China-Europe trains in 2022: east-west imbalance and drops in volume
It has become an indisputable fact that the freight volume of railway operations between China and Europe has plummeted in 2022, but how steep was the decline? A look at the recent data of UTLC...Read more
Prices for transit through Kazakhstan will remain stable in 2023
At the European Silk Road Summit (ESRS) held last week in Duisburg, the increase in Kazakhstan’s transit fees was a hot topic for Chinese and European rail freight players. Sadvakkas Seitzhanov, general manager of Kazakhstan...Read more
Middle Corridor joint venture to be established in 2023
The establishment of a Middle Corridor joint venture has been confirmed by Gaidar Abdikerimov, secretary-general of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route association (TITR). A Joint Venture between Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Kazakhstan is in the...Read more
Four ways to speed up trains on the New Silk Road
The rail freight traffic between China and Europe is growing year by year. The logistics companies compete for every customer and every container. Therefore, they are constantly improving their service. What measures are they doing...Read more
FESCO tests new train from China to Hamburg via Kaliningrad
The Russian enclave of Kaliningrad is gaining significance on the New Silk Road as more and more logistics companies turn to the region’s railway border crossings with Poland. The latest service launched is Silkway Amber,...Read more
Here comes the meat train from Belarus to China
Belarus intends to export meat to China by rail. The first train with reefer containers is expected to depart from Belarus in November. Belintertrans, a logistics subsidiary of Belarusian Railway, is negotiating with local meat...Read more
UTLC ERA reduces delivery time Dostyk-Brest to 5 days
UTLC ERA has reduced delivery times on the New Silk Road. The logistics company now transfers containers from Dostyk on the Chinese-Kazakh border to Brest on the Belarusian-Polish border in 5 days and even in...Read more
Rail traffic through Kaliningrad region could reach 1 million TEU
Based on current demand and future developments, the transit traffic of freight trains through the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad could reach a million TEU in the future, joint stock company UTLC ERA believes. “Even under...Read more
Successful service ships 8,000 cars from Bremerhaven to Chongqing
New Silk Road operator UTLC ERA and logistics provider Hellmann Worldwide have agreed to continue transporting finished cars by rail from Bremerhaven in Germany to Chongqing in China. The partners started the service in April...Read more
China third-largest market for export of Belarusian dairy
There has been a growing interest from Chinese consumers in Belarusian dairy products. In 2018 China was the third-largest market for export of Belarusian powdered and condensed milk. This was concluded by UTLC ERA, the...Read moreUTLC ERA intensifies cooperation with Slovakia and Lithuania
Logistics company UTLC ERA has signed cooperation agreements with Slovak rail freight operator ZSSK Cargo and Lithuanian Railways. Both deals are dedicated to the improvement of container shipments on the China – Europe – China...Read more
UTLC seeks European cooperation on New Silk Road
UTLC ERA has presented the #UE4EU’ – UTLC ERA for European Union initiative. The operator on the New Silk Road aims to develop long-term relations with European transport and logistics companies in operating the broad...Read more
UTLC ERA signs partnership with Slovakian ZSSK CARGO
The United Transport and Logistics Company – Eurasian Rail Alliance (UTLC ERA) and the Slovakian rail cargo company ZSSK CARGO have signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning possible future cooperation in the area of freight...Read more
GEFCO develops rail automotive logistics in Morocco
French logistics company GEFCO, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, is developing a new rail automotive logistics service in Morocco. The freight forwarder will organise a supply chain to transport cars by rail from a new...Read more200 more railcars for UTLC on New Silk Road
United Transport and Logistics Company – Eurasian Railway Alliance (UTLC ERA) has purchased 200 railcars fitting 80-foot containers from Osipovichsky Plant of Mechanical Engineering (OPME). All units will be delivered by the end of April,...Read moreBelarus to open new railway border crossing with Poland
Belarusian Railway is to revive the Visoko-Litovsk/Czeremcha railway crossing on the Polish border. The abandoned facility is scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of this year. The measure is in response to the increased...Read more
Price of railway on New Silk Road closer to ‘sea level’
Tariff rates for railway transportation on the New Silk Road are now highly competitive in relation to sea transportation. The difference in tariffs between container transportation by rail and transportation by sea is less than...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
Multimodal route Rotterdam-Chengdu via port of Kaliningrad tested
A multimodal route between the port of Rotterdam, port of Kaliningrad and destination Chengdu has been tested. Cargo was delivered by sea to the port of Kaliningrad, from where two full trains carried the delivery...Read more