The European Commission has proposed to harmonise criminal offences and penalties for the violation of EU sanctions. Before this turns into legislation, RailFreight.com takes a closer look at what this could mean for a logistics...Read more
In times of war, everything changes, including the role of trains. We see that in Ukraine, where trains are now one of the most important evacuation means. But we also see how freight trains are...Read more
Russian Railways (RZD) will offer a 20 per cent discount for the transportation of containers along the eastern branch of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC). The discount will be valid throughout 2023.Read more
Predictions about a total shortage of containers, a complete closure of borders and the freezing of mutual settlements did not come true. But, there are some serious challenges on the way, summarised the head of...Read more
Transit of cargo from Russia via Azerbaijan increased by 98 per cent since the beginning of the year. This was revealed by Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Asadov during a recently held meeting with Russian...Read more
Russia wants to increase the capacity of the International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC). The throughput capacity of all branches of the corridor between Russia and India is, at full potential, 14 million tonnes per...Read more
The Nizhneleninskoye-Tongjiang railway bridge, the first rail bridge connecting Russia and China, is finally up and running. The first train left Russia on Wednesday 16 November. With the bridge now in operation, the route to...Read more
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) launched a study to examine the best possible connections between Central Asian countries and the European TEN-T network. The study will last until the summer of 2023...Read more
Bealrus and Russia are cooperating once again in transportng military equipment on the rail after they exchanged over 100,000 tonnes of ammunition between February and September. During the month of October, in fact, over 5,200...Read more
The war on rail is intensifying. Another rail attack occurred in Russia, where a fuel-carrying freight train moving towards the Ukrainian war front was set on fire. The attack was undertaken by the Freedom of...Read more
Iran and Kazakhstan agreed on starting a test run at the beginning of 2023 for a multimodal sea-rail freight service to give landlocked Kazakhstan a connection to the Persian Gulf. The two countries are forming...Read more
VTG has discontinued its Russian business activities and sold its corresponding business units. It cites “the war of aggression in Ukraine and the sanctions imposed on Russia” as the main reason. This affects both wagon...Read more
The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service stopped and sent back five empty wagons with the symbols of the Russian Airborne Forces coming from Guryevsk, 20 kilometres from Kaliningrad. The five wagons were part of two...Read more
In a monumental event, the first Russia-bound freight train left North Korea on Friday, 4 November. The train carrying three closed railcars entered Russia via the only land link connecting the two countries, the Tumanagang...Read more
Operail, the Estonian state-owned international transport and logistics company, has halved its freight volumes in the first nine months of 2022. In addition, the decrease in freight volumes has led to the layoff of over...Read more
Rail freight services between Russia and North Korea have been reinstated for the first time since 2020, when they were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first train left Russia and will reach North...Read more
The frenzy noted lately around the International North-South Transport Corridor is not only limited to Russia’s benefits through it. The INSTC has been projected as the Russian lifeline during the past months after the western...Read more
Russia and Belarus have exchanged over 100,000 tonnes of ammunition via rail between February and September 2022. The Community of Railway Workers of Belarus’ Telegram channel, belzhd_live provided specific data on the amount of ammunition...Read more
After the ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan, signed in November 2020, the two countries have been discussing the creation of a railway corridor that would reconnect them, called the Zangezur corridor. However, the two countries...Read more
The explosion on the railways of Russia near the border with Belarus was claimed by the guerrilla group Stop the Wagons, and it was not their first act of resistance. Who are these ‘rail guerrillas’,...Read more
The issue of the transport blockade imposed on Armenia by Azerbaijan and Turkey could prove detrimental to the country’s position in the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) backed by Russia. Alexei Overchuk, the Russian deputy...Read more
