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.
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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The Russian taxi ordering service WB Taxi is launching early access for users in Yerevan, Wildberries & Russ (RWB) has announced. Users can download the mobile application and leave a request to connect. In the coming weeks, access to the service will gradually be expanded across Armenia.
Russian, Mongolian and Chinese officials have agreed to set up a working group to study the potential of a proposed Russia-Mongolia-China Western Railway Corridor that would link Russia’s Tuva region with Mongolia’s Uvs Province, and onto China’s Xinjiang Province in the countries Far West.
New railway construction is part of China’s latest 5 year development plan, while Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh also discussed the project with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the SCO summit last month.
Russia’s E-Scooter Service ‘Whoosh’ has begun operations in two more cities in Brazil – Curitiba and Campos do Jordao. This brings the number of cities supplied by Whoosh in Brazil to seven. Whoosh has over 15,000 e-scooters in the country and is expanding elsewhere in Latin America.
Aeroflot has placed another order of 90 MC-21 passenger aircraft from UAC, to be delivered between 2029 and 2032. The aircraft is wholly Russian manufactured, and is designed to carry up to 211 passengers. The order basically means that Aeroflot will have replaced nearly its entire fleet of the 170 Airbus and Boeing aircraft it previously operated or purchased from the EU and the United States.
Russia has been discussing the resumption of direct flights with Japan and South Korea in talks described as ‘complicated’ concerning sanctions and insurance issues. Japan’s bilateral trade with Russia has dropped by nearly US$7 billion per annum since 2022 and South Korea’s by US$9 billion – costing these economies as estimated US$64 billion in trade and their Russian market access since sanctions were imposed.
Africa’s development potential loomed large over both the recent BRICS and SCO summits, with MoU being signed to better integrate economic development, trade and investment. We examine the increasing links between Africa and Eurasia in a detailed and wide-ranging analysis. This report will be of interest to anyone involved in African development.
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