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<div>Transport providers are expanding into new rail freight markets in Central Asia as they seek to improve the value proposition of the middle corridor between China and Europe that is heavily undermined by higher costs and lengthy transit times.</div> <div> “The middle corridor was a panic move by customers moving away from Russia,” Thomas Kowitzki, head of China rail and multimodal Europe at DHL Global Forwarding, told the European Silk Road Summit in Duisburg, Germany, Thursday. </div> <div> “The middle corridor is still worth considering, but we are seeing Central Asian countries becoming more attractive, rather than it just replacing...

A broad shift in China-Europe rail from the northern route through Russia to the middle corridor transiting Central Asia is unlocking new and largely untapped containerized markets for service providers. 

Loss of Russia rail volume offset by rising Central Asia trade

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Shippers more than tripled their formal complaints in fiscal year 2022, emboldened by the maritime regulator’s sharpened focus on how ocean carriers interact with their customers.

A US bankruptcy court approved a $1.525 billion bid by Estes Express Lines to be the “stalking horse” that sets the floor price for Yellow’s terminals at auction, controlling their sale in November.

Emissions spiked at the ports during the pandemic due to record container volumes and unprecedented supply chain bottlenecks that caused ships to idle at anchorage and trucks to back up at terminal gates.

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