Seafrigo is strengthening its position in Northern Europe with a new 10,000 m2 warehouse in Katrineholm, Sweden. The new facility has a capacity of 30,000 pallets and can handle up to 100 tonnes of blast-frozen products per week.
OCP Group and Maersk have signed a new global Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), opening the next stage of their strategic cooperation. The partnership strengthens the long-standing ties between the companies and aims to develop sustainable, digital and flexible logistics solutions that support OCP’s international expansion, especially through its Specialty Products & Solutions (SPS) business.
In Almaty, the management of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy JSC held an off-site meeting to discuss the progress of key infrastructure projects. Particular attention was paid to the construction of a bypass railway line around the Almaty station – the construction of the roadbed at the site is almost complete, 74 km of rail and sleeper grid have been assembled, and work on the construction of bridges and laying of pipes is being carried out strictly according to schedule. The project is planned to be completed by the end of the year.
In March, Baltic Hub, part of the PSA Group, received three state-of-the-art Ship-To-Shore (STS) shore cranes, continuing the large-scale expansion of the T3 terminal. Earlier, in October 2024, the terminal received four more such cranes, which are currently undergoing testing. The new equipment is designed to significantly improve the efficiency of handling the world’s largest container ships.
For the first time since the start of the full-scale invasion, Ukraine has resumed ferry service with Georgia – on March 18 and 26, two trips were made from the port of Chornomorsk to Batumi, and a third is planned for the near future. This was announced by the Director of Commercial Work and Logistics of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia, Timofey Murakhovsky, at a meeting dedicated to the restoration of the ferry route within the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR).
JSC Azerbaijan Railways is actively implementing the construction of the strategically important Astara terminal in Iran as part of the development of the International North-South Transport Corridor. 85% of the design and 72.4% of the construction and installation works have already been completed. An 8.3 km railway line has been laid from the Astara station to the Iranian border and a bridge has been erected across the Astarachay River. Of the seven planned bridges, one is completely ready, and the rest are in the final stage (90% of the work has been completed).
MPC Container Ships (MPCC) has officially unveiled NCL Vestland in Haugesund, Norway, the first of two dual-fuel feeders to join the fleet in 2025. The 1,300 TEU container ship will operate between Norway and Rotterdam under a 15-year charter contract with North Sea Container Line (NCL), supported by long-term partnerships including an agreement with industrial group Elkem.
Kazakhstan’s national carrier Air Astana has extended its long-term partnership with Jettainer, a company specializing in the management of cargo containers and pallets (ULDs). The cooperation, which began in 2007, will play a key role in ensuring operational efficiency amid the airline’s rapid growth.
RB Rail AS has officially entered a month-long stage of negotiations with companies that submitted initial bids for the Design and Build (D&B) tender for the creation of the control and signalling subsystem (CCS) for the Rail Baltica project. The goal of the negotiations is to finalise the technical and financial proposals in order to select the optimal solution that meets the project requirements and the customer’s budget.
In January–March 2025, 3.6 million tons of grain were transported via the Kazakhstan Temir Zholy network — a record figure over the past five years and 49% more than in the same period last year. Exports amounted to 2.8 million tons (+52%), domestic transportation — 788 thousand tons (+38%). A record was also set in March: 1.2 million tons of grain, which is 63% more than in March 2024.
