From September 1, 2025, the Mont Blanc Tunnel, a key transport artery between France and Italy, is completely closed for more than three months due to major repairs. The traffic restrictions will lead to serious disruptions to international road transport and will force companies to look for longer and more expensive routes.
Despite challenges in Norwegian freight rail and rail infrastructure, CargoNet, the incumbent operators, adds more services for its customers.
BLS Cargo officially introduced the brand to the markets of Germany and Belgium through the new division BLS Cargo Nord. The company’s first locomotives were rebranded, employees received new uniforms, and the headquarters building in Germany acquired updated corporate symbols.
At a meeting of the Kazakh-Chinese Business Council, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said that transport and logistics remain a priority for bilateral cooperation. He emphasized that Kazakhstan is actively involved in the implementation of the One Belt, One Road initiative, providing 85% of all continental transportation between China and Europe.
The restructuring brings together infrastructure management, asset maintenance, and real estate administration into a single operational entity.
The Ukrainian government has announced the launch of a PPP competition for the First and Container Terminals of the Chornomorsk Sea Port. As the Prime Minister reported, the order to create a competition committee in Odessa was signed by Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba. This is the first such project in the port industry since the start of the full-scale war.
Rail operator LTG Cargo (part of the LTG Group) set a new record by transporting 560,000 tons of 2025 grain in August. Despite the late start of the season, the volume of transportation was 22% higher than last year. To ensure logistics, the company prepared about 1,600 wagons – a third more than a year earlier, including 500 new high-capacity grain trucks.
Japanese cargo carrier Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) resumed flights to Frankfurt on September 4, 2025, after a break in 2010. The flights will be operated on Boeing B747-8Fs with stopovers in Anchorage and Amsterdam, as well as on the Tokyo-Anchorage-Frankfurt route. Frankfurt, along with Amsterdam, will now become one of the company’s key European hubs.
A meeting was held in Beijing between the Chairman of the Board of JSC NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Talgat Aldybergenov and the President of China Communications Construction Company Zhang Bingnan, dedicated to the implementation of the strategic project for the construction of the Bakhty-Ayagoz railway line.
Logistics company Gebrüder Weiss has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Istanbul-based Sienzi Lojistik, a specialist in bonded warehousing. The deal, which is expected to close in January 2026 subject to regulatory approval, will expand the company’s service capabilities and strengthen the Istanbul hub as a key hub for international supply chains. The company will continue to operate under the brand name Sienzi Lojistik – a Company of Gebrüder Weiss, with current Managing Director Murat Doğan remaining as a co-owner of the business.
