Logistics & Transport

Eastern Maritime Corridor Emerges As Russia-India-South Asia Red Sea Alternative

BRICS, Logistics & Transport, Trade

The Red Sea crisis has shifted attention for Russia, India, and South Asia to the potential of the Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC) – a proposed trade route for shipping coking coal, crude oil, LNG, fertilizers, and goods containers. This new trade route could revolutionize Russian-Asian trade. India’s oil imports reached unprecedented levels in January 2024, […]

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Putin Approves US$6.6 -Billion-Dollar High Speed Moscow-St. Petersburg Railway

Economy, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russian President Putin has approved the construction of the delayed High-Speed Moscow-St.Petersburg railway. Discussions on a new link were prominent in 2019, but Covid issues put the project on hold. However, in February this year, a masterplan for the Moscow-St. Petersburg line was agreed. Construction is to start immediately.    At present, one line runs

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2024 Red Sea Shipping Problems See Russian Rail Transit Demand Increase 40% 

Logistics & Transport, Trade

The Financial Times has reported that demand to move goods from Asia to Europe by rail via Russia has soared since the start of the Red Sea crisis, according to logistics companies and rail operators, providing a boost to RZD, Russia’s state-owned rail monopoly. Germany’s DHL said requests to transport goods on the Russian rail

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