Logistics & Transport

Baikal-Amur Rail To Be Developed For Russia’s AsiaPac Markets

Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport

The Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) railroad is one of the biggest infrastructures of the 20th century and will be further developed to expand Russia’s export and transit capabilities and to raise living standards for Russians living nearby, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday (April 23). The BAM is a broad-gauge railway, traversing Eastern Siberia and […]

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INSTC Route Has Potential To Carry 60-100 Million Tonnes

Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport

The flow of cargo traffic via the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) may reach up to 60-100 million tonnes in the future, depending on necessity and relevance, Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev has said. To put that into context, this would be roughly equivalent to 10% of the global tonnage that transited the Suez Canal

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Russia’s Exports to Africa Outstrip Exports to the Americas

BRICS, Economy, Logistics & Transport, Trade

African countries have significantly boosted imports from Russia, in signs that the shift to trade development with the global south is having a profound effect on supply chains, trade flows and creating new opportunities. Africa outperformed Russia’s trade partners from the Americas – the United States, Canada, Mexico and Latin America.  In 2023, the share

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International North South Transport Corridor

Russia, Azerbaijan Intensify Work To Complete International North-South Transport Corridor

Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russia and Azerbaijan have intensified work on the development of different segments of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), according to Alexander Sitov, the First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Industrial Policy, Innovation and Trade of St. Petersburg, speaking in Baku. “There are several segments of cooperation with Azerbaijan regarding the activation of the

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Northern Sea Route To Be A Major Part Of The Belt & Road Initiative

China, Logistics & Transport, Trade

The Arctic, endowed with significant resource wealth, is envisioned as an advantageous multimodal transportation link that presently enables a connection between the Asia-Pacific and European regions. Legal issues surrounding the Arctic’s jurisdiction provoke contention over rights to these lands, drawing in not just the circumjacent sovereign states but also nations keen on making inroads into

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Russia Warming To China’s Belt & Road Initiative Projects

BRICS, China, Logistics & Transport

When Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the Belt and Road Initiative over a decade ago, Russia’s Vladimir Putin was not enthusiastic about the massive infrastructure drive moving into his country’s “backyard”. Moscow saw landlocked former Soviet countries in Central Asia, such as Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as within its orbit and the belt and road as

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Northern Sea Route To See Record Shipping Volumes During 2024

Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russia’s Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation expects record volumes of traffic along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) during 2024, CEO Alexei Likhachev said during last weeks ‘Developing the Northern Sea Route: Results for 2023’, and ‘Plans up to 2035’ meetings. Likhachev also said that the volume of transportation currently significantly exceeds the figures for the

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Russia’s Oil Supplies To North Korea Increase As Sanctions Fail

Energy, Logistics & Transport, Trade

The Financial Times has reported that Russia has started supplying oil directly to North Korea in defiance of UN sanctions, further cementing ties between the two countries and dealing a new blow to international efforts to contain Pyongyang. At least five North Korean large oil tankers have travelled this month to collect oil products from

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Ten Years Of Crimea’s Integration With Russia: The Economic Development Data

Economy, Logistics & Transport, Trade

On March 18, 2014, the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol became part of Russia. The Russian newspaper Kommersant has published data on how Crimea has changed since it returned to Russia. GDP Growth From 2014 to 2022, the GDP of Crimea increased 3.5 times — from ₽189.4 billion to ₽655.9 billion (US$9.32

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