Transport Overseas Group (TO Group) has become the commercial agent for British shipping company Polaris Autoliners, helping it expand in Europe and Oceania. The partnership will give Polaris, a ro-ro specialist, access to markets in Australia, New Zealand and Norway, using TO Group’s global network.
Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) has completed the reconstruction of the 21-km-long Dubendi-Zira-Gurgan-Zira Port railway line and built a new 9-km section between Gurgan and Zira Port. This allowed for the first time to launch rail transportation of transit cargo from Zira Port.
In Kazakhstan, construction of three new airports has begun in popular resort areas – Zaysan, Katon-Karagay and Kendirli. The projects are being implemented in strategically important locations: in Zaysan, the airport is being built on the basis of the former military airfield named after Satpayev, in Katon-Karagay – between the villages of Katon-Karagay and Ulken Naryn, and in Kendirli it will appear 13 kilometers from the resort area.
On January 31, the Port of Riga welcomed the Dutch-flagged container vessel M/V Essence, belonging to the international shipping line Ocean Network Express (ONE), for the first time. The 1,436 TEU vessel will call at the Port of Riga weekly as part of the updated Baltic Bridge Express (BBX) route, connecting the largest ports in Europe: Rotterdam, Klaipeda, Riga, Tallinn and Kotka.
Ukraine and Estonia are expanding their partnership in the transport sector. Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for Reconstruction Oleksiy Kuleba and Minister of Infrastructure of Estonia Volodymyr Svet signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at developing joint projects and deepening cooperation in logistics.
Realterm has acquired a last mile logistics centre in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, just 18 km from the German border. The facility comprises 10,000 m² of logistics space and 3,500 m² of office space. It features dual access roads, 16 dock gates and two entrances and exits.
Central Asia continues to strengthen its role as a key transport and economic hub, and Alstom is actively involved in this process, supporting the modernization of infrastructure and the development of interstate cooperation. According to Jerome Boyer, Managing Director of Alstom in Western and Central Asia, the company’s long-term goal is to promote regional integration and achieve sustainable transport development goals.
Contargo Network Logistics has expanded its capacity in the Crimmitschau Business Park by leasing a second building with around 8,000 m² of warehouse space and 300 m² of social facilities to provide transport, warehouse logistics and added services. This expansion brings Contargo’s total floor area in Crimmitschau to 20,000 m².
Harju County Court has declared Estonia’s national airline Nordica bankrupt. The bankruptcy was officially initiated on 20 November 2024, after which the company announced the layoff of 272 employees.
Two transformers with a total weight of 572 tonnes have been successfully unloaded at the Nordlandkai terminal in the Port of Lübeck – the heaviest project cargo ever handled at the port. The operation was carried out by Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG) together with the heavy-duty transport specialists Thömen Spedition (Hamburg) and Baumann Move (Bornheim). The equipment, manufactured by Hitachi Energie in Bad Honnef, was transported to Lübeck on the River Trader from Rotterdam.
