UTLC ERA - a JV between the Belarusian, Kazakhstan, and Russian railways - has kicked off a new and regular container service between Luxembourg and Chengdu.
"Over last few years we have been facing a constant deterioration on the Russian market. Unfortunately the political and economical situation is still dramatically affecting the commercial trade environment," the company said in a press release.
The 70mt of annual handling capacity Primorsk Multipurpose Transshipment Complex (PMTC), an investment valued at RUB90.6b (€1.21b), is planned to be up and running by 2022.
Following the installation of protection screens, coal dust suppression equipment, and air & water quality monitoring systems, the Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT) has started taking care of coal shipments.
Year 2018 is drawing to its conclusion. The past months, alike life itself, were full of ups and downs. It was a real Dickens of a job putting all the issues of the Baltic Transport Journal and the Harbours Review together - dozens of articles and hundreds of news items and Market SMSes, not to mention all the add-ons, such as our maps or the Baltic Yearbook.
The Russian rail container carrier and terminal operator has purchased the inland Logistika-Terminal (LT) from the First Container Terminal (FCT), part of Global Ports, for approx. €20m.
The Danish shipping company will on 24 September deploy a larger container carrier on a loop that connects England's east shore with Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, and Finland.
LOGOPER, a Moscow-based third-party logistics service provider, has set up a regular rail container service that links the Port of Bronka with the capital of Russia.
