Regular rail freight services have begun between Chongqing, a major metropolis in southwestern China, and Central Asia. The first train carrying a batch of polyester granules crossed the border at Khorgos and headed to Tashkent, covering a distance of 4,700 kilometers in about 12 days.
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), global civil air cargo volumes fell by 0.1% in February 2025 compared to February last year. This is the first decline in 19 months, despite a downward trend that has continued since July 2024. At the same time, global cargo capacity fell by 0.4%, although it increased by 1.1% on international routes.
LTG Cargo is expanding its intermodal rail network by adding two new routes: Kaunas-Lodz and Lodz-Duisburg. Lodz will now become a new hub on the existing Kaunas-Duisburg route, strengthening connections between Lithuania, Germany and Poland.
Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways Rovshan Rustamov met with OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioglu at the Baku International Sea Trade Port. The talks focused on prospects for cooperation in the field of transport and logistics, as well as the development of regional ties.
The Ministry of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Public Works of Afghanistan signed a protocol of intent on the project to build the Turgundi-Herat-Kandahar-Spin Boldak railway. The document was drawn up during the visit of the Kazakh delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin to Afghanistan and will form the basis for a further agreement on cooperation in the transport and logistics sectors.
In May 2025, the first dry port in the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi Dry Port, will begin operating in Tbilisi. The project is being implemented by AD Ports Group (UAE), which has previously invested in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The port received permission from the Georgian Railway Agency to receive and process cargo by rail in accordance with the new requirements that come into force on January 1, 2025.
Федеральное ведомство по логистике и мобильности Германии (BALM) зафиксировало снижение трафика большегрузных автомобилей на платных дорогах в феврале 2025 года. После роста на 3,51 тонны в годовом исчислении в январе, объём перевозок грузовиками грузоподъёмностью свыше 3,5 тонн в феврале снизился на 2,51 тонны в годовом исчислении. Сокращение пробега зафиксировано как у немецких, так и у польских перевозчиков, при этом литовские грузовики показали ещё более слабые результаты.
The fleet of the Swiss shipping giant MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company) has reached a historic milestone — the company now operates 900 container ships. Of these, 609 are its own vessels, and the remaining 292 are chartered.
According to the results of January-March 2025, the volume of loading on the Kazakhstan Temir Zholy network amounted to 64.2 million tons, which is 4.4% more than in the same period last year. Domestic transportation reached 41 million tons, and exports grew by 12%, amounting to 23.2 million tons.
The United States has been the second largest foreign trade partner of the port of Antwerp-Bruges for over 20 years. In 2024, the volume of sea freight traffic between the parties reached 28 million tons – about 10% of the port’s total cargo turnover. Of these, 11 million tons were export deliveries to the United States and 17 million tons were imports from the United States. The main share was occupied by container cargo (14.2 million tons), including auto parts, machinery, chemicals, food, pharmaceuticals and plastic. Liquid cargo reached 10.2 million tons, and 282 thousand cars were handled as part of RoRo traffic, of which 206 thousand were for export to the United States.
