UTLC ERA reaches ‘half-a-million milestone’ for 2020
The United Transport and Logistics Company – Eurasian Rail Alliance (UTLC ERA) announced that it already reached its goal of 500,000 transported TEUs on the New Silk Road for the year. The amount concerns the...Read more
‘The Kaliningrad route is young, different financial rules apply’
Operators on the multimodal route via Kaliningrad would like to see a level playing field with the main route via Malaszewicze-Brest, in order to be more competitive. The route via the Russian enclave on the...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 route on the New Silk Road through Russia
The month of July marked two milestones on the Russian part of the New Silk Road. A new route through Russia was launched, and dedicated trains for the shipment of empty containers have been setup....Read more
Monthly traffic China-Europe exceeds 52k TEUs for first time
Container traffic between China and Europe witnessed an absolute record last month, judging from the volumes transited by UTLC ERA. The joint venture of Belarusian, Kazakh and Russian railways in May carried 52,5 thousand TEUs...Read more
New Silk Road carries another medical train, this time to Paris
A block train loaded with medical equipment has left the Chinese province of Jiangxi today, 4 June, headed for Paris. The service is organised by Russian Railways, SNCF Forwardis, COSCO Group and JSC UTLC ERA,...Read more
A single waybill for both rail and ferry to China
It is a first in many regards: the multimodal connection between XI’an in Central China to Hamburg. Via Kaliningrad, partly by ferry and with a single CIM/SMGS waybill. “The train, which departein westward direction beginning...Read more
Chinese liquor enters wine city Bordeaux by train
For the first time, the well-known liquor from the Chinese hub of Wuhan -Yellow Crane Tower- has made its way to France by train. On 17 October, bottles of the Chinese wine were loaded onto...Read more
UTLC ERA joins hands with Lanzhou
Joint stock company UTLC ERA and the logistics operator Lanzhou Anting PIL Logistics have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding. Both parties will work to develop rail freight traffic between China and Europe in both directions....Read more
New multimodal route China-Europe via port of Rostock
A new multimodal route on the New Silk Road was born at the Transport Logistics Trade Fair 2019 held in Munich last week. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Italian terminal of Verona,...Read more