FESCO creates new deepsea links
NewsSanctions against Russia all but halted container trades linking Russia’s Baltic and Black Sea ports with Europe, so FESCO has created new...
CMA CGM divests Russian asset
NewsCMA CGM, the world’s third largest transport and logistics operator, has sold its 50% stake in Logoper, a top 5 Russian container carrier,...
FESCO expands fleet to provide deepsea services
NewsRussia’s FESCO Transportation Group has increased the number of ships it operates to 24 under its fleet expansion and upgrading programme...
GPI to re-domicile and terminate GDR programme
NewsThe war waged by the Kremlin in Ukraine has led to increasing self-isolation of Russia’s state-run and private businesses...
Belarus companies to operate Russia’s Bronka port?
NewsBelarus wants to take over the multipurpose cargo terminal at Bronka, Russia’s newest port facility, located within the boundary of the Bi...
Maersk almost fully extricated from Russia
NewsHaving decided to exit Russia’s port sector following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine last year, AP Møller-Maersk has now divested itself ...
Russia’s Baltic operators look for new market niches
NewsLocally-based freight forwarders and port operators are finding new trade partners and cargo flows to compensate for lost European business...
Rail Cargo Group expands global presence
NewsRail Cargo Group (RCG), the freight arm of Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), has set up susbsidiary companies in Shanghai and Belgrade...
FESCO eyeing Novorossiysk-Alexandria service
NewsRussia’s FESCO Transportation Group is planning to connect the country’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk with Egypt’s Alexandria, aimed...
Spanning the Amur by rail
NewsAfter numerous postponements, Moscow has finally completed construction of its segment of the first ever railway bridge over the river of Am...
Russia’s 3PL operators expand multimodal services
NewsRussian shippers have been looking for alternative markets and, hence, new transport routes and logistics chains since Baltic trades collaps...
VTG pulls out of Russia
NewsIn the context of the war against Ukraine and the sanctions imposed on Russia in response, VTG AG has decided to discontinue its Russian bus...
Severstal sells stevedoring company
NewsSeverstal, one of Russia’s largest vertically integrated steel and mining groups, has sold Neva-Metal, its stevedoring company in the Port...
Russia looks to Turkey for shipping routes
NewsHaving lost most of its maritime links with European countries, Moscow has been developing its ties with Turkey. A new sea route has been op...
Moscow acts to prevent “decontainerisation”
NewsInternational economic sanctions against Moscow and subsequent boycotts of Russia’s seaports by global container carriers may lead to an a...