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Kazakhstan and China are strengthening their transport cooperation, having agreed to increase the volume of transportation along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR). The agreements reached were the result of the 15th meeting of the Subcommittee on Cooperation in Transport, which was held in Urumqi with the participation of Kazakhstan’s Vice Minister of Transport Maksat Kaliakparov and China’s Deputy Minister of Transport Li Yang.

The economic downturn in Germany and Europe continues to have a negative impact on freight transport and intermodal transport. In 2024, the operator Kombiverkehr KG transported around 780,000 containers, swap bodies and semi-trailers, equivalent to 1.5 million TEU. This is 5% less than the previous year. The main decline was recorded on international routes (-6%), while volumes within Germany fell by 3%. The situation was also affected by extensive construction work on the rail network, including the months-long closure of the Riedbahn. Despite the difficulties, the use of rail transport allowed the company’s customers to reduce CO2 emissions by 1.12 million tonnes.

NTT Com Asia has launched the Ocean Intelligence platform in Hong Kong, which uses artificial intelligence to improve the efficiency of smart building management. The company emphasizes that the solution is developed on the basis of an open partnership system, which will allow the implementation of AI in any real estate.

The German economy has been contracting for two years in a row and is not expected to show significant growth in 2025. According to the Federal Statistical Office, the country’s GDP will have fallen by 0.2% in 2024 after falling by 0.3% in 2023. Amid economic stagnation, the German government has revised its growth forecast for 2025 downwards to 0.3% instead of the previously expected 1.1%, as announced by Economy Minister Robert Habeck.