The multimodal service plans to send the first freight shipment to China in mid-September, Torgmoll director Jing Ke told Interfax. The train will run from Moscow Region to Blagoveschensk and then the freight will be delivered over the bridge by truck to Heihe, he said, adding that the fr...
Russian Railways (RZD) increased freight haulage 2.5% in August compared with July, the Russian rail monopoly said. Figures were up 7.5% for coke in August compared with July, 6% for bituminous coal, 4.5% for ferrous metals, 7.1% for ferrous scrap, 9.7% for chemical and mineral fertilizers...
The Russian economy relies on the Russian freight railways to an extraordinary degree. In 2001, after years of debate, the Russian government adopted an ambitious plan to transform this vertically integrated, government owned monopoly into a system that would rely more on private investment and ...
Russian Railways (RZD) and FESCO Transportation Group are launching a service for electronic document flow for intermodal shipments of import freight through the Commercial Port of Vladivostok (VMTP, is part of FESCO Transportation Group), hence being able to reduce transit time by 4 days – from...
Russian railways, which serves as a critical export route for coal and other mining exports to Asian markets. The Russian government’s “Transport Strategy 2030” paper predicts that mining and energy-related rail freight volumes will expand by 25-30% by 2030, owing to new mining projects in...
Russian Rail Freight Transport Market Analysis The Russian Rail Freight Transport Market is expected to register a CAGR of greater than 3.5% during the forecast period. After the railroads of the United States and China, the Russian railways are the third longest in terms of length (85,500 km...
Turkey upgrades rail freight network, eyeing more traffic from China Turkey is making further inroads in its efforts to become the main link in Asia-Europe ... China-Europe railfreight Kazakh Railways (KTZ) Railfreight Russian Railways (RZD) Urumqi Railway Feb 20, 2025• 0 Comments• Share...
domestic and foreign trade, as well as the geographic mobility of its citizens, it’s no surprise that Russia operates the world’s second-largest rail network. Spanning more than 85,000km of track, Russia’s railways account for nearly 90% of the country’s freight movements, excluding ...
Market Trends of Russian Rail Freight Transport Industry Technological innovations in Railways has increased dependency on various rail freight transport An autonomous train is a useful tool for enhancing punctuality, dependability, and capacity optimization in the rail industry since it can transmit data...
RZD aims to halve Trans-Siberia transit time: Russian Railways (RZD) believes it can reduce the transit time for freight on the Trans-Siberian Railway from 14 days today to seven by 2012, which is crucial if RZD is to attract significant freight from sea to rail. David Briginshaw reports ...