As soon as the Chinese New Year is over, a regular chemical train may be running on the New Silk Road. That is the plan of COSCO and VTG, which saw the first train arriving...Read more
UPDATEUPDATE – The border between China and North Korea is officially reopened for rail freight traffic. This was confirmed by the spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Zhao Lijian at a press conference on 17...Read more
With the first chemical train arriving from China in Duisburg this week, the starting signal was given to the COSCO VTG China-EU chemical train business. The train carrying 28 ISO tanks of non-dangerous liquids is...Read more
Fruits may no longer be shipped into China via the border of Manzhouli, as the city has announced a ban on imported fruits from Sunday 16 January. Manzhouli, in North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,...Read more
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
The lingering disruption to the global supply chain has proved a severe strain on business and industry around the world. However, not everyone has been affected in a bad way. Many shipping agents are reporting...Read more
The traffic volumes on the train between Europe and China continued to grow, also in the challenging year of 2021. Throughout the year, 1.46 million TEUs of cargo was shipped by train between Europe and...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
The Polish provincial government of Lodz has given the green light to the construction of a new multimodal terminal in Karsznice and has submitted an application for EU funding. If funding is approved, a new...Read more
The New Silk Road connection between Xi’an in China and the Valenton terminal in Paris, France, will become frequent and stable. From February 2022, the service will run with one train per week “to alleviate...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
An eastward step from METRANS, which wants to establish its position along the Eurasian corridor passing through Poland and Belarus, saw the acquisition of CL Europort and its logistics centre. “Another strategic partnership was concluded...Read more
A new China-Europe connection commenced on 1 January, linking Xi’an in China with Mannheim in Germany. The direct train connection between the two destinations is unique because none of the traditional New Silk Road routes...Read more
ADY Container has launched a new service between Xi’an in China and Baku in Azerbaijan. The first train commenced from China on 6 December and arrived in Azerbaijan on 29 December through the Trans-Caspian route.Read more
As another year passes by, the New Silk Road is still here stronger than ever. After surviving a global pandemic, overcoming supply chain crises and proving that rail is worthy of attention, the Silk Road...Read more
If you are active on the New Silk Road, you need to be aware of possible sanctions, as the list of sanctioned goods, persons and transactions is growing. Disagreements between China on the one hand,...Read more
There are still many wishes on the list of BASF when it comes to chemical transport between Europe and China, and as long as there is no standardised approach to this segment of the industry,...Read more
Could Europe become the leading player in Eurasian intermodal transport? And why is it crucial for this to happen? According to David Aloia from Hupac, the New Silk Road faces substantial logistical problems that could...Read more
