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RZD Logistics

JSC RZD Logistics is the largest multimodal logistics operator in the CIS and Baltic countries. Created in order to develop the logistics business segment of Russian Railways Holding, the company is among the leaders of Russian logistics market and offers its clients a wide range of services, including international container transit and supply chain management.

CMA CGM announces acquisition of GEFCO

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) April 8, 2022 – The French shipping and logistics group CMA CGM is to acquire nearly 100% of GEFCO, a European leader in...

Petrolesport handled transit cars from China to Europe as part of new railway-sea pilot

Petrolesport (PLP), part of the Global Ports Group, has participated in the pilot project of the new China-Europe intermodal transit route, reloading passenger...

A.P. Moller – Maersk to hasten the pace of its AE19 service from Asia to Europe

Copenhagen, Denmark, April 12,2021 – In response to the increasing customers’ demand for Asia/Europe routing options, Maersk is picking up the...

Port of Taman – Russia’s bulk cargo champion in the Black Sea

Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) March 18, 2021 – The construction of the third stage of the Taman Bulk Cargo Terminal (TTNG), Russia’s largest, has been...

New customs office for the new bulk cargo terminal in Russia’s Taman port

Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) February 11, 2021 – On the Taman Peninsula, the Taman bulk cargo terminal is being built. It will be the largest on the...

Russia’s TransContainer reports over 10% y-o-y increase in container transport

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 23, 2020 – PJSC TransContainer has said that container handling volumes increased by 10.8% year-on-year. Revenue for...

TransContainer calls for container transportation through Russia to be subsidized by the state

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 9, 2020 – Digitalization, excess of transport capacity, transit of sanctioned goods through Russia, changes in the...

Analysis – Russia’s port of Taman expansion progresses

Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) June 1, 2020 – Joint-stock company Lenmorniiproekt will allocate 65 million rubles (€840,000) for the design and budget...

Analysis – China lends money to forward interest in Belgrade-Budapest railway, a key New Silk Road link

Budapest, Hungary (Ports Europe) May 25, 2020 – In 2013, Hungary, Serbia and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build a railway that...

Serbian President Vucic visit construction site Belgrade-Budapest fast railway

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic have visited works on...

FELB and Sinotrans operate first Shenyang-Enns container train

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) April 7, 2020 – FELB and Sinotrans have operated the first train from Shenyang, southern China, to Enns in Austria. The...

RZD International to stop operations in Iran

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 6, 2020 – Russian Railways division RZD International, a special purpose engineering company, has announced that it...

Russia and India progress International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC) transport

New Delhi, India, (Ports Europe) March 19, 2020 – CONCOR (Container Corporation of India Ltd) and Russian Railways Logistics (RZD) have signed an...

Analysis – Georgian and other deep sea ports around the Black Sea

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 12, 2020 – Georgia is the only Black Sea littoral state, which has no deep-water port. For more than three years it...

Serbia: Continuation of cooperation with Russian Railways

News Release – Government of Serbia – February 13, 2020 Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and Minister of Construction, Transport and...

RZD Logistics transports first container from Europe to Japan via Trans-Siberian LandBridge

RZD Logistics – December 2, 2019 RZD Logistics JSC, the leading multimodal logistics operator in the CIS and Baltic countries, has successfully...

Several agreements were signed during Medvedev’s visit to Serbia

Belgrade, October 19, 2019 In the presence of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, several bilateral agreements and...

Logistics group GEFCO reports increased revenues in Q1 2019

Paris, France (PortSEurope) September 19, 2019 – GEFCO, the French logistics group, recorded revenues of €2,480.4 million for the first six months of...

Serbia is building the first high-speed railway line in Southeast Europe

News – Serbia is building the first high-speed line in Southeast Europe – August 9, 2019 Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and...

Analysis – Russian consortium to take over port of Taman in the Kerch Strait

Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) July 21, 2019 – The RMP (RosMorPort) Taman consortium, which will get the concession for the management of the new Russian port...

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