14 November 2019 The multimodal route via the port of Baku connecting Europe and China will grow, regardless of what important transit countries such as Russia do on the New Silk Road. This is the view of Tural Aliyev, Advisor to the Director-General of Port of Baku. The Middle Corridor has a lot of potential… Read more ›
14 November 2019 Under the new circumstances, companies must come up with smart solutions to stay on the New Silk Road. Hubs are a fundamental part of that. This is the view of Imad Jenayeh, Senior Business Development Manager at CFL multimodal. He is currently working on making the hub function for the Luxembourg intermodal… Read more ›
24 October 2019 With the addition of Electrolux, Rail Cargo Group and the port of Zeebrugge the programme of European Silk Road Summit is now complete. At this international two-day event, which takes place from 26 to 27 November in the Dutch hub of Venlo, the latest developments on the New Silk Road are discussed… Read more ›
22 October 2019 While most European countries are gradually preparing the network to handle 740-metre length trains, in Finland it is already possible to enter the country with trains of a 1,100 metre length. Three tracks in both directions are up and running on the Vainikkala/Buslovskaya border crossing, where Finland meets Russia. It is is… Read more ›
21 October 2019 Now that a reduction of Chinese subsidies for Eurasian rail freight have been more or less announced, the arguments for a standstill, slow down or on the contrary, continued growth on the New Silk Road have been made. While some fear that it will all fall apart from here, others are more… Read more ›
17 October 2019 The UK is too distracted by European relations to take full advantage of overland trade opportunities. This was said by Henry Tillman, a London based Belt and Road specialist. “The British are currently failing to fully exploit the opportunities.” As chairman of China Investment Research, the Chinese macro research arm of Grisons… Read more ›
15 October 2019 Which is faster? The train or truck to China? The answer will depend on the perspective and hence, different parties have varying statements on the debated train versus truck question to China. The truth is, the travel speed is more or less the same. The advantage of the truck is in the… Read more ›
1 October 2019 What has been anticipated for many months now seems to be happening. The Chinese subsidies for rail freight traffic to Europe are on a decline. The government has put in place ceilings on the local subsidies, which will be lowered even further in 2020. This was reported by several industry experts. There… Read more ›
27 September 2019 The Eurasian railway corridor must be extended to the Norwegian port of Narvik, where it marks the final departure for long-haul transport to the US. It would make the Nordic Silk Road complete. This was the main takeaway at the RailGate Kouvola conference, held on 26 September in the Finnish city. The… Read more ›
23 September 2019 Venlo may be a known a logistics hotspot in the Netherlands, it is still a relatively unknown destination in China. A cooperation between three parties is to change this. Chinese companies should know that the city on the Dutch-German border has everything to be the logistics hotspot of Europe. That is at… Read more ›
