The military and convicts modernising a rail route?
At least for the Russian Railways, deploying military and possibly convicts seems like a viable solution for the lack of foreign construction workers. The Covid-19…
Maersk links the Far East to the Black Sea by rail
Maersk introduced another intermodal service across the Trans-Siberian route connecting the Russian Far East with the Black Sea. Specifically, the new service called AE77 links…
Fish products through Russia faster than via Suez route
FESCO Transportation Group completed its first intermodal transportation of containerised fish products through the Trans-Siberian route. Its intermodal train departed from Vladivostok in Russia and…
Maersk’s AE19 service paces up after Suez blockage
Maersk’s AE19 rail service using the Trans-Siberian route is about to experience another increase of trips following its customers’ growing demand. Eastbound trains will now…
Maersk connects Japan to UK via Trans-Siberian route
Maersk’s first block-train linking Japan and the UK arrived on 2 March at Felixstowe. The train that carried forty 40-foot containers left Yokohama in January…
Japanese cargo on the way to Europe via Trans-Siberian railways
Backed by Russian subsidies, a new container train carrying Japanese cargo departed for Europe on 18 November, using the Trans-Siberian railways. The train, which left…
More than 5 billion euros to better connect Russia’s Far East
Russian Railways plans to invest 460 billion rubles (51.3 billion euros) in transportation projects in the east of the country in the next ten years.…
From east to west through Russia in seven days
The volume of containerised freight shipments along the Trans-Siberian railway through Russia increased by 77 per cent last year, reported Russian Railways. More than 262,000…
Japan and Russian plan rail freight route via Trans-Siberian Railway
Japan and Russia plan to officially launch a freight transport route between the two countries via the Trans-Siberian Railway. A test ride will be carried…