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06.03.2026
After four years of reconstruction and more than €2bn in investment, Hungary’s section of the Budapest—Belgrade railway has finally seen its first freight trains. But behind the symbolic restart lies a more complicated operational reality. While traffic has technically begun on the 160-kilometre stretch, key elements of the line’s control system remain uncommissioned, capacity is sharply restricted, and the launch of passenger services, previously expected this spring, is now increasingly uncertain.
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06.03.2026
CHINESE financial markets have been set alight by the Middle East conflict and the accompanying closure of the Strait of Hormuz, with shipping-related stocks and futures surging dramatically in the first two days of this week.
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06.03.2026
Lloyd's List
With Hormuz effectively frozen, carriers are using surcharges to ration capacity and price the Middle East Gulf risk back into the box market
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06.03.2026
Long Beach, California — The equipment imbalance on the Asia-Europe trade lane and repositioning empty containers is fast becoming a structural challenge for the region’s maxed-out ports, industry leaders said this week.
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27.02.2026
Europe’s biggest port warned that it’s increasingly exposed to geopolitical risks related to trade with China
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27.02.2026
Global Times
The steady operation of China-Europe freight trains has given Chinese manufacturers a good start in 2026 in reaching global markets
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27.02.2026
Freight services on the Hungarian section of the Budapest-Belgrade railway officially resumed just after midnight on Friday, with the first train departing from Budapest’s Ferencvaros station
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20.02.2026
Freightwaves
Trans-Pacific waits out Lunar New Year holiday
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20.02.2026
ENGLISH.GOV.CN
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban here on Wednesday, with both sides vowing to deepen all-round cooperation
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20.02.2026
CGTN
On February 14, the Alataw Pass Railway Port in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region dispatched its 1,000th China-Europe freight train of 2026, reaching the milestone 11 days earlier than last year and signaling a strong start to foreign trade
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20.02.2026
Sb.by
The prospects for further co-operation between the Belarusian Railways and China Merchants CHN-BLR Commerce and Logistics Company to increase cargo transportation were discussed at the Great Stone Industrial Park, sb.by reports citing the Belarusian Railways’ press centre
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18.02.2026
IRU
The types of operations possible under TIR have been broadened, unleashing new momentum for seamless logistics across Eurasia.
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18.02.2026
The Diplomatic Insight
The Khorgos Gateway Dry Port, located within Kazakhstan’s special economic zone on the border with China, has strengthened its role as a key Eurasian logistics hub in 2025, handling more than 372,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs).
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13.02.2026
The Loadstar
The flatlining of the pre-Chinese New Year shipping peak was in evidence in the past couple of weeks with falling spot rates. However, new analysis from Sea-Intelligence suggests the most recent decline is steeper than ever seen before.
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06.02.2026
Hybrid logistics service provides speed over ocean shipping at lower cost than air
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31.01.2026
The city of Yiwu, known as «the world’s supermarket,» in east China’s Zhejiang Province, has seen China-Europe freight trains transporting European goods for customers to choose for the upcoming Spring Festival
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31.01.2026
The Loadstar
Container spot freight rates on the Asia-Europe and transpacific trades experienced another week of persistent declines, as pre-Chinese New Year demand continues to weaken
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31.01.2026
Transport Corridors
A meeting was held at Alashankou station between Talgat Aldybergenov, Chairman of the Board of JSC NC KTZ, and Guo Jian, Chairman of the Board of Urumqi Railways LLC
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31.01.2026
Transport Corridors
The consultation collected responses from 91 entities active in rail freight, alongside dedicated questionnaires completed by PKP PLK and four organisations representing road transport
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23.01.2026
Railwaypro
The European rail industry warns that the European Union’s goals for sustainable mobility and decarbonization are at risk without stable investment and a more coherent regulatory framework, according to the 2025 Annual Report of UNIFE, the organization representing manufacturers and suppliers in the European rail sector.
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