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The transport of goods in containers in international traffic throughout the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) increased by 15.5% in 2024, to 72.3 million tonnes, according to Oleg Belozerov, Head of the Council and Head of Russian Railways. Belozerov was speaking at a meeting of the Council on Railway Transport of the Commonwealth member States […]
Russia’s FESCO Transport Group has opened an office in Dalian, China, with the aim of developing container transportation and expanding the logistics presence in China’s industrial northeast. The facility will focus on the operations of the regular FESCO China Direct Line-2 (FCDL-2) marine service, which connects Dalian, as well as Rizhao, Lianyungang, and Xingang, with […]
Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit has stated that Russian airlines are to sign contracts for 200 MS-21 aircraft, with the certification process for the aircraft already underway. He was speaking at the 2025 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). Western aircraft manufacturers have lost the Russian market after Western countries imposed bans on aircraft from […]
Foreign transport companies, including those from the CIS countries, are showing great interest in studying Russia’s approaches to building the country’s first high-speed railway (HSR), according to Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit. Russia is preparing to build an HSR between Moscow and St. Petersburg. Starovit said that “The subject of the high-speed railway is a […]
South Korea’s SsangYong autos, now rebranded as KGM, has returned to the Russian market for the first time since 2017. The brand, and especially its Rexton series of SUVs, was at the time a prestigious and well-loved marque in the Russian market. SsangYong had a strong position in Russia in previous years, but sales were […]
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As part of the recently concluded 16th International Economic Forum “Russia – Islamic World: KazanForum 2025,” a panel discussion was held on the “International North-South Transport Corridor” (INSTC). Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Savelyev, the Special Representative of the President for the Development of the INSTC, took part in the discussions. The session also involved Russian Deputy Prime […]
North Korea has completed renovations to a train station on the Tumen River, located just across the border from Russia, with a groundbreaking ceremony held on Tuesday, the official North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun has reported. Located in Rason, a special economic zone bordering Russia, the station is directly linked to Russia’s Khasan station in […]
A river freight route connecting the city of Tongjiang in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang Province with Russia’s Khabarovsk was launched this week, according to the Chinese Xinhua News Agency. Two barges powered by the Longtui-610 tugboat left the Tongjiang River port and sailed to Khabarovsk along the Sungari (Songhuajian) and Amur (Heilongjiang) rivers, which marks the […]
Russia’s oceanographic research vessel, the Admiral Vladimirsky, is currently making a scheduled visit to Cuba, its fourth long-distance voyage in the post-Soviet period. The ship left Kronstadt (near St.Petersburg) on March 13 and has already visited ports in Venezuela and Nicaragua. The ship is conducting research in the Caribbean Sea, based upon requests from the […]
Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov has said that building up Russia’s national satellite constellation will make it possible to cover the whole of the country’s territory, including the Arctic, with stable communication channels by 2030. Speaking at a meeting of the Council on Strategic Development and National Projects on Friday (June 6) he […]
Russia’s FESCO Transport Group has increased the container capacity of the line between India, the UAE and its Novorossiysk Port by 45%, by adding a third container ship to the FESCO Indian Line West (FIL-W) line connecting the ports of India and the UAE with Novorossiysk. German Maslov, Vice President, Line Logistics Division, FESCO, stated […]
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