In the first quarter of 2025, the Port of Tallinn earned a net profit of EUR 6.8 million, which is 31% more than in the same period last year. The increase in profit was driven by a 4.8% increase in the number of vessel calls and insurance compensation for the leased icebreaker Botnica.
On May 19, the UK and the European Union signed a new agreement aimed at reducing trade barriers, improving data exchange and expanding cooperation on defence and migration. At the same time, London will remain outside the single market, customs union and free movement area of the EU.
DHL Group and Scania have completed a 100-day trial of the new Erev (extended range electric vehicle) truck with an integrated fuel generator for recharging the battery. The tests took place on the route between Berlin and Hamburg, where the vehicle operated on electricity from the grid 91.9% of the time, reducing CO₂e emissions by more than 90% compared to diesel analogues.
Nippon Express (China) Co., Ltd., a member of NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, has received GDP (Good Distribution Practice) certification for the transportation of pharmaceutical products by air and sea through its facilities in Shanghai and Lianyungang. The certification came into effect on February 21, 2025, and confirms that the operations comply with high international safety and quality standards.
Polish operator PKP CARGO has organised the delivery of rails to Sweden by rail and sea without transhipment of cargo at the request of ArcelorMittal Poland. The shipment takes place within the north-south corridor, which ensures direct access of Polish products to Scandinavian markets.
The Port of Amsterdam has seen its first-ever green methanol bunkering of a ship: Van Oord’s drillship Boreas received 500 tonnes of the green fuel from the bunkering vessel Chicago (operated by Unibarge) at TMA Logistics’ Amerikohaven terminal. The fuel was supplied by ISCC-certified OCI HyFuels, produced from sustainable sources such as waste and residual streams.
JSC Ukrzaliznytsia ended 2024 with a net loss of UAH 2.71 billion, although the company’s revenue increased by 11.1% to UAH 102.87 billion. According to the annual report, operating profit from freight transportation amounted to UAH 20.39 billion, which is 2.3% less than in 2023. At the same time, the passenger segment deepened its losses to UAH 18.1 billion (+15.4% y/y), remaining deeply unprofitable.
From October 2024, DFDS and Volvo Trucks will implement a joint project to switch container transport between Volvo’s logistics center in Ghent and the sea terminals of the port of Antwerp to a night schedule. The use of heavy electric trucks allows for emission-free trips during off-peak hours, relieving the transport network and increasing the efficiency of the entire supply chain.
LTG Group, together with the Lithuanian Ministry of Transport and Communications, is accelerating the construction of the European railway line Rail Baltica. The head of the department, Eugenijus Sabutis, and the group’s CEO, Egidijus Lazauskas, visited construction sites in the Jonava region, where Lithuanian and Italian contractors are working on a 46.3 km-long section. The first columns of the longest railway bridge in the Baltics have already been erected – its height reaches 40 meters, and its length will be 1.51 km. The bridge crosses the Neris River in the Natura 2000 protected natural area, which requires compliance with high environmental standards.
By the end of 2025, Kazakhstan plans to implement a number of major projects in the transport and logistics sector. According to Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar, the priority is to complete the construction of a bypass road for oversized cargo at the Nur Zholy border crossing, modernize the Dostyk-Moiynty railway section and the bypass line of the Almaty station.
