The dominant role of agents on the New Silk Road: helpful or not?
Agents are active players in organising rail transport between China and Europe. They assist the Chinese platform companies in coordinating overseas operation, container storage, customs documentation, pre-carriage, on-carriage and even forwarding. However, what started as...Read more
Maersk goes from monthly to twice a week on Trans-Siberian route
Maersk is once again extending the frequency of its intermodal service between Asia and Europe; the AE19 service that combines shortsea and rail transport. That frequency is now increasing to twice a week. The service...Read more
HHLA lands in Ukraine to serve hinterland from port of Odessa
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has established its own intermodal company in Ukraine. The new Ukrainian Intermodal Company (UIC) offers container transport by rail between the Port of Odessa and important economic centres in...Read more
New regular train route to Moscow from China
On 31 October, the first import container train from Nanchang in southeastern China rolled into the Bely Rast transport and logistics center in Moscow region. It includes 48 large-capacity containers with various equipment, shoes, fabrics, chandeliers, as...Read more
Meet your Silk Road partner online from next week
Train traffic between Europe and China has proven to be the most resilient transport modality during the ongoing pandemic. The New Silk Road is shock proof! This is the main theme of the European Silk...Read more
Full to Europe, empty to China; if the container returns at all
The shipping containers departing from China to Europe are basically full, while a considerable part of the shipping containers returning to China from Europe are empty. The return of the box to China cannot be...Read more
Significant increase in transit container shipping between China and Europe
Container shipping between China and Europe on Russian Railways’ infrastructure reached the amount of 50,800 TEU for September 2020. In comparison with the same period last year, the numbers increased up to 1.7 times. Simultaneously,...Read moreNew direct train Europe-China reaches Liège daily
Following the direct line between Liège and Zhengzhou (2018) and between Liège and Yiwu (2019), the Belgian port city now has a third direct link with a Chinese hub: Chengdu. This new Europe-China train was...Read more
Big shout out to European wood log industry, need for more transport to meet rising demand
The transport of softwood logs from Europe to China is calling for expertise in container rental, container trucking and fumigation processes in Europe. Due to the increasing demand and disrupted transportation by sea during the...Read more
Not containers, but wagons the latest purchase of FELB
The roles of the various parties involved along the New Silk Road have been blurred for a while, with a wide range of services provided by many of them. That having a fleet increases position...Read moreWhy irregular trains on the New Silk Road do more harm than good
In 2019 the customised, irregular train service from China to Europe made up more than 30 per cent of the total number. This went up to an even higher percentage in 2020. The customised train...Read more
Altynkol – Kaliningrad – Hamburg: regular and regardless of demand
UTLC ERA and Belintertrans Germany have started a regular multimodal service on the Altynkol – Kaliningrad – Hamburg route. It has a transit time of between 12-14 days, and runs regardless of the volumes on...Read moreIn-depth interview Alexey Grom: ‘it’s the face-to-face factor that matters’
European food companies are encouraged to use rail to China. The service is up to level and there are no delays. Freight trains run at the speed of passenger trains through the territory of Russia....Read more
New train via eastern-most border crossing Russia-China
This week the first container train from Liaoning province (China) arrives in the brand new terminal and logistics center ‘Beliy Rast’ in Moscow Region. The train used the border-crossing point Suifenhe/Grodekovo, which is on the...Read more
RailFreight Live today: Vilnius as a new hub on the New Silk Road
Since the capital of Lithuania was assigned as a new delivery station on the New Silk Road, market demand has gradually increased. Starting from 18 September, a train will depart every week from Xi’an to...Read more
First train departed from Hefei, on the way to French hub of Dourges
A new route has been established on the New Silk Road. It runs from Hefei on the east coast of China to Dourges in France. On 5 September the first train departed from the logistics...Read more