The only real option at present for rail cargo from China to Europe is the so-called “middle corridor,” even though the transit is often longer than ocean and 30 percent more expensive than the largely out-of-bounds northern alternative through Russia.
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14 Mar 2019
The French ocean carrier’s latest intermodal offering aligns with its strategic goal of offering more integrated supply chain services, as well as an Indian government goal to convert more container cargo from truck to rail.
26 Feb 2019
Rising demand on its Asia-Europe express network is seeing UPS make some big investments in infrastructure and aircraft capacity to keep up.
04 Feb 2019
Concor has entered into a strategic cooperation deal with Russia’s JSC RZD Logistics.
17 Dec 2018
For the past few months, nearly 900 TEU of Dhaka ICD-bound containers remained delayed at the port, daily.
06 Feb 2018
The improving economies of Central Asia are pushing up demand for rail freight across Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.
02 Jan 2018
The company said the line, dubbed the Kathmandu Express, is designed to meet Nepal's growing import trade.
12 Dec 2017
HMM said in December that Samsung SDS, LG Electronics, Hyundai Glovis, and several other companies have expressed interest in Asia-Europe rail.
06 Dec 2017
Transcontainer has dominated the Asia Pacific-to-Russia rail cargo route for the past several years, but a new logistics provider could inject competitive forces into this transport segment.
30 Nov 2017
The opening of the Turkmenbashi seaport in Turkmenistan gives shippers interested in using China-Europe rail one more routing option.
27 Nov 2017
The connectivity will facilitate trade between Bangladesh and a landlocked Indian state.
09 Nov 2017
By volume, October railed containers totaled 62,091 TEU.
07 Nov 2017
Container Corporation of India delivered solid results in the second fiscal quarter.
02 Nov 2017
Bangladesh is India’s seventh-largest trading partner by volume.
30 Oct 2017
China had planned to divert 15 percent of its overall container flows between it and Europe.
16 Oct 2017
More than 75 percent of Asia-Europe rail cargo ends its transcontinental journey in Germany.
06 Oct 2017
Sponsored: Johannes Nanninga, CEO of Guangzhou Port (Europe) BV, on trends in China, including growth of imports and manufacturing moving farther inland and west.
18 Sep 2017
Textile shippers have welcomed the service.
14 Sep 2017
The China-Europe rail route is gaining in popularity among shippers, but even with its rapid growth, the weekly capacity overland is just 2 percent of that offered by ocean.
05 Sep 2017
Truck-to-rail freight conversion critical to easing terminal congestion is steadily picking up momentum at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.
31 Aug 2017
The effects of a weak start to the year for Kerry Logistics were reversed by a strong second quarter and the Hong Kong-based company is expecting a positive full-year result.
21 Aug 2017
The issue threatens the hard-won gains from a government initiative to lower logistics costs for domestic shippers.
17 Aug 2017
The dispute focuses on efforts to modernize the Trans-Siberian Railway.
09 Aug 2017
The growing popularity of shipping containers by rail from China to Europe is leading to delays as increasing cargo volume begins to overpower European terminals.
09 Aug 2017
Concor’s net profit during jumped 36.4 percent year over year.
07 Aug 2017
By volume, JNPT handled 61,383 TEU during the month via rail.
01 Aug 2017
“The restriction on loading of trains to Mundra Port has been lifted.”
27 Jul 2017
The disruption at Mundra is the latest weather-related complication for Indian shippers.
25 Jul 2017
Starting Aug. 1, three time-definite train runs a week will be introduced linking inland locations to Mundra and Pipavav.
21 Jul 2017
The trend has been underway in earnest for some time.
13 Jul 2017
China's Belt and Road is projected to generate an additional $2.5 trillion in global trade over the next 10 years.
07 Jul 2017
Improvement came despite supply chain disruptions caused by the June 27 cyber attack on Maersk Group.
05 Jul 2017
DB Logistics said it plans to operate five services a week carrying up to 200 cars by the end of the year.
29 Jun 2017
Forwarders continue to pile into the China-Europe rail network, offering new multimodal services.
26 Jun 2017
Ceva initiated its China-Europe rail operation with a service from Suzhou in 2010.
09 Jun 2017
The end-to-end transport solution introduced in conjunction with rail operator Container Corporation of India (Concor) includes all cargo processes.
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