A new grain terminal has been opened in Khorgos on the Kazakh-Chinese border. The terminal is currently operating in test mode. In the future, local authorities plan to increase storage capacity twentyfold, up to one...Read more
Kazakhstan’s grain export volumes to China could double in 2024, in line with the Alashankou border crossing’s capacity doubling for grain transportation. Another border crossing, the Khorgos terminal, will also stimulate grain transportation capacity by...Read more
The use of railways to transport Kazakh grain exported to China has increased four times between September 2022 and June 2023, compared to the same period 12 months prior. The increasing grain volume reached 1,1...Read more
New Silk Road trains crossing the China-Kazakhstan border have increased by 14.6 per cent till May this year, with an overall volume of 5.903 trains. Alashankou terminal contributed to the volume with 2.714 trains whereas...Read more
Rail freight traffic between China and Kazakhstan will be redirected through the Altynkol-Khorgos border crossing. Most of the affected traffic will concern cargo between China and Central Asia and, specifically, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan....Read more
Exports from the Chinese dry ports of Khorgos, on the China-Kazakhstan border, and Manzhouli, bordering Russia, will be stopped until 26 March. The suspension started on 11 March, with some exceptions made for specific trains...Read more
Russia has also entered the game of Chinese new energy vehicles, and FESCO guaranteed their first transport to Moscow. The logistics mega-player sent the first batch of 50 ‘made in China’ electric cars with two...Read more
On Monday, 8 November, a train leaving the Khorgos dry port in Kazakhastan marked the 6,000 train trip through this border point in 2022. The milestone was reached more than a month earlier than last...Read more
A third cross-border railway port will be constructed between China and Kazakhstan. The facility will be situated between the Baktu port in Tacheng, Xinjiang and Abai Oblast in Kazakhstan, north of the two existing rail...Read more
UPDATEThe disturbance caused to Silk Road traffic a few days ago because of an alleged malfunction of three cranes in Altynkol seems to have been resolved. Industry sources say there is no specific update, and...Read more
The Khorgos Gateway dry port in Kazakhstan commissioned a new set of 1435mm rail tracks in its facilities. With the new tracks, the busy terminal will now be able to process more transiting trains coming...Read more
FESCO Transportation Group has launched a new intermodal service from Japan to Uzbekistan via China and Kazakhstan. It is called FESCO Trans China Railway, and links sea and rail to connect the countries.Read more
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, which took place on 15 and 16 September in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, seems to be a milestone for developments in Central Asia and the Silk Road. Its economic and geopolitical significance...Read more
A new electronic queue system will be applied at Kazakhstan’s Nur-Zholy border point to ensure transparency in cross-border transport and curb customs corruption. “In this way, the cost of cargo transportation services at the China-Kazakhstan...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
Rail traffic on the New Silk Road is facing heavy congestion at Alashankou-Khorgos, the main border crossing between China and Kazakhstan. Trains from China to Central Asia have been halted until the end of June,...Read more
Severe congestion at the Kazakh-Chinese border has led to a halt of all truck traffic, in order to ensure the continuance of Europe-China rail. This was announced by the China Railway dispatching center . The...Read more
Kazakhstan has closed its borders for all train, bus and air traffic from China, but remains open to freight transport. This was announced by the Kazakh commission of transport on Wednesday 29 January. The measures...Read more
The Kazakh-Chinese border crossing Dostyk-Alashankou has increased its handling capacity. In favourable weather conditions, fourteen trains can cross on the Chinese side, while the broad gauge facility in Kazakhstan can handle twelve trains. Up till...Read more
The handling of freight trains at the Chinese-Kazakh border crossing of Khorgos-Altynkol has been reduced in time due to a technical advancement. The processing of documents can now be done thirty times faster, said Kazakh...Read more