The railway aims to establish a connection between Kashgar in China, passing through Torugart, Makmal, and Jalalabad in Kyrgyzstan, before reaching Andijan in Uzbekistan.
Since 1 January 2025, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has been using 100% renewable energy for its transport operations. This is the final step in the company’s long-term strategy to reduce its environmental footprint.
A freight train with 50 containers departed from the dry port of Xi’an to the capital of Uzbekistan. This is the first trip of the year within the framework of the accelerated route “China – Kazakhstan – Uzbekistan”, aimed at developing rail transportation.
As of 1 January 2025, METRANS has completed another stage of the Adria Rail integration, centralising customer service and operational activities of the Rijeka – Belgrade Inđija service at the METRANS /Danubia/ headquarters in Dunajská Streda, Slovakia. Now, the processing of transport orders, management of daily operations and invoicing will be handled by a dedicated team at the company’s headquarters.
JSC NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy successfully completed 2024, demonstrating stability in cargo transportation and fulfillment of strategic objectives. Cargo turnover reached 272 billion ton-kilometers, container transit increased to 1.4 million TEU, and transportation volumes through Kazakhstan-China joints increased by 12%, reaching 31.8 million tons. Exports from Kazakhstan also showed an increase of 8.8%, amounting to 13.7 million tons.
Over the 11 months of 2024, the volume of rail transportation amounted to 390.5 million tons, which is 2.6% higher than last year. Export deliveries reached 75 million tons, domestic – 172 million tons, imports – 18.5 million tons, and transit shipments amounted to 25 million tons.
Belgian rail operator Lineas and German chemical company Evonik have relaunched a weekly rail service connecting Evonik’s production sites in the Port of Antwerp with Lineas’ main terminal. The new service provides convenient connections to the lo-ro and ro-ro networks, offering logistical flexibility.
Stadler’s first locomotive order for the Lithuanian market includes an option for 17 additional units, spare parts and a 3-year maintenance period.
A strategic session was held in Astana with the participation of the management of JSC NC KTZ, Global DTC Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (China), where the Single Digital Window (SDI) project was presented. This tool is aimed at the complete digitalization of customer service in the field of freight transportation, combining the commercial functions of KTZ subsidiaries into a single digital ecosystem.
The cargo turnover of the Mangystau freight transportation department for 11 months of 2024 increased by 1.3% compared to the same period last year, reaching 6.9 billion ton-kilometers. One of the key achievements was the development of new export routes: for the first time, shipment of ammonium nitrate began through the ports of Aktau and Kuryk along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR). This route passes through the Azerbaijani port of Govsan and the Georgian port of Batumi, with plans to ship 50 thousand tons of the product to consumers around the world.
