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Long sea freight delays have left shippers with "no other choice" they say, but to use Russia again for China-Europe rail freight.

Maersk launched a new rail-sea service linking Asia with Europe to respond to its customers' changing supply chain needs in these extraordinary times.

DP World is going ahead with plans announced last year for a new road-rail intermodal terminal in Aiud, Romania, to be operational in the first half of next year.

Demand for China-Europe rail freight has plummeted since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but some European customers are “bypassing sanctions” by using Chinese agents.

Shippers are cancelling China-Europe rail freight bookings amid intense speculation that sanctions could prevent cargo transiting Russia.

The massive road freight congestion on the Vietnam-China border is causing major headaches for intra-Asia cargo flows, with planes, and now trains, helping pick up the slack.

China-Europe rail freight is readying for life after subsidies, as forwarders say it’s time for “quality over quantity” along the New Silk Road. The subsidies have been a key factor driving rail freight growth over the past half-decade.

US importers and forwarders are looking to New York’s Port Elizabeth Terminal for a faster intermodal link to the US Midwest and Canada. APM Terminals Elizabeth is marketing a new service that claims faster transfers from ship to rail.

UTLC notified that the European section of the carrier and border station capacity constraints caused congestion at the port of passage of broad rail plates, leading to board detention charges.

It is still half a year until Christmas, but suppliers in China are already busy in the orders from US and European countries, which are three months ahead of normal schedule.