The Port of Gdansk Authority has announced a tender for the lease of an investment plot of 3.3 hectares located at Kontenerowa Street, close to the Baltic Hub container terminal, the largest in the Baltic. The plot is fully prepared for operations: reinforced concrete slabs have been laid on a compacted base, which allows for operations to begin without significant initial investments.
On July 28, 2025, on the air of the Magistral-Live program, Managing Director for New Projects and Marketing of KTZ Express JSC Aidana Mukhamedieva spoke about the development of the international container hub in Aktau, a key element of the Middle Corridor. The new hub is already changing the face of the Trans-Caspian route and strengthening Kazakhstan’s role in multimodal logistics.
Belgium’s sovereign wealth fund SFPIM is providing rail operator Lineas with €61 million to help it weather the economic downturn in early 2025. The decision comes amid a general decline in volumes in the steel, chemical and automotive sectors in Europe. The funding will enable Lineas to remain resilient, continue to serve key industries and play an important role in the decarbonization of freight transport.
Over the past 12 months, the supply of container capacity on routes within Northern Europe has increased by 43,000 TEU, with Maersk accounting for 70% of this increase, Alphaliner reports. In July 2025, the total capacity of vessels in this market was 17% higher than a year earlier, due to an increase in both the number of vessels (+5%) and their average capacity (+22%).
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov held a meeting with Minister of Economy of Georgia Mariam Kvrivishvili, where they discussed the development of trade and logistics cooperation and the implementation of infrastructure projects within the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR). In January-May 2025, trade turnover between the countries increased by 35.7% and reached $75.2 million, while rail traffic increased by 67% to 159.5 thousand tons.
Компания Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), входящая в группу компаний SATS, открыла новый специализированный терминал электронной коммерции и экспедирования грузов (EFFH) в аэропорту Копенгагена. Новый объект площадью 4800 кв. м доводит общую площадь инфраструктуры WFS в аэропорту Копенгагена до 21 500 кв. м, включая фармацевтический центр.
KTZ Express CEO Daniyar Kozhakhmetov spoke to EuroNews about Kazakhstan’s strategic role in the development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), connecting China and Europe via the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus. The focus is on the modernization of logistics infrastructure and the creation of the largest container hub in the Caspian Sea in the port of Aktau with a capacity of 240,000 TEU per year, implemented with the participation of KTZ Express.
In the first half of 2025 (January-June), Ukrainian seaports handled 96,298 TEU, the Association of International Freight Forwarders of Ukraine (AMEU) reports. Despite military actions, shelling and global logistical challenges, container turnover continues to grow.
The Khorgos checkpoint has demonstrated steady growth in cargo traffic: 22.2 million tons of cargo were transported through it in the first half of 2025, which is 4.3% more than in the same period last year. According to the Khorgos Customs, it has become the leader in terms of cargo volume among all checkpoints in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, which is due to the active modernization of logistics processes and close cooperation with Kazakhstan in the railway and automobile sectors.
In the first half of 2025, the port of Antwerp-Bruges handled 137.2 million tonnes of cargo, down 4.3% compared to the same period last year. The decline was mainly due to a drop in bulk and dry bulk volumes, especially coal, oil, liquefied natural gas and construction materials. At the same time, the container segment showed growth: transshipment increased by 3.6% in tonnage and 3.7% in TEU, reaching 77 million tonnes and 6.91 million TEU, respectively. RoRo volumes also increased by 1.4%.
