The Channel Tunnel, which opened more than 30 years ago as a major pathway for trade between the UK and continental Europe, remains significantly under-used for rail freight [The Loadstar].
In 2023, just over 1,400 freight trains went through the tunnel — an average of only five per working day. Today, that average is down to four.
And the link’s operator, Getlink (formerly Groupe Eurotunnel), estimates this represents just 10% of the annual capacity available — one million tonnes.
The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route has developed significantly in recent years as one of the routes for freight traffic between China and Europe
Amid an increasingly complex global trade environment, the China-Europe freight trains have evolved beyond a logistics service to become a stabilizer of Eurasian trade
