The new Silk road services transiting through Kazakhstan are about to experience a substantial price increase. KTZ – Freight Transportation, the country’s national freight carrier,…
Silk Road prices through Kazakhstan increase after relative stability
Kazakhstan stops trucks to free up space for China-Europe trains
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…
Faster and more trains through Kazakhstan this year
The traffic volumes transported through Kazakhstan in the first half of 2018 has more than doubled on a year-to-year basis, the national railway company Kazakhstan…
Freight handling at Chinese-Kazakh border now 30 times faster
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…
GE fits digital ‘autopilot’ on Kazakhstan freight locomotives
The logistics arm of electrical giant GE has signed a deal with Kazakhstan Railways to equip its fleet of freight locomotives with an ‘intelligent’ onboard…