New multimodal route from China to Europe via port of Bronka
A new multimodal route on from China to Europe via the Russian port of Bronka will be launched in the first quarter of 2019. It combines rail transportation with vessel delivery. The route is developed...Read more
Multimodal route Rotterdam-Chengdu via Kaliningrad now regular
The Rotterdam-Chengdu multimodal route via the port of Kaliningrad has become an established route for container transportation between Europe and China. In less than a month after the first test deliveries, two 145-container trains departed...Read more
Russian Railways launches container train from China to Moscow
RZD Logistics, subsidiary of Russian Railways, has launched a container service from the city of Zibo in Shandong province to Selyatino in Moscow region. The train will run via Mongolia and reach its final destination...Read more
Rail Cargo Group handles 400 trains Asia-Europe in 2018
Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has reached its ambitious goal this month of handling a total of 400 trains between Asia and Europe in 2018. It transported more than 30,000 standard containers by rail between Asia...Read more
Transmashholding to supply 107 postal railcars to Russian Post
Russian Post has signed an agreement with Tver Carriage Works, part of Transmashholding, and VTB Leasing for supplying and leasing 107 postal railcars valued at 3.7 billion Rubles (more than 49.1 million Euros). They will be...Read more
From east to west through Russia in seven days
The volume of containerised freight shipments along the Trans-Siberian railway through Russia increased by 77 per cent last year, reported Russian Railways. More than 262,000 containers were shipped on the route connecting China and Europe. Oleg...Read moreRussian Railways to purchase 5 thousand locomotives
JSC Russian Railways (RZHD) will purchase 5 thousand locomotives until 2025. This strategic plan was announced by Oleg Valinskiy, deputy CEO of Russian Railways, at the International Transport and Logistics Forum PRO//Movement.1520 last week. This year...Read more
Next week in Kaliningrad: the Eurasian Transit Forum
On 5 and 6 September the Eurasian Transit Forum takes place in Kaliningrad, Russia. The capabilities of infrastructure, logistics services, multimodal solutions, technologies and regulatory support of transit rail transportation will be discussed, with a...Read more
Test run success for Russia-Vietnam intermodal service
A Russia-to-Vietnam rail partnership has successfully tested a pilot intermodal service, marking a new international transport corridor. RZD Logistics, the freight arm of Russian Railways, and its Vietnamese partner Rataco, ran the service between Vorsino Freight...Read more
New generation Russian freight cars go one million kilometres without repairs, claims UWC
‘New generation’ freight wagons operated by the Russian United Wagon Company (UWC) are now capable of travelling an incredible one million kilometres without the need for routine maintenance. The bold claim was made by its...Read moreHungary welcomes landmark trans-Asian freight rail service
A trans-Asian rail logistics partnership has seen the Hungarian capital Budapest take delivery of the country’s first overland transit container service from China via Mongolia, Russia, Ukraine and Slovakia, packed with consumer goods. JSC RZD Logistics,...Read more
Russian Railways’ freight arm doubles year-on-year China-Europe volume
RZD Logistics, the freight arm of Russian Railways, and the region’s the largest multimodal operator, says it doubled its year-on-year volume of transit traffic along the Europe-China corridor in the first quarter of 2017. The company...Read more
‘No restrictions’ on Latvia-bound rail freight, says Russian Railways
The state-owned Russian Railways (RZhD) has told RailFreight that it has not imposed any restrictions on Latvian-bound rail freight traffic, despite claims that it is ‘hindering cargoes’ in retaliation over a snubbed pipeline project. News agency...Read more