China sets up central hub for western products in Henan
China wants to develop a central hub in response to the large volumes of traffic coming from the west via the New Silk Road. It has selected Henan province, a province with relatively little economic...Read more
PKP Cargo: ‘New Silk Road is a priority for Poland’
Polish railway operator PKP Cargo is investing heavily in its services, responding to the growing volumes of rail freight traffic between Europe and Asia. About 250 million Euros per year is spent in what the...Read more
EU Commission: ‘The Belt and Road initiative is a Chinese project’
The Belt and Road initiative (BRI) is a Chinese project. The EU does not participate in it, but it is also not a simple spectator of it. The European Commission pays attention to the BRI...Read more
More than 1000 Volvo cars on New Silk Road in 2019
RZD Logistics will realise the transportation of Volvo cars from the factory in Chengdu, China to the Kaluga region in Russia. Until next year, 1,240 cars should be moved by train over the New Silk...Read more
Why Malaszewicze is the most debated place on the New Silk Road
In the rail journey from Europe to China, the border crossing of Malaszewicze is one of the main bottlenecks, many have stated. But Polish operator PKP Cargo said last week that the problems have been...Read more
New railway service Iran-China launched, connecting Inner Mongolia-Bam
A new freight train service linking north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region with the Iranian city of Bam was launched on Tuesday, 4 September. A train departed from a logistics park in Inner Mongolia and...Read more
Lenovo shares insights computer shipment by rail
One-and-a half year ago Lenovo decided to ship its products by train. Before a computer made in China reaches the customer in Europe, it has endured severe climate conditions, border controls, and loading and unloading...Read more
First train Japan-Russia via Trans-Siberian railway to arrive
The first train with cargo from Japan is currently on its way to Vorsino in Russia via the Trans-Siberian route, expected to arrive tomorrow. The shipment of electronics marks a milestone in the relation between...Read morePKP Cargo: Malaszewicze border no longer bottleneck on Eurasian railway
In no way can the border of Małaszewicze be called a ‘bottleneck’ on the New Silk Road. The problems have been solved and the terminal currently has forty per cent of spare processing capacity. Train...Read more
First express delivery China-Russia in postal baggage rail car
Express delivery of rail freight between China, Russia and Europe has taken a leap with the a shipment of e-commerce goods on a postal-baggage car of a passenger train between Beijing and Moscow. The cargo...Read more
New Silk Road without subsidies: what does it look like?
The volumes of traffic on the New Silk Road are greatly dependent on the Chinese subsidies, yet these subsidies are filled with ambiguity. Few people seem to know how much longer they remain in place....Read more
One Belt, One Road, One Million on broad gauge track
‘One Belt, One Road, One Million’, is the current motto of UTLC regarding their practices on the New Silk Road. “We can handle one million TEUs, we have the capacity”, Larisa Kuznetsova said confident. The...Read more
Container service on Caspian Sea to lift traffic on Middle Corridor
On 5 April, the first-ever feeder vessel carrying containerised cargo departed from the Port of Aktau in Kazachstan, on its way to Baku in Azerbaijan. Until now, container traffic on this part of the Middle...Read more
New railway line China-Mongolia
A new rail link has been launched between the Port of Caofeidian in the north of China and the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. The new rail freight service was officially opened by the government of...Read more
Live blog: Silk Road Poland Gateway Summit Day 1
Tuesday 20 March is the first day of the Silk Road Summit, Gateway Poland, held in Wroclaw Poland. This is the live blog, broadcasting speakers and reporting the latest news. People who are not able...Read more
Two-day Silk Road, Gateway Poland Summit kicks off
The Silk Road, Gateway Poland Summit kicked off in Wroclaw Poland. We are hosting a live blog, broadcasting speakers and reporting the latest news. People who are not able to attend, can follow the summit...Read more
How successful is the New Silk Road really?
The New Silk Road is not always the best option. The Silk Road is not the only route. And the numbers are impressive, but not the only numbers. These are some of the insights Onno...Read more
Amsterdam added to New Silk Road with new rail freight line
The first direct rail freight link between Amsterdam in the Netherlands and Yiwu in China was officially opened on 7 March. A block train departed from the Port of Amsterdam on its 11,000-kilometer journey through...Read more
Growth forecast Eurasian rail freight 15% per year
Rail freight traffic between Europe and Asia is expected to grow with 14.7 per cent per year over the next decade. Traffic volumes could reach 636,000 TEU in 2027, whereas the total volume in 2016...Read more