The Nippon Express Group, together with the European logistics operator cargo-partner, has opened a new service “Vienna Consolidation” for the consolidation of export cargo from Japan to 26 cities in Central and Eastern Europe, including Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Zagreb and others. The service center is the CFS warehouse in Vienna.
Swiss Medlog SA, the logistics division of global container operator MSC, has acquired 50% of Ukrainian intermodal logistics operator N’UNIT and 25% of the Mostyska transit terminal, co-owned by Ukrainian company Lemtrans.
Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC (ADY) Rovshan Rustamov held a meeting with Pakistani Minister of State for Railways Bilal Azhar Kayani. The talks took place within the framework of the activities of AZCON Holding, which manages ADY.
Kazakhstan investment company Semurg Invest and AD Ports Group (UAE) signed an agreement on key terms for the creation of a new multi-purpose terminal “Sarzha” in the port of Kuryk on the Caspian Sea. The joint venture will design, finance, build and manage the terminal, which will specialize in the transshipment of general, container and bulk cargo.
Astana hosted the second meeting of transport ministers of China and Central Asian countries, which was attended by delegations from Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The main topic was strengthening regional transport and logistics cooperation, including in the digital sphere.
Port Kuryk LLP signed key agreements with Chinese SPG Qingdao Port Group Co., Ltd within the framework of the first Kazakhstan-China transport forum, which was opened by the transport ministers of the two countries – Marat Karabayev and Liu Wei. The event brought together more than 300 representatives of the business community and logistics companies, and also included B2B and G2B meetings. The forum is expected to become an annual platform for the development of bilateral transport cooperation.
Eurogate Intermodal (Egim) has acquired the German transport company Deisser Group, based in Stuttgart and specializing in container shipping in the Neckar region. The deal is effective retroactively from 1 January 2025 and aims to strengthen Egim’s position in the combined rail-road transport segment, as well as to increase the sustainability of the service in the face of market instability.
Preparatory activities and tender processes for the main works on the new double-track freight line between Nuremberg and Eltersdorf are currently underway.
Armenia’s Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure is considering plans to restore the Gyumri-Kars railway line, which was closed in 1993. In November 2024, at the Akhurik-Akyaka border crossing, representatives of Armenia and Turkey discussed technical details of resuming the route and opening the border.
LTG Infra, the infrastructure division of the Lithuanian railway group LTG, has announced a new tender for the construction of embankments and engineering structures on the Berčiūnai – Joniškielis section. This 12.4 km long section will be part of the large-scale Rail Baltica project, the goal of which is to build 114 km of high-speed railway in Lithuania by 2025.
