UTLC ERA sees further drop of volumes on New Silk Road via Russia
Cargo volumes transported on the New Silk Road via Russia continue to drop. In April, 18,498 TEUs were recorded on rail between Europe and China, a decrease of almost 34 per cent compared to April...Read more
Fesco’s chairman in China: these are the visit’s outcomes
Andrey Severilov, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of FESCO, had a busy business agenda in China in April. Transiting between Beijing, Shandong and Shanghai, he discussed cooperation in the rail and intermodal industries...Read more
China and Russia aim to develop more fixed timetable trains
Liu Zhenfang, the chairman of China Railway, met with Oleg Belozyorov, CEO of Russian Railways, on 28 April. One of the meeting’s most significant outcomes concerned the willingness of the two parties to promote the...Read more
First Moscow-Xi’an refrigerated container service up and running
RZD has launched its first direct refrigerated container service from Moscow to Xi’an. The first convoy departed on 21 April, loaded with meat and agricultural products from Russia and Belarus, and is expected to run...Read more
China and Hungary join forces to develop a new logistics center
A new China-Europe logistic and trade exchange center, spanning 100,000 square meters, is set to arrive in Budapest. Koeman, owned by China’s Tonglinada logistic supply chain company, will develop the project on land leased from...Read more
Will intermodal subsidies in China harm the New Silk Road?
Recently, several incentives have been developed to promote rail-sea transportation in China. This includes reductions in rates and subsidies for goods transported by rail to eastern ports. Will this move cargo away from the new...Read more
Kazakhstan Railways to work together with Shandong Port on New Silk Road
The Kazakh railway company KTZ and the new rising star on the BRI Shandong Port will work together in developing multimodal transport services and electronic services on the New Silk Road. In doing so, it...Read more
China-Laos Railway freight volumes note immense growth in Q1 2023
In the first quarter of 2023, the China-Laos Railway’s import and export freight volumes increased by 274,4 per cent year-on-year. According to customs data from the Chinese city of Kunming, goods transported along the route...Read more
Macron and Von der Leyen in China: EU de-risking, Ukraine and trade
ANALYSISThe much-discussed visit of French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission head Ursula Von der Leyen in China is unfolding. By meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the two European leaders aim to push for...Read moreVietnam invests in new rail line to connect with China-Laos railway
Vietnamese infrastructure investor DEOCA Group and Laos oil trading company PTL have signed a joint venture agreement to conduct a study on constructing a railway between Vietnam-Laos. The main target of this agreement is to...Read more
New cargo types on the Silk Road: how are companies adapting?
InterviewRail freight volumes on the New Silk Road significantly declined in 2022. However, volumes for specific cargo types, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, have actually increased. How are companies adapting to these new trends? RailFreight.com had...Read more
RailFreight webinar: From China-Europe to China-Russia Express?
Trade volumes between China and Russia surged in 2022, a situation seemingly becoming the ‘new normal’ in 2023. As transport demand between China and Russia booms, more and more China-Europe freight trains leave China for...Read more
China and Russia capitals connected on New Silk Road for first time
On Thursday 16 March, the first freight train departed between the Chinese capital Beijing and that of Russia – Moscow. It marked the start of a new service of the China-Europe Railway Express, connecting the...Read more
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
New package of EU sanctions on Russia: what is the impact?
On February 25, the European Union issued the 10th package of sanctions against Russia. What could possible impact rail freight between China and Europe is the prohibition to transit dual-use goods and firearms via the...Read more
METRANS: stable operations in Malaszewicze pay off the investment
VIDEOMETRANS’ hub terminal in Malaszewicze is doing great despite the hick-ups noted in 2022, with all the geopolitical shifts and Silk Road ups and downs. Martin Koubek, director of Silk Road and CIS in METRANS,...Read more
These Silk Road product trends might be worth your attention
Endless lines of text have been written in the past months to analyse and assess the development of Eurasian rail transport. The drop in Silk Road volumes in 2022 was apparent due to all the...Read more
Webinar recap: three key points for Malaszewicze
Less than Container Load (LCL) shipping via rail increased along the Silk Road in 2022, but expectations for the future are less optimistic. Chinese shippers are concerned about security checks in Malaszewicze, while shipping to...Read more
What’s the future for the China-Italy relationship?
Wang Yi, head of diplomacy of the Communist Party of China, will visit Italy to try to smooth Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s edges and renew the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2019. The relationship...Read more