Railway freight

New cargo route launched between China and KazakhstanIn early April, a container train arrived in Nur-Sultan from the city of Nanning, the administrative center of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China.

The second TransFER container train to pass through UkraineThe second container train, organized as part of the TransFER service of the Austrian company ӦBB Rail Cargo, departed from Guangzhou (China) on 22 March.

Joint venture of carriers PKP and LTG to start operations in the third quarterA joint venture between the national rail carriers of Poland and Lithuania - PKP Cargo and LTG Cargo - will begin operations in the third quarter of 2021, informs Railway Supply magazine with reference to Rynek Kolejowy.

ӦBB presented a route map with a transit option through UkraineAustrian railway company ӦBB presented an interactive map of container and piggyback trains TransNET.

ӦBB increases the run frequency of the TransFER container service The Austrian railway company Rail Cargo (part of the ӦBB group) has doubled the frequency of runs of the TransFER container service on the route Trieste - Vienna - Linz - Trieste since March 1.

Kazakhstan introduces a ban on transit to China LLP "KTZ-Freight Transportation" at the request of industry associations is forced to impose a ban on the carriage of goods in the direction of Dostyk station and further to China.

Global Ocean Link and Maersk launch a route from Gdansk to UkraineThe Ukrainian company Global Ocean Link (GOL), with the support of the Maersk Line shipping line, organized a regular container train on the route "Gdansk (Poland) - Ukraine".

Ukrzaliznytsia transported 22 million tons of cargo in JanuaryUkrzaliznytsia transported 22 million tons of cargo in January 2021.

Special train from China delivered medicines to PolandA special freight train from China with medicines arrived at the Malaszewicz terminal in Poland.

Freight rail company BNSF announces $ 1B investment from customersFreight railroad company BNSF (USA) reported that the investments of its clients in the development of transport infrastructure in 2020 amounted to about 1.

Lemtrans significantly increased the volume of work in 2020The Ukrainian operator of freight cars, Lemtrans, increased its workload by 22.

Russian Railways launched grain express trains to MongoliaWithin the framework of the Grain Express service, which is provided by Russian Railways, the first 2 high-speed trains with wheat were sent to Mongolia from the Tatarskaya West Siberian Railway station (Novosibirsk region).