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Kyrgyzstan's SMEs expand contract work, trade and cargo transport in 2025

US$17,000 in Cash Found Hidden at Uzbekistan Border

Customs officers at the Dustlik checkpoint in Andijan region found US$17,000 hidden behind the rear seat of a truck leaving Uzbekistan.

Iran stresses need to prevent further escalation – Araghchi

Uzbekistan Opens Product Showroom in the United States

Uzbek entrepreneurs have opened a showroom and logistics warehouse in the United States to promote Uzbek products and expand export opportunities.

Armenia and Kazakhstan Explore New Logistics Routes to Boost Trade

Armenia and Kazakhstan have discussed expanding transport and logistics routes, strengthening trade ties and exploring new opportunities for cooperation, including the development of the Middle Corridor.

KazMunayGas, Transneft Seek to Expand Oil Transit Cooperation

Chief Executive Officer of Kazakhstan's national oil and gas company KazMunayGas (KMG), Askhat Khasenov, met with Nikolay Tokarev, President of Russian oil pipeline operator Transneft, in Moscow to discuss cooperation in oil transportation and transit, the KMG press service said.

Azerbaijan, UN Discuss Middle Corridor, Regional Connectivity

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met with UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Li Junhua in Baku on November 6.

Russian LNG Exports to China Surge More Than Twofold

Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to China have more than doubled since 2021, rising from 4.5 million to 9.8 million metric tons, according to an analytical report by the PORA Expert Center, The Caspian Post reports, citing TASS.

UN outlines indicators of progress on Caspian agreements (Exclusive)

PKP Cargo eyes further layoffs as unions demand sign-off on pay deal

Polish freight operator PKP Cargo is apparently planning another round of collective layoffs before the end of the year, along with changes to how its staff are paid, according to Polish rail media. Responding to the reports, PKP Cargo told the Polish Press Agency that restructuring administrator Paweł Głodek is analy…

Azerbaijan's construction sector loan portfolio jumps 82% in nine months

Ukraine Proposes New Logistics Route Linking Azerbaijan to Europe

Strong transport links between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea could create new opportunities for trade and energy supplies, with Ukraine proposing the development of logistics routes connecting Azerbaijan to European markets.

Russia and Iran Sign New Deal to Advance 162-Km Railway Project

Russia and Iran have signed key documents granting access to land plots along the planned route of the Rasht-Astara railway line, paving the way for further engineering work on the strategic transport project.

Scottish campaigners include freight opportunities

Lobby groups in the north and south of Scotland have emphasised how freight can play a new role in railway development. Campaigns in the North East and the Scottish Borders have both put their cases to the government and to stakeholders at large. The North East lobby group was at the Scottish Parliament last week, whi…

Russian Railways Offers 40.4% Discount on Exports Through Azerbaijan

Russian Railways (RZD) has introduced a 40.4% discount on export rail shipments of selected timber industry products through border crossings with Azerbaijan, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

Hazar Logistik, Gebrüder Weiss discuss cargo transit via Turkmenbashi port

Calmer waters for container spot rates, but ‘fragile’ Middle East a threat

There was a certain sense of calm about the container spot freight rate market this week, with slight declines on both the transpacific and Asia-Europe trades as capacity constraints eased and demand remained seasonally subdued. Drewry’s World Container Index (WCI) recorded a 2% week-on-week drop on its Shanghai-Rotte…

Medway goes solo on Le Havre–Nantes trains as French map grows

Medway France is now running MSC’s container trains between the ports of Le Havre and Montoir-de-Bretagne on its own, after more than three months working on the flow alongside Europorte. It is the company’s third regular flow in France, less than a year after it entered the market. MSC’s rail freight arm started the …

Freighter capacity divides air cargo fortunes as rates climb

Access – or not – to freighter capacity is helping shape air cargo’s fortunes. IAG Cargo, which shed its freighter operations more than a decade ago, lost traffic following cancelled services, while asset-heavy DHL reported double-digit volume growth. But rising rates do not necessarily signal a late peak-season surge…

NYK – the argument now is over what a normal year looks like

NYK has raised its dividend to ¥330 a share on a year swollen by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and strong container rates, but its own guidance has second-half profit falling by more than 40%. Morgan Stanley values the company on a normal year worth less than half of this one and sees a risk the dividend is cut …

‘Carrier selection matters’ when it comes to getting your goods on time

The Asia-North America tradelane is facing the highest ocean freight disruption risk over the coming weeks. Reduced carrier capacity and growing difficulty securing bookings threaten shipment reliability, according to WiseTech Global. The company’s November Ocean Freight Risk Outlook, released today covering weeks 45-…

Forget about Mærsk as the integrator of container logistics

Today we soft launch our “Top Analyst Question(s) Award” drawing from yesterday’s Q3 26 (YAWWWNNNN) earnings call with Mærsk, when CEO Vincent Clerc tried to explain why all units are firing on all cylinders, almost a decade after the carrier’s reorg was disclosed (our exclusive from Oct 2018 is here), aiming for deep…

Cargo crime in North America down in Q3, but losses are mounting

Organised criminal networks are increasingly exploiting identity fraud, carrier impersonation and weaknesses in freight verification, driving cargo theft losses across Canada and the US up 39% year on year, despite a sharp decline in reported incidents Verisk CargoNet recorded 2,072 of reported supply chain crime inci…

Hong Kong reviews river fees as mainland ports lure cargo away

Hong Kong is reviewing permit fees charged to river trade vessels as it seeks to maintain its port’s competitiveness amid growing competition from mainland Chinese terminals in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The secretary for transport and logistics, Chan Mei-po, announced the review in a written reply to the Legislative Cou…

KTZ Express ships Kazakh polymers to Mexico via the Middle Corridor

KTZ Express, the freight forwarding subsidiary of Kazakh Railways (KTZ) has organised a container shipment from Kazakhstan to the Mexican Port of Veracruz. KTZ is reaching ever-more destinations across the world “beyond traditional sales markets”. KTZ Express presented the shipment as part of an effort to expand the g…

Uzbekistan Air Passenger Traffic Rises 1% to 6.9 Million

Uzbekistan’s airlines carried 6.9 million passengers in January–September 2026, up 1% year on year, while air cargo totalled 86,400 tonnes.

Uzbekistan seeks to deepen railway cooperation with US-based Wabtec

ČD Cargo refutes claims ‘rail can’t compete with road’ for smaller shippers

ČD Cargo has rejected the “simplistic conclusion that rail cannot compete with road”, after shippers interviewed on primetime Czech television said they had switched to trucks on cost and speed. Rail, the operator says, “can offer a competitive solution in terms of price, transport capacity and reliability”, for both …

Uzbekistan to Automate Excise Tax Reporting from 2027

Uzbekistan is automating excise tax reporting for oil and gas products, with a transition to proactive tax return preparation planned for 2027.

Centrum Air and A-Quatro Discuss China-Poland Cargo Flights

Uzbekistan’s Centrum Air and Poland’s A-Quatro have discussed charter cargo flights from China to Poland and multimodal freight delivery options.