In Estonia, a meeting was held between the Ambassador of Kazakhstan Altay Kulginov and the Minister of Infrastructure of the Republic of Estonia Vladimir Svet, dedicated to the development of cooperation in the field of transport and logistics. The parties discussed the prospects for strengthening ties between the countries and noted mutual interest in new projects.
GTS has announced the launch of a new rail route from Bari to Parma, improving transport links between the south and north of Italy. The service will operate three times a week: from Bari on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, and from Parma on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is strengthening its position in the Western Balkans market by increasing the frequency of rail services between Belgrade and Rijeka to two round trips per week. The move aims to increase the efficiency and flexibility of logistics between Serbia and Croatia.
Unifeeder, part of DP World Marine Services, tripled its intra-Mediterranean market share to 4.3% in 2024, cementing its position as one of the region’s key operators. According to Alphaliner, the company posted the largest growth in fleet capacity of any carrier in the region, ranking sixth in terms of deployed capacity.
ADY Express, a subsidiary of Azerbaijan Railways, together with Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, successfully carried out the first joint cargo transportation via the Middle Corridor. The container train departed from Chongqing (China) to Europe via Kazakhstan, the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The train of 55 forty-foot containers with various cargo transited Azerbaijan and was divided into several directions.
The train departs from Zamość, stops at Sosnowiec for reloading and reaches Oss, an important logistics hub, before returning.
The ports of Antwerp-Bruges and Rotterdam have called on the European Commission to invest more in the competitiveness of European industry. The announcement comes ahead of the publication of the Competitiveness Compass and the Clean Industrial Deal. The ports stress that strategic autonomy, the energy transition and economic prosperity of Europe are at stake.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is introducing new regulations for the carriage of charcoal on merchant ships. They will be voluntary from January 2025 and mandatory from January 2026.
According to the results of 2024, the volume of freight transportation by rail between Kazakhstan and China exceeded 32 million tons, which became a new historical maximum. Exports from Kazakhstan increased by 1 million tons, reaching 13.7 million tons, the main goods were ore, metals and grain.
PSA International reached a historic milestone, handling 100.2 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) at its terminals worldwide in 2024. This is the first time in the company’s history that annual transhipment volumes have exceeded the 100 million TEU mark. The flagship terminal in Singapore handled a record 40.9 million TEU (+5.5%), while PSA’s overseas terminals added 59.2 million TEU (+5.7%). The group’s combined volume growth was 5.6% compared to the previous year.
