While road freight flows uninterrupted across European borders, electric freight rail continues to be limited by infrastructure bottlenecks at several border crossings.
Ziegler Group has introduced a new rail service, Consol Box, connecting China with the company’s logistics hub in Welkenraadt, Belgium. The solution focuses on speed (17-18 days on the road), sustainability and full logistics control – from pick-up throughout China to final delivery across Europe, including the UK, Germany and France.
Ukrzaliznytsia’s subsidiary UZ Cargo Poland, in partnership with LTG Cargo Polska, successfully carried out the first transportation of oil products along the Lithuania-Poland-Ukraine route. For the first time, the transportation was carried out by UZ Cargo Poland as a licensed EU railway operator in Poland, providing a full range of freight forwarding services and using wagons owned by JSC Ukrzaliznytsia.
Shipping company CLdN has announced the launch of a new weekly container service between the Belgian port of Zeebrugge and Ireland. From 10 May 2025, the 800 TEU M/V JSP Rover will operate between Albert II and the ports of Cork and Dublin, offering customers lift-on/lift-off (LoLo) services alongside its existing four weekly RoRo services on the same routes.
During the negotiations between the Chairman of the Board of JSC KazMunayGas Askhat Khasenov and the CEO of AD Ports Group Mohammed Al Shamisi, it became known about the joint development of a container ship project with a capacity of up to 780 TEU. The vessel is being created taking into account the rapid growth of cargo traffic on the Trans-Caspian international transport route.
DSV has officially completed the acquisition of logistics company Schenker from German rail company Deutsche Bahn for DKK 106.7 billion (approx. EUR 14.3 billion), creating a global leader in the transport and logistics industry. This is the largest transaction in DSV’s history, and will result in the combined company operating in more than 90 countries, with 160,000 employees and revenues of around DKK 310 billion (EUR 41.6 billion).
The Baltic Hub container terminal in Gdansk received the MSC Maura as part of the launch of the second ocean service of the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) shipping line, which includes the Gdansk port in the Albatros route connecting the Far East with Europe. The 366-metre-long vessel with a capacity of 16,464 TEU sailed along the route via Asian and European ports, including Shanghai, Singapore, London and Bremerhaven.
German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd reported a sharp reduction in cargo transportation from China to the United States – about 30% of customers cancelled their deliveries amid the ongoing tariff war between Washington and Beijing. This step was a significant blow to trade volumes on the key trans-Pacific route.
KTZ Express will take part in the implementation of key transport and logistics projects in the Caspian Sea region. This became known during a visiting meeting of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Aktau, dedicated to the role of regional science in the development of the country’s transport infrastructure. Minister of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan Marat Karabayev emphasized the importance of scientific support and announced large-scale investments in logistics.
KTZ Express has recorded a sharp increase in container traffic along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR). This was reported by Deputy General Director Aibek Kapar during the II International Transport Forum ESE ASIA-2025. According to him, the development of the route has become a key factor that has increased the volume of cargo transportation through Kazakhstan many times over.
