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The month of July marked two milestones on the Russian part of the New Silk Road. A new route through Russia was launched, and dedicated trains for the shipment of empty containers have been setup. Both are leading to a significant increase in rail freight volumes between Europe and China.
This was reported by United Transport and Logistics Company – Eurasian Rail Alliance Joint-Stock Company (UTLC ERA, a joint venture of Belarusian, Kazakh and Russian railways). This company ships the majority of the Europe-China freight volumes via the northern route. In July 2020, these volumes amounted to 54.2 thousand TEU, which is 76 per cent more than in the same period last year.
Ozinki-Semiglavy border crossing
The July record height was, among other things, thanks to a new train route through the Ozinki-Semiglavy Mar border crossing point between Russia and Kazakhstan. “This route was approved last month, with the traffic capacity of the transit corridor growing by three more train pairs per day”, the company says.
“Besides, a technology allowing shipping train sets of up to 114 conditional railcars was agreed to transport empty railcars. This technology was also successfully tested in July to become an important tool for further improvement of traffic efficiency.” The shipment of empty containers has been an obstacle since the beginning of the New Silk Road, as the freight volumes shipped to the west are higher than the eastbound volumes. This results in a lack of containers in China. Read more
Source: RAILFREIGHT.COM
