Logistics & Transport

Train

Russia-North Korea Direct Rail Services Pyongyang-Khabarovsk and Pyongyang-Moscow Start This Month

Asia, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

North Korea has completed renovations to a train station on the Tumen River, located just across the border from Russia, with a groundbreaking ceremony held on Tuesday, the official North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun has reported. Located in Rason, a special economic zone bordering Russia, the station is directly linked to Russia’s Khasan station in […]

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Tongjiang

River Freight Service Launched Between Russia’s Khabarovsk and China’s Tongjiang  

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

A river freight route connecting the city of Tongjiang in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang Province with Russia’s Khabarovsk was launched this week, according to the Chinese Xinhua News Agency. Two barges powered by the Longtui-610 tugboat left the Tongjiang River port and sailed to Khabarovsk along the Sungari (Songhuajian) and Amur (Heilongjiang) rivers, which marks the

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Caribbean

Russian Research Ship Surveying the Caribbean Sea

Infrastructure, Latin America, Logistics & Transport, Security

Russia’s oceanographic research vessel, the Admiral Vladimirsky, is currently making a scheduled visit to Cuba, its fourth long-distance voyage in the post-Soviet period. The ship left Kronstadt (near St.Petersburg) on March 13 and has already visited ports in Venezuela and Nicaragua. The ship is conducting research in the Caribbean Sea, based upon requests from the

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Satelitte

Russia To Cover Entire Territory With Satellite Communications by 2030

Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Russian Market, Security

Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov has said that building up Russia’s national satellite constellation will make it possible to cover the whole of the country’s territory, including the Arctic, with stable communication channels by 2030.  Speaking at a meeting of the Council on Strategic Development and National Projects on Friday (June 6) he

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FESCO

Russia Increases Shipping Container Capacity With India and UAE By 45% 

Asia, BRICS, Exports, Imports, India, Logistics & Transport, Middle East, Russian Market, Trade

Russia’s FESCO Transport Group has increased the container capacity of the line between India, the UAE and its Novorossiysk Port by 45%, by adding a third container ship to the FESCO Indian Line West (FIL-W) line connecting the ports of India and the UAE with Novorossiysk. German Maslov, Vice President, Line Logistics Division, FESCO, stated

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RussiaAsia

FESCO Ships Equipment From Mumbai To Kaliningrad For New Food Production Plant

BRICS, Imports, India, Logistics & Transport, Russian Market, Trade

Russia’s FESCO Transport Group has been making shipments of equipment in specialized Flat Rack containers to the Kaliningrad region from the Indian port of Mundra, Mumbai. The oversized cargo is intended for the construction of a new food production plant in Kaliningrad. Three shipments have already been delivered, with a total volume of 64 TEU.

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Space Tourism

Russia To Develop Space Tourism Industry: Prospects

China, India, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Russian Market, Trade

Russia’s Roscosmos is planning to send space tourists to the Russian space station currently under development, according to Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Bakanov. He stated that “Instead of the ISS (International Space Station), there will be a Russian space station where we are planning to develop tourist missions as well.” Russia is creating the new station

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Turkeminstan

Russia, Turkmenistan Discuss International North-South Transportation Corridor Rail Cooperation

Asia, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Roman Starovoit, the Russian Minister of Transport, has had video discussions with Mammetkhan Chakyev, Head of the Agency for Transport and Communications of Turkmenistan. The meeting focused on the development of international transport projects. The key topic of discussion was the expansion of opportunities for road freight transportation. The parties discussed ways to increase the

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Caspian

Caspian Logistics Cluster Increases Trade With Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and India.

Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Middle East

The 4th Caspian Region Transport and Logistics International Forum has been taking place in Astrakhan, with specific technical discussions over the performances of the region’s ports. Delegates visited the facilities of VTS Group, Astrakhan Port, the shipbuilding operations of YUCSS, and the Kutum freight terminal of Russian Railways. The event was chaired by Mikhail Kabakov,

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Belarus

First Shanghai-Minsk TIR Container Truck By Road Departs

China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport

A container truck carrying three new Chinese electric vehicles has departed from Shanghai en route to Minsk, Belarus, a distance of just over 11,000km. This marks the first shipment exported from Shanghai under the international TIR (Transports Internationaux Routiers) road transport system. Following the dispatch of the truck to the Minsk, TIR-based transportation services for

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