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BRICS Faces Container Imbalances, Russia To Build Worldwide Container Manufacturing & Distribution Hubs

BRICS, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Over the past three years, Russia’s share in BRICS trade has more than doubled and has further potential for expansion and containerisation – but there are bottlenecks that need dealing with.  During that timeframe, BRICS imports from Russia have surpassed exports to Russia by almost 4.5 times, creating a huge container imbalance. As a result, […]

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Naushki

Russia-Mongolia Railway Border Crossing To China Doubles Freight Capacity  

Asia, China, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

The Naushki border railway crossing between Russia and Mongolia, which is the most in-demand railway crossing between the two countries, has been enlarged and can now accommodate twice as many freight wagons for customs inspection. It has also been digitized, which will speed up border crossings and allow an increase in cargo turnover both between

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China Rail

Russian Railways Rail Freight To China Up 8.5% In 10M 2024  

China, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russian Railways has transported 145 million tonnes of cargo to China over the first 10 months of 2024, 8.5% more than in the same period of 2023, according to Sergey Pavlov, the Deputy head of Russian Railways. He was speaking at the “Effective Multimodal Logistics: Horizons of the Future” event during the Russian Transport Week

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Iran

Russian Gauge Railway To Connect With Iranian Gulf Ports & INSTC  

BRICS, Logistics & Transport, Middle East, Russia's Belt & Road, Trade

Russia and Iran are negotiating the construction of a Russian-standard gauge railway from the Iranian city of Parsabad on the Iranian border with Azerbaijan, to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas on the Persian Gulf coast, according to Kazem Jalali, the Iranian Ambassador in Moscow. Russian rail gauge is 1,520 mm wide, Iran’s is 1,435

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Astrakhan port

Russia’s Caspian Sea Ports and Regional Maritime Expansion: Detailed Report 

Agriculture, Commonwealth of Independent States, Energy, Eurasian Economic Union, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

The Caspian Sea region has a complex maritime transport infrastructure, with Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Russian ports all involved in its development. Despite the fact that the Caspian Sea is essentially landlocked, several international transport corridors pass through it. Goods are in transit to Europe, the Caucasus, Turkiye, the Middle East, Central Asia, East

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Russia – India Eastern Maritime Corridor Now Operational As Putin To Visit New Delhi 

Agriculture, BRICS, Energy, India, Logistics & Transport, Trade

India’s Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal has said that the Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC), which connects major logistics hubs in Russia’s Far East with India’s southeastern coast, has become operational. The maritime link is expected to serve as a cheaper and faster alternative for shipping vital commodities, including oil and coal. Sonowal

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Russia Pacific Railway

First Train Passes Through Russia’s Pacific Railway To Service Asia-Pacific Markets

Asia, China, Energy, Exports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport

Russia’s new Pacific Railway has opened, with the first test coal-laden train passing along the route. The laying of the new tracks has been fully completed, with the route expected to be fully operational next year. It has been designed exclusively for the transportation of coal from the Elga deposit in Yakutia to Port Elga

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Operator Sought For Astrakhan-Turkmenbashi Port Ferry Services

Exports, Imports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

The Russian Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Energy of the Astrakhan region has stated that regional authorities are working on the issue of determining an operator for a regular ferry service to be launched between the Olya port, in the Astrakhan region and Turkmenbashi port in Turkmenistan. Large Caspian shipping companies are apparently ready to

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Belarus

New Belarus-Export-To-Asia Terminal Being Developed In Murmansk

China, Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, Logistics & Transport, Trade

A new Belarusian terminal in Murmansk will receive tax benefits and guaranteed rail transportation capacity, according to Andrei Chibis, the Murmansk regional governor. Belarus is a member of the Eurasian Economic Union allowing it free trade access to Russia, and has a new Free Trade Agreement with China.  Signed in August this year, this would

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New Russian Rail Digital Container Terminal To China Being Constructed

China, Exports, Imports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russian Railways are to build another railway container terminal on the border with China at the Zabaikalsk / Manzhouli border checkpoint, according to the Russian Far East and Arctic Development Corporation. It will be able to process up to 250,000 digital containers (DFE) per year and will contribute to the increase in cargo flows on

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