Blagoveshchensk Railway Port & Logistics Zone Next To China To Be Completed In 2025

The Sukhoi Port Blagoveshchensk logistics railway terminal will start operating in the fall of 2025, the Government of the Amur Region has reported. Blagoveshchensk is strategically important, as it lies on the Russian border with China on the Amur River. A railway bridge was completed in 2022, which connects to Heihe in China, and from there to China’s national railway system.

The Blagoveshchensk logistics complex will be used for transshipment of goods from road to rail transport and will connect the existing Blagoveshchensk-Heihe cross-border bridge and the Trans-Siberian Railway, and will make the exchange of cargo with China easier. On completion it will be the largest logistics railway terminal in the Russian Far East.

The terminal will take up 300 square meters ga, will be used to perform logistics operations related to the reception, loading and unloading, storage, sorting and processing of various consignments of goods, as well as commercial information services for consignees, carriers and other logistics intermediaries. It will be able to process more than 1 million tonnes of cargo per year; and is being connected to the Trans-Siberian railway.

Vasily Orlov, the regional governor, said “The Dry Port of Blagoveshchensk is an important project. It is included in The Amur International Transport Corridor, which we are creating with our partners from Heilongjiang Province. In addition to the Dry Port, it includes the Kanikurgan customs and logistics terminal, the Blagoveshchensk-Heihe road and rail bridge, a cross-border Amur River cable car, and the Blagoveshchensk International Airport. This infrastructure opens up great prospects for the development of border areas and will help to realize the logistics potential of the region.”

The Blagoveshchensk-Heihe border bridge between Russia and China was opened for traffic in June 2022. At present, it accepts up to 190 vehicles per day. However, with the launch of a permanent, 24 hour checkpoint from the autumn of this year, traffic flow will increase up to 630 trucks per day.