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PSA Singapore, together with JTC Corporation and industry partners, achieved a new record at the Jurong Island Terminal (JIT), handling over 212,000 TEUs in 2025. Compared to last year, volumes increased by 21%, reflecting increased demand for efficient and sustainable logistics solutions for Singapore’s energy and chemical sectors. The terminal strengthens barge connections between Jurong Island and PSA’s mainland facilities in Tuas, Pasir Panjang, and Bran, ensuring seamless multimodal transport.

At an extended government meeting, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev emphasized the strategic importance of developing transport logistics, emphasizing that ineffective use of the country’s unique location on the Eurasian continent would be a grave historical mistake. He stated that the transit industry must be integrated into the overall system of industrial and investment policy and transformed from a primarily infrastructure-based sector into a fully-fledged economic driver in the face of global competition.

Hitachi Rail and Malaysia’s public transport operator Prasarana are advancing their long-term cooperation through a new Industrial Collaboration Program linked to the Kelana Jaya Line automatic signalling project. The programme is designed to support technology transfer, local industry development and workforce skills growth in Malaysia’s rail sector, in line with national industrial collaboration policy.

During the state visit of President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a number of intergovernmental documents were signed aimed at expanding cooperation in the transport and logistics sector. Specifically, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan and the Federal Ministry of Maritime Affairs of Pakistan, as well as a Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Ministry of Railways of Pakistan. Furthermore, a cooperation agreement was signed between the ports of Aktau and Karachi on information exchange and professional development.

A.P. Moller – Maersk has accepted the delivery of the first container ship in a series of six medium-tonnage vessels, the Tangier Mærsk. The delivery took place at the Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group shipyard in Jingjiang, China, three months ahead of schedule.

The dry port has become one of the key transshipment hubs in the cross-border transportation system between China, Europe, and Central Asian countries. Implemented as the second joint Chinese-Kazakh logistics project after the Lianyungang base, it plays a strategic role in the development of Eurasian transport corridors.

China’s shipbuilding industry retained its first place in the global market by the end of 2025, based on three key indicators: completed shipbuilding, new orders, and order backlog. This was reported by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China, which emphasized that the country has maintained its leadership for the 16th consecutive year.

Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) and Malaysian Maritime and Logistics Holdings Berhad (MMF) conducted a regional working visit to Thailand, Laos and China in January 2026, focusing on operational coordination for rail and multimodal freight flows between ASEAN and China.

Kyrgyzstan plans to increase rail freight turnover to 15 million tons per year as part of its national economic development program through 2030. This was announced by Urmat Takirov, director of the Ministry of Economy’s relevant center, speaking at the B5+1 forum on US-Central Asian cooperation.

KTZ Express JSC and National Logistics Corporation, Pakistan’s state-owned logistics company, signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at developing multimodal transportation and strengthening transport and logistics ties between the two countries. The document was signed during the state visit of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and represents an important practical step in expanding bilateral cooperation in logistics.