A working meeting of the management of JSC NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy with the largest shippers of the region was held in Karaganda, where they discussed factors affecting freight transportation. The Karaganda branch occupies a strategically important place in the railway network of Kazakhstan, annually handling about 50 million tons of cargo, which is a fifth of the total freight turnover of KTZ.
According to a decision by the Hamburg City Parliament, the new bridge in the Hamburg port area should be 73.5 metres high and open to traffic by 2040. Potential accelerations of the project implementation process are currently being assessed.
In September 2024, Ukrainian seaports handled 7.1 million tons of cargo, which is more than twice the result for the same period in 2023 (3.4 million tons). The leaders in cargo turnover were grain and ore cargo, which amounted to 4.1 million tons (compared to 2.3 million tons in 2023) and 1.3 million tons (against 249 thousand tons in 2023), respectively.
ÖBB Rail Cargo (RCG) is upgrading the TransFER Wels–Vienna–Budapest route for the transport of non-crane semi-trailers, strengthening intermodal transport and facilitating the shift in freight flows from road to rail. Previously, such transport was only possible on the TransFER Genk–Curtici route, but is now also available on the new route. Three times a week, the route connects the Austrian terminals of Wels and South Vienna with the Hungarian terminal BILK, linking the economic hubs of Western Europe with Southern and Southeastern Europe and Turkey.
The conference “Constanta Port – European Hub of the Middle Corridor” was held in Astana, Kazakhstan, attended by representatives of the Port of Constanta, the Port Business Association and the DP World container terminal. The main focus was on the development of the transport corridor between the ports of the Caspian and Black Seas and the increase in cargo flows along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR).
The Port of Antwerp-Bruges handled 210.5 million tonnes of cargo in the first nine months of 2024, up 3% year-on-year. This indicates a stabilisation in cargo volumes compared to the second quarter. Container transport remains the main growth driver, despite ongoing geopolitical and economic instability that affects other types of cargo. The port continues to invest in innovative and sustainable projects, supporting the energy transition and industrial growth.
Ocean Network Express (ONE) will announce the expansion of its Scandinavia Baltic Express (SBX) service and the launch of its own vessel call to the port of Rauma. The vessel’s first call will be on 4 November, after which the route will be modified and updated on a weekly basis.
The new TransFER route will operate four times a week between the logistics centre of Wels and the port of Lübeck, one of the largest Baltic Sea ports in Germany. As a key logistics hub in Central Europe, Wels ensures the distribution of freight flows across the continent, while Lübeck serves as an important transhipment point for rail freight to Scandinavia and the Baltic States. TransFER will also operate three times a week to Kiel, extending the logistics chain to Northern Europe.
The Embassy of Ukraine in Baku hosted a meeting between the Secretary General of the Permanent Secretariat of the TRACECA Intergovernmental Commission Asset Asavbayev and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Azerbaijan Yuriy Gusev. During the meeting, key areas of cooperation between TRACECA and Ukraine were discussed, as well as prospects for implementing joint projects for the development of the Europe-Caucasus-Asia transport corridor.
The construction of the Rail Baltica station near Riga Airport continues with the construction of viaducts that will raise the railway line above ground for convenient passenger movement. An important stage of the project was the completion of the reinforced concrete frame of the station, which already reaches three floors. In the future, the station will be connected to the airport by a pedestrian bridge, and the railway line in the directions of Riga and Jaunmārupe will pass along viaducts up to one kilometre long.
