Логистика, транспорт и Транскаспийский маршрут из 45 международных источников. Каждую статью читает ИИ: переводит на русский и оценивает влияние на Средний коридор по шкале от 0 до 10.
The opening of Portugal’s new Évora–Caia line has slipped once again, this time to 2028, and the first casualty is already known. MSC has reportedly suspended the daily Medway freight service between the port of Sines and Seville, taking around 50,000 containers a year to a Spanish port instead. “Unfortunately, we fou…
Maersk is launching a block train between Haparanda, on the Swedish–Finnish border, and APM Terminals Gothenburg. The service offers businesses in Finland and Northern Sweden an alternative to the conventional feeder route across the Baltic Sea. The first train is scheduled for 5 November. Logistics giant Maersk is ta…
The first train has run on the reinstated Limerick-Foynes Freight Line, ahead of the 2027 restoration of rail access to Ireland’s Port of Foynes. The two-car passenger unit operated during testing over a public holiday weekend at the end of October. It was the first train to traverse the route since its decommissionin…
Казахстан расширяет экспорт товаров с высокой степенью переработки. Среди продукции, которая демонстрирует наиболее заметный рост на внешних рынках, - корма для животных, растительные масла, мука и табачные изделия. Некоторые товарные позиции за год увеличили объёмы поставок в несколько раз, передает inbusiness.kz со …
European countries should hand over their old but operational locomotives to Ukraine, the Polish operator Laude Smart Intermodal argues. In turn, Europe could renew its fleet with new locomotives financed with EU aid. Ukraine has lost over 600 locomotives due to Russian attacks, while Polish companies retain several h…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan is considering the creation of a state strategic uranium reserve to secure fuel supplies for future nuclear power plants, with a target of reserving at least 150,000 tons of uranium by 2050, Almasadam Satkaliyev, c…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Central Asia could unlock significant economic benefits from closer cooperation between its electricity systems, with a developed regional architecture potentially generating up to $640 million in annual gross benefits, accor…
The European Commission has approved €29.3 million in German state aid for a new rail-road terminal near Aachen. The so-called EUREGIO terminal is set to start operations in 2035. The aid takes the form of a direct grant to the infrastructure company EVS EUREGIO Verkehrsschienennetz, the future owner of the terminal. …
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s steelmaker Qarmet is building new coke batteries scheduled to enter service in 2027, a project that will form part of the country’s first coal-chemical complex, as the company advances a $3.5 billion modernizatio…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s trade turnover with countries participating in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program reached $8.8 billion in 2025, up 14.4% from the previous year, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of N…
The Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb are testing the resilience of Middle Eastern trade routes at the same time. Attacks on shipping, threats to energy infrastructure and doubts over maritime security are pushing operators to rethink their routes, vessel availability and insurance exposure. Even where commercial tra…
Infrastructure managers and operators have handed the European Commission a compromise on rescheduling paths hit by temporary capacity restrictions, as it drafts rules under the EU’s Capacity Management Regulation. A separate operators’ paper goes further, demanding replacement paths at least 120 days ahead, up from a…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan has opened a training classroom featuring a simulator of the SMR-300 small modular reactor at the Institute of Nuclear Physics in Almaty on Oct. 30 to provide practical training for specialists in the nuclear energ…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Sofya Samodelkina finished fifth at the Skate Canada Grand Prix, scoring a total of 206.89 points across the short and free programs. Sofya Samodelkina. Photo credit: NOC. Samodelkina earned 71.84 points for her …
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – In 1864, a school with just 16 boys opened in Turgai, marking an important step toward expanding secular education across the Kazakh steppe. Its founder, Ybyrai Altynsarin, would become one of the most influential figures in …
В Испании продолжается третий день общенационального траура после масштабной железнодорожной катастрофы в провинции Толедо. Власти не исключают увеличения числа погибших: среди пропавших без вести числятся 14 иностранных граждан из десяти стран, передает inbusiness.kz со ссылкой на Euronews. По последним данным, в рез…
Ассоциация сельхозтоваропроизводителей Костанайской области предложила пересмотреть механизмы регулирования рынка масличных культур. В обращении в МСХ РК аграрии выступили за временную отмену экспортной пошлины на подсолнечник и предоставление господдержки маслозаводам только при использовании казахстанского сырья, со…
В Казахстане объявили скидки 25% на железнодорожные билеты на один из маршрутов «Нурлы жол – Алматы-2», передает inbusiness.kz со ссылкой на КТЖ. Специальные недельные скидки на жд билеты вводят по одному из востребованных направлений страны. "Со 2 по 5 ноября 2026 года на проезд в поездах №3/4 сообщением «Нурлы жол –…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. Editor’s note: The Astana Times continues a section featuring articles by our readers. As a platform that values diverse perspectives and meaningful conversations, we believe that this section provides space for readers to share their…
Строительство железнодорожной линии «Бахты – Аягоз» в Казахстане идет высокими темпами: земляные работы выполнены уже на 92%. Новый маршрут протяженностью 303 километра планируется завершить в 2027 году. Его запуск откроет третий железнодорожный пограничный переход с Китаем и позволит перевозить до 20 млн тонн грузов …
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – The Astana Times has selected articles from global media outlets covering Kazakhstan. This week’s foreign media digest explores United Airlines’ interest in potential flights to Kazakhstan, Nvidia’s engagement with the countr…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA — Air Astana and China Southern Airlines signed a strategic partnership agreement on Oct. 30 to coordinate flight schedules, improve connections and expand travel options between Kazakhstan and China, building on their existing…
A collaboration between Wabtec and partners demonstrated Automated Shunting Operations (ASO) at Vienna’s Albern Hafen rail yard earlier this month. ASO should help improve productivity, mitigate staff shortages and improve operational safety. The technology will now proceed to pilot operations before commercial deploy…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have discussed expanding bilateral trade, agricultural cooperation and transport connectivity at the 14th meeting of the Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan Intergovernmental Council in Bishkek on Oct. 30, reaffir…
Студенческое движение Сербии, одержавшее победу на парламентских выборах и положившее конец 12-летнему правлению Александра Вучича, потребовало отставки руководителей ключевых государственных ведомств и расследования коррупционных дел прежней власти, передает inbusiness.kz со ссылкой на Reuters. Представители движения…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan accounted for nearly 93% of the Eurasian Economic Union’s (EAEU) announced greenfield investment project value in 2025, with projects worth around $24 billion, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade an…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have reaffirmed their commitment to expanding trade, transport links and investment cooperation at the second Forum of Interregional Cooperation in Bishkek, as the two countries seek to increase bila…
The Polish Office for Rail Transport (UTK) warns that joint liability for customs debt could push Polish rail freight operators into insolvency. The regulator’s president will write to the ministers of infrastructure and finance, calling for an urgent analysis of the situation. The problem mainly concerns transports o…
Казахстан и Кыргызстан расширяют сотрудничество между регионами, делая ставку на торговлю, инвестиции, транспорт, туризм и совместные производства. В Бишкеке на Втором форуме межрегионального сотрудничества стороны обсудили новые проекты и подписали ряд соглашений, а двусторонний товарооборот, по итогам 2025 года, дос…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Air Astana operated Kazakhstan’s first flight equipped with high-speed satellite internet on Oct. 29, connecting Almaty and Tashkent, the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development reported. Photo credit: Air…