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 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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
The Russian Government has submitted for ratification to the State Duma the Convention on the International Organization for Maritime Navigation Equipment (IALA). This gives Russia the opportunity to participate in the work of the organization as a member state. The convention is a treaty that establishes the International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation as […]
Russia ranks third in its readiness to implement Autonomous Transport (AT) systems among the BRICS, CIS and partner countries, second only to China and the United Arab Emirates and ahead of countries such as Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Turkiye, according to the latest Kept (ex-KPMG) ratings. For the assessment, Kept’s analysts compared countries with each […]
Russia’s Pivot To Asia have published a short 2025 Guide to the Caspian Sea, in order to provide an update and overview on the multilateral operations of the North-South Transport Corridor, which links Russia to the Persian Gulf and Central Asia. The Caspian Sea is also a European Gateway to Central Asia. We examine the […]
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