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.
Data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) reveals that the European Union’s embargo on the purchase, import and transfer of Russian crude oil at the end of 2022 has had almost no impact on the total volume of Russian oil exports. As the following chart shows, this is due to other countries filling in the […]
The potential for Russian agribusiness exports to Pakistan by 2030 is estimated at 2.8 million tonnes worth up to US$900 million, according to Russia’s Agriculture Ministry. The most promising exports are grains such as wheat and barley, grain legumes, and millcake meal. Russia exported about 1.2 million tonnes of agricultural products worth US$423 million to […]
Russian Railways (RTZ) are planning to tender for contracts to restore Cuba’s railway infrastructure, according to Sergei Pavlov, First Deputy Head of RTZ has stated at the TransRussia international exhibition being held in Moscow. Pavlov said “We plan to begin the process of reconstructing Cuba’s railway infrastructure. This year we will formulate and structure the […]
The first export train of 30 wagons loaded with oats departed for India from Formachevo station in Chelyabinsk, in the Urals region of Russia, Acting Head of Chelyabinsk Customs Andrey Gursky, has said. The train departed on March 18. The 830-tonne cargo was packed using the infrastructure of the Yuzhnouralsky transport and logistics complex. Since […]
Russian airlines saw total passenger turnover rise 13% year-on-year to 18.8 billion passenger-kilometers in February 2024, according to data from Rosaviatsia – Russia’s Federal Agency for Air Transport. The figure increased nearly 7% to around 11.3 billion passenger-kilometers on domestic routes, and 24% to 7.6 billion passenger-kilometers on international routes. Airlines saw passenger traffic rise […]
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The Red Sea crisis has shifted attention for Russia, India, and South Asia to the potential of the Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC) – a proposed trade route for shipping coking coal, crude oil, LNG, fertilizers, and goods containers. This new trade route could revolutionize Russian-Asian trade. India’s oil imports reached unprecedented levels in January 2024, […]
Russian President Putin has approved the construction of the delayed High-Speed Moscow-St.Petersburg railway. Discussions on a new link were prominent in 2019, but Covid issues put the project on hold. However, in February this year, a masterplan for the Moscow-St. Petersburg line was agreed. Construction is to start immediately. At present, one line runs […]
The Financial Times has reported that demand to move goods from Asia to Europe by rail via Russia has soared since the start of the Red Sea crisis, according to logistics companies and rail operators, providing a boost to RZD, Russia’s state-owned rail monopoly. Germany’s DHL said requests to transport goods on the Russian rail […]
The head of the Russian cabinet, Mikhail Mishustin, has signed off the approval for the Northern Sea Route development plan, to be completed by 2035. It is one of Russia’s largest development projects and will be financed to almost 2 trillion rubles (US$22 billion) A National Transport Artery The NSR development plan includes more than […]
A new deep sea port and terminal is to be constructed in Russia’s northern Arkhangelsk Port, according to the key provisions of the Comprehensive Development Plan of the Arkhangelsk Transport Node. The plan details Arkhangelsk development to 2035. The full text of the document (in Russian) can be found here. The construction of the new […]
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