Logistics industry events
03/06/2024
The Northern Sea Route and Alternative Cargo Delivery Routes to Russia
Read the interview with Ksenia Chernikova, CEO of TransGID, on new cargo delivery routes to Russia…
02/28/2024
Logistics Under Sanctions
Following a new package of Western sanctions against Russia, logistics companies have also taken a hit. Sanctions apply to major mining and metallurgical clients…
02/26/2024
Payment Processing by Chinese Banks
The sanctions package introduced in December 2023 has caused significant settlement challenges. Recent field observations regarding Chinese banks reveal that three out of four major…
02/22/2024
What Is Slowing Down Rail Cars?
RZD-Partner published interesting statistics on rail car turnaround times in 2021–2023. Car turnaround is the time a rail car spends on all loading and transit operations over the period from…
02/19/2024
Ocean Freight Rates: Expectations vs. Reality
The first week of Chinese New Year has wrapped up, but analysts' forecasts are not unfolding as quickly as anticipated. The World Container Index, according to Drewry…
02/16/2024
Cargo Throughput of Russian Seaports in January 2024
The Association of Commercial Sea Ports has released data for January 2024. Compared to last year, the cargo throughput of Russian seaports in January decreased…
02/15/2024
Container Cargo Delivery from Australia to Russia
Australia is situated quite far from Russia, and even further from Moscow, which is why it is rarely viewed as a supplier. Nevertheless, the continent offers a great deal of interesting…
02/12/2024
Container Shipments Rose by 8.7% in January 2024
In January 2024, Russian Railways' (JSC RZD) network transported 621.1 thousand loaded and empty TEU containers in all types of traffic, which is 8.7% more than in the same period…
01/20/2024
Schedule Reliability Update
Sea-Intelligence has published the 146th issue of the Global Liner Performance report, which details the schedule reliability of major shipping lines from January to September 2023…
01/12/2024
Bypassing the Suez Canal
Shipping line shares have become the fastest-growing in Europe since the beginning of 2024. In the past week, their rally has been the most significant in recent years as vessel rerouting…
12/28/2023
Drop in Shares of Major Container Shipping Lines
According to Alphaliner, today only three container lines have a market capitalization exceeding $10 billion, compared to seven in May 2022…
12/20/2023
Russia-China Trade Turnover: Almost Reached the Target?
Trade volume between the two countries over the 10 months of 2023 showed a 27.7% growth Turnover reached $196.48 billion. At the EEF, it was stated that trade turnover this year…
12/16/2023
Container Throughput in Russian and European Ports
While Russian ports continue to show positive dynamics, the European port, with which our container throughput was previously closely established, is still struggling with its performance indicators…