week in Duisburg, the increase in Kazakhstan’s transit fees was a hot topic for Chinese and European rail freight players. Sadvakkas Seitzhanov, general manager of Kazakhstan...Read more
First stone for second track railway line to Alashankou, China
The railway line between Alashankou and Jinghe in China is to have a second track. On 30 November, the foundation stone was laid, lauding the official start of construction. The second track means a significant...Read more
From Finland to Kazakhstan via Hamburg: this is how
Nurminen Logistics has set up a service to Kazakhstan via the Middle Corridor, in cooperation with Kazakh State Railways (KTZE). The service is a combination of sea and rail transport: from Helsinki to Hamburg by...Read more
RZD to offer discounts on the Moscow-Mumbai corridor
Russian Railways (RZD) will offer a 20 per cent discount for the transportation of containers along the eastern branch of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC). The discount will be valid throughout 2023.Read more
Alstom-KTZ extend locomotive supply partnership to tackle shortages
Alstom and Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) expanded their existing partnership with an agreement foreseeing the supply of 160 KZ8A electric locomotives by the first to the latter. For KTZ, this agreement is pivotal since it could...Read more
Kazakhstan’s first polypropylene plant chose rail for exports
Kazakhstan’s first polypropylene (PP) plant will use rail to export the product internationally. The first train left the new facility on Friday 18 November, as KazMunayGas (KMG), the national oil and gas company, pointed out.Read more
Kazakhstan lays second track on railway line to China
Kazakhstan has started with the construction of a second track on the railway line leading to the city of Dostyk, close to the border with China. This should increased the capacity of the crucial line...Read moreRussian Railways asks Kazakhstan for lower transit tariffs
Russian Railways has asked Kazakhstan’s railway company to reduce the transit tariffs for the transportation of agricultural products, including grain. It has been in negotiations with Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) since September this year. This...Read more
Iran and Kazakhstan test new sea-rail service to the port of Bandar Abbas
Iran and Kazakhstan agreed on starting a test run at the beginning of 2023 for a multimodal sea-rail freight service to give landlocked Kazakhstan a connection to the Persian Gulf. The two countries are forming...Read more