Record growth in freight traffic on the China-Europe route.
Over the past three months, more than 1,700 freight trains have been running on the China-Europe route every month. In July, the number of trains reached 1,776, transporting 185,000 TEUs.
Hupac doubles service frequency between Antwerp and Spain.
Hupac is increasing the frequency of its intermodal services between Antwerp and Spain from 16 September. The number of departures will now increase from 5 to 10 per week, significantly expanding transport options for customers.
Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan presented the modernized Baku-Tbilisi-Kars route.
At a joint meeting of JSC NC KTZ and CJSC Azerbaijan Railways, the modernized Baku-Tbilisi-Kars route was presented to Kazakhstani shippers. The meeting participants discussed the route’s prospects, its capacity, tariffs and terminal capabilities. The main topic was increasing the efficiency of cargo transportation between Asia and Europe, bypassing the Black Sea ports.
Hapag-Lloyd takes delivery of new 23,660 TEU container ship Hamburg Express.
On August 27, at 14:00 local time, the container ship “Hamburg Express” was successfully delivered by the Hanwha shipyard to Hapag-Lloyd AG in Hamburg. With a capacity of 23,660 TEU, “Hamburg Express” is the seventh vessel of 12 in this class under construction.
Kazakhstan and TRACECA discussed cooperation and development of the Europe-Caucasus-Asia transport corridor.
A video conference was held in Kazakhstan between the new National Secretary of the Permanent Secretariat of the TRACECA Intergovernmental Commission, Mr. Bektassov S.B., and the Secretary General of the Permanent Secretariat of TRACECA, Mr. Assavbayev A.A. The meeting discussed Kazakhstan’s participation in TRACECA initiatives, as well as the prospects for developing the routes of the Europe-Caucasus-Asia International Transport Corridor.
Kazakhstan and China strengthen cooperation.
A seminar was held as part of the 19th Exhibition of Chinese Goods in Astana, bringing together interregional business associations of China and Kazakhstan. Representatives of key industries, including agriculture, logistics, chemistry, light industry, tourism and mining, took part in the discussions.
The return of train ferries: new opportunities for logistics.
The resumption of rail transport across the Baltic Sea by ferry has been made possible by recent infrastructure investments. In early August, a batch of rail cars from the Swedish port of Ystad arrived at the ferry terminal in Świnoujście. The container platforms were transported on the ferry Polonia and then headed to southern Poland for repairs. This is the second such transport in recent months, and another is expected in August.
Stadler sets record order book.
In the first half of 2024, Stadler increased its order book by €2.5 billion to a record level of CHF 26.8 billion. However, other financial indicators were lower than in the same period last year.
PTC completed the first multimodal transportation on the new China-Georgia route.
PTC Cargo together with PTC Freight Agency (PRC) and Poti Transterminal (Georgia) successfully completed the first multimodal transportation on the new route Jinan (China) – Poti/Tbilisi (Georgia). This project, carried out on a door-to-door basis, included the transportation of 56 containers, of which 2 were 20-foot and 54 were 40-foot.
Yuzhny Port has tripled its cargo handling in one year of operation of the Black Sea corridor.
During the year of operation of the Black Sea corridor, the port of Yuzhny in Ukraine handled 27.6 million tons of cargo, which is almost three times more than under the Grain Initiative. From September 2023 to August 2024, the port handled 11.7 million tons of agricultural cargo and 15.9 million tons of ore and metal products.