Estonian Railways is experiencing tough times due to growing losses, which are caused by an absence of Russian freight and a lack of alternatives for…
“The state of the private locomotive fleet in Russia is approaching an emergency.” That is how a representative of the Russia-based ROLLINGSTOCK Agency characterises the…
“Changes in logistics, caused by sanction limitations, serve not as a constraint, but rather as an impulse for exploring new routes”, Belarusian Railways (BZhD) boss…
The overland route to get Chinese goods to Central Asia, the Caucasus or Europe is complicated. You can put your freight on trains, but there…
There is less and less freight from China on the move through Russia. Both in imports and in transit there is reportedly a significant decline…
Lithuanian rail freight transit to the Russian exclave Kaliningrad has shrunk by 30 per cent in 2024. The trend has prompted Russia to look for…
Fewer and fewer trains are entering Europe through Malaszewicze. In January, only 21 trains crossed the Polish – Belarusian border on a daily basis. That…
In October 2024, Russia introduced a directive prohibiting the transit of dual-use goods through its territory. European and Chinese companies have since been saying that…
Kazakh producers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) are facing a deficit of wagons to export their product to Europe. As Poland is demanding more and…
The Estonian rail operator Operail is once again carrying freight from Russia. The company was barred from doing so earlier by the government. Now that…
Russia does not plan to introduce additional restrictions on China-EU traffic. At the same time, it aims to lift the existing bureaucratic hurdles on the…
The challenges on the Russian railway network keep growing bigger. A toxic mix of trade reorientation, staff and locomotive shortages, and network cluttering have strained…