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 FESCO Transport Group has launched a new railway container service from China to Moscow in transit through Mongolia. This new route runs from the city of Wuhu, in China’s Anhui Province, (close to Shanghai), which is known for its engineering, automotive, electronics and chemical factories. The train then travels through northern China, and passes […]
The Irtysh River originates in the Xinjiang Province of China and flows north-west across Lake Zaisan in Kazakhstan, meeting the Ishim and Tobol Rivers before merging with the Ob River in Western Siberia. The total length of the Irtysh across China, Kazakhstan and Russia is 4,248 kilometres, and it is navigable for 3,784 kilometres, from […]
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin gave the Plenary Speech at the 6th International Arctic Forum, which was held in Murmansk on 26/27 March. The event was subtitled “The Arctic: Territory of Dialogue.” Putin’s speech concentrated on very specific Russian Arctic development issues, including investment, infrastructure needs, incentives and the opportunities. Clearly, Moscow is putting huge […]
Russia’s Lavna Port on the Western shore of the Kola Bay in Murmansk is now ready for operations, with the commissioning work on the construction of the first stage now completed, and the terminal is ready for launch, according to Andrey Chibis, the Chairman of the State Council Commission on the Northern Sea Route and […]
Russia’s FESCO transport has delivered refrigerated Indian grapes to the Russian consumer market for the first time, replacing EU sourcing markets, while continuing to buy grapes from Central Asia. The 80-tonne shipment was loaded into four forty-foot refrigerated containers at the Indian exporter’s warehouse. The consignment was then transported to the Nava Sheva port near […]
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Russia’s electric scooter and bike-sharing service Whoosh and China’s Segway-Ninebot have agreed on a strategic partnership to develop the next generation of e-scooters for sharing services, according to Whoosh. The project calls for the joint contribution of the latest know-how and engineering solutions to create a new scooter engineering platform. Whoosh will be responsible for […]
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has proposed creating a new investment fund together with Russian and international development institutions, banks, pension funds and foreign partners to support the implementation of projects in the Arctic, according to Kirill Dmitriev, the RDIF CEO, and Russian Special Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries. He […]
Update: March 26 Both Russia, the United States and Ukraine have made announcements concerning a Black Sea agreement, which confirm our evaluations below – the primary issue is the resumption of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which in order to progress must involve a ceasefire in order to allow Russian and Ukrainian shipping access to […]
A new transport and logistics centre to service freight transport between Russia and China is to be launched in Russia’s Far Eastern Khabarovsk, according to the Russian Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic. This includes a vehicle checkpoint on the border with China on the Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island on the […]
Russian freight traffic to China via the Russian Railways network continues to grow, according to Sergey Pavlov, the first deputy head of Russian Railways. He was speaking at the TransRussia conference last Friday (March 21) in Moscow. According to Pavlov, in January-February 2025, more than 30 million tonnes of cargo were transported via Russian Railways […]
In stark contrast to the policies of the European Union towards Belarussian nationals, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry has stated that foreign citizens will be able to enter Belarus on an electronic visa from March 20. The Ministry’s statement read “Starting from March 20, 2025, foreign citizens will be able to enter Belarus on an electronic […]
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