Russia is investing huge sums of capital in developing infrastructure, especially in its border regions, ranging from Georgia and Azerbaijan to Turkiye, the Middle East, and deeper into Asia. This creates additional opportunities in commerce and trade as these begin to come into service. Optimize your Russia-Eurasia supply chain. Get news and analysis on Eurasian transport corridors, freight solutions, and customs. Essential for logistics providers and international traders.
Kuibyshev Railways and the Deng Xiaoping Terminal in Russia’s Tatarstan region has sent its first container train of wheat by rail to Vietnam. The train, consisting of 76 containers with 2,000 tonnes of wheat, departed from the hub’s One Belt One Road terminal, and will finish its journey in Vladivostok. From there, the containers will be sent to Vietnam by sea.
Wildberries are investing US$300 million into a Class A logistics centre in Tashkent, with a view to develop it as a hub for Central Asian e-commerce markets. The value of Russian-Uzbek cooperation projects currently includes more than 200 investments worth about US$6 billion.
Mali’s Transport and Logistics Company has signed a US$51.5 million deal with KAMAZ to buy a range of trucks to improve its transport and logistics infrastructure. The deal provides the vehicles and could be extended to localise production and train maintenance engineers.
The Joint Russia-Myanmar Commission For Trade & Economic Cooperation was held in Moscow this week, with Russia and Myanmar expanding their bilateral trade and economic ties through long-term commodity agreements, joint infrastructure projects, and alternative settlement mechanisms. Bilateral trade turnover has been scaling up, with total trade values close to US$2 billion.
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the UAE have signed an MoU to cooperate on the proposed Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan railway project, also known as the Central Asia-South Asia (CASA). If completed, it would give the region access to Pakistani seaports. This also has implications for Russian exports. We discuss the latest developments and what this means for Russian trade potential.
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Between January and August 2026, rail freight between Russia and China hit 130.2 million tonnes, a rise of 5.4 percent compared with the same period last year. At the same time, container shipments increased 12.8 percent, reaching 2.4 million twenty-foot equivalent units. Exports from Russia to China came to 113.5 million tonnes, a 3.7 per […]
The port of Murmansk is welcoming a large increase in cargo traffic, which is tied to the confluence of geopolitical events, including what is happening in the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea, and the EU’s desire to switch itself off from energy and trade with Russia. Pavel Oleynik, Executive Director of the Commercial Port […]
Russia’s container market volumes have grown by 6% in the 8M of this year, incorporating foreign trade and transit shipments via Russian seaports, foreign trade and transit movements across overland border crossings along the Russian Railways network, domestic Russian container shipments along the Russian Railways network, and coastal cabotage traffic.
Russian coal exports from Vostochny Port in the Russian Far East to China have reached record highs. China is the world’s largest consumer of coal and coal power in the world, and consumes more than it can produce. Coal prices are also at record highs and are expected to remain so for several weeks.
The Trans-Caspian corridor is developing fast and is expected to achieve record freight tonnage during 2026. We examine the route and show where the growth development segments are.
Georgia’s state-owned Georgian Railways have purchased 200 new freight railcars from Russia’s JSC Roslavl Railcars, in a deal worth the equivalent of US$9.6 million, payable in rubles. The contract also provides for maintenance and repair works. Most of the cars are gondolas used for transporting minerals.
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