The Kostanay freight branch of KTZ – Freight Transportation LLC continues to demonstrate steady growth in container shipment volumes. According to Kenes Dyusekeyev, Head of the Branch’s Logistics Department, during the first 11 months of 2025, 22,905 flatcars with a total weight of 1.377 million tons and 44,552 containers were loaded, forming 704 block trains.
With the introduction of the new 2025/2026 timetable, Frankfurt-based Kombiverkehr KG has undertaken a major modernization of its intermodal rail services between Germany and Spain. The operator has launched optimized direct trains, increased service frequency, and implemented a new operating model focused on greater service flexibility and sustainability for freight forwarders and logistics companies. According to Cébastien Eisner, Sales Manager for Western Europe, the updated concept opens up a “new future” for shipments to Spain, combining high-performance rail service with Kombiverkehr’s presence at the Barcelona Morrot terminal.
The 20th International Seminar on Capacity Building in Trade and Transport Facilitation was held in the capital of Azerbaijan. It was organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) jointly with the Permanent Secretariat of the IGC TRACECA, with the support of the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan. Representatives from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, and Turkmenistan, as well as experts from Eastern European countries and the SPECA region, participated in the event. The central theme of the seminar was the digital transformation of multimodal data and document exchange based on UN/CEFACT standards, including the development of the Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor.
Olavion, a company within the Unimot Group, has signed agreements to acquire 60% of the shares in the German railway company RBP-Rheinische Bahnpersonal- und Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH.
In January 2023, construction began on eight elements of a new tunnel under the Scheldt River on the Boudewijn Canal in Zeebrugge. This key infrastructure project completes the Antwerp Ring Road and forms the fourth river crossing, alongside the Kennedy, Waasland, and Liefkenshoek tunnels. For this purpose, the contractor created a dedicated construction yard at the intersection of the Boudewijn Canal and the Verbindingsdok dock – a structure approximately 1 kilometer long and 200 meters wide. At the end of September, the final tunnel element was delivered to Antwerp, after which the construction site fulfilled its primary function.
The Ministry of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine has announced the launch of a concession tender for the transfer of the First and Container Terminals at the Chornomorsk Seaport, including the Universal and Grain Marine Terminals. The Ministry itself is the concession grantor, and the concession term is set for 40 years. Interested companies will be able to submit applications for participation in the preliminary selection within 75 days of the official publication of the announcement.
A new terminal covering approximately 15 hectares is planned for construction in the northwest corner of Maasvlakte 2 in the Port of Rotterdam for the Dutch Ministry of Defence. The facility will be part of the National Defence Space Programme and will be used for the transhipment and transit of military cargo, including equipment and ammunition. The decision to select Maasvlakte 2 as a priority location was made by the Dutch government on December 19 as part of the approval of key sites for the expansion of the country’s defence infrastructure.
The volume of transit rail traffic on the network of JSC NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy is demonstrating steady positive dynamics. At the end of 2024, transit amounted to 27.5 million tons, and for the first 11 months of 2025, this figure has already reached 27.9 million tons, exceeding the entire previous year’s total. However, transit remains a relatively small portion of the company’s overall freight turnover.
French rail freight recorded continued growth in 2025, with combined transport accounting for ten new rail services launched during the year, according to information released by SNCF Réseau and the Alliance 4F.
Construction of the overpass connecting Tvaika Street with Kundziņsala in Riga continues uninterrupted, even during the winter. By the end of this year, approximately 80% of the total work is planned to be completed. The main stages – concreting the overpass and completing key structural elements – are expected to be completed by the end of the year, with full commissioning scheduled for the 2026 construction season.
