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.
Russia’s State-Owned Shipbuilders, the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) are constructing 120 vessels as part of its national civil shipbuilding remit, according to USC CEO Andrei Puchkov. He was speaking at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. Puchkov said that “In terms of USC’s civilian orders, our shipyards are building about 120 different types […]
Russa’s Roscosmos Space Agency is developing the Amur-SPG launch vehicle with a reusable first stage to be in use by 2030, according to Roscosmos head Yury Borisov. He was speaking at the 49th Korolyov Academic Readings on Cosmonautics on Tuesday (January 28). The Amur-SPG, also known as the Soyuz-7 is a reusable, methane–fueled, orbital launch […]
Meetings held between 15 Russian airlines and an aviation delegation from the Chinese Embassy have discussed the bilateral strengthening of cooperation in Russia-China passenger and cargo air transport. The meeting was chaired by Lev Kosinov, Head of the Department for Transportation Regulation and International Cooperation of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency. In volumes, during […]
The China-SCO Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Demonstration Zone (China-SCOZ), which is based in China’s Qingdao Port in its Eastern Shandong Province, has been testing shipments to other Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) countries. By the end of 2024, the number of shipments of trucks utilizing the TIR system reached 283, according to Qingdao Customs. The […]
The Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission has approved a concept for improving the interaction of intelligent transport systems of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). The EAEU includes Russia, as well as Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. It has free trade agreements with China, Serbia, Iran, and Vietnam and is negotiating numerous others, including with […]
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Air China, the country’s largest airline, is to begin operating direct flights between Beijing and Vladivostok from March 30, with the route scheduled to operate three times a week using Boeing-737 aircraft. This will eventually increase to three times daily. Vladivostok airport served 2.971 million passengers in 2024, an increase of 17% year-on-year. Vladivostok is […]
The Iranian Ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, has said that during 2024, between 1.8 million and 2 million tonnes of cargo were transported along the eastern branch of the North-South international transport corridor, which leads to Iran through Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. This is approximately three times more than in 2023. Two other branches of this […]
Russia’s Pivot To Asia have just published their 2025 Guide to ASEAN, which details Russia’s trade, investment and geopolitical involvement with the ASEAN group. ASEAN includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. We detail Russian trade trends looking back at 2024 and ahead into 2025, and also include chapters […]
A study by the Swedish climate organisation International Cryosphere Climate Initiative has revealed that according to global warming scientists, 13 of the largest oil ports around the world are at operational risk due to rising sea levels and subsequent flooding. A rise of just 1 meter could create disruptions as early as 2070 if carbon […]
With the upcoming President of the United States, Donald Trump, offering to buy Greenland, we examine Russia’s trade with the territory. Being an autonomous territory of Denmark, Greenland follows EU sanctions, however there is interaction with Russia. With the melting of Greenland’s ice cover due to global warming, its abundance of mineral wealth and its […]
Iran’s imports of non-oil products from Russia have reached US$1.1 billion in the past 8 months, according to Foroud Asgari, Iran’s Minister of Customs. He said that Russia has now become the fifth largest source of Iranian imports. In early December, Russian President Vladimir Putin had highlighted the stability and reliability of trade and economic […]
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