Topic: Red Sea

Interview The Middle Corridor remains too expensive as an alternative China-Europe route

The Middle Corridor, a multimodal China-Europe freight route through Central Asia, has garnered international interest as a potential alternative to transporting freight through Russia. Illustratively,…
China-EU freight through Russia nearly back at pre-war levels

Rail freight transit through Russia to the EU is nearly back at its pre-war level. As Houthi attacks endanger shipping on the Red Sea, shippers…
Russia profits from Red Sea crisis, sees rail freight to Europe grow

Russian Railways (RZD) is benefitting from the ongoing crisis in the Red Sea, according to a number of European logistics companies. As maritime shippers have…
Lineas sets up new route to facilitate COSCO’s disrupted sea services

Lineas has set up a new rail freight connection between Zeebrugge in Belgium and Graz in Austria. The service is launched in collaboration with CSP…
ANALYSIS What is the real strength of Silk Road rail amidst sea shipping disruptions?

Healthy competition is not about celebrating one sector’s business loss and subsequent absorption by another. It is about making the best of a given opportunity…
INTERVIEW ‘Rail is again an effective alternative for Eurasian transport’

All the more companies are identifying the same trend in Eurasian transport. With sea transport currently strained due to the situation in the Red Sea,…
Red Sea situation ‘a pleasant headache’ for the rail industry

Eurasian rail is currently experiencing a boom, with shippers affected by the situation in the Red Sea and Suez Canal shifting their cargo to trains.…
‘Red Sea situation demonstrates importance of diversifying transport solutions’

The global shipping and transport industry is set to relive moments reminiscent of 2021. Back then, the Ever Given ship incident blocked the Suez Canal…

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