Private investment made it possible for the Russian government to increase its transport infrastructure spending plan to 7 trillion rubles ($110 billion) for the next five years, a spokesman for a senior government official said last week, according to Reuters.
In a bid to boost sluggish economic growth with large...
Collection of the investment charge in Russian ports will start in 2020, head of the Federal Maritime and River Transport Agency (Rosmorrechflot) Alexander Poshivai told reporters on Friday, TASS reports.
"It was approved in thirteen ports of our country and we will accordingly start working with the already approved investment...
Cargo-only transit through Sheremetyevo Airport increased by 3.5 times from May 1 to May 18 compared to the same period in April, when Moscow Cargo handled more than four thousand tonnes of medical cargo from international airlines. Moscow Cargo is Sheremetyevo’s cargo operator.
Air transport has played a critical role...
Decision-makers in Finland and Norway are speeding up talks on a so-called Arctic Corridor, EUobserver reports.
If the project, spurred by China's massive Belt and Road Initiative, materializes, it will be the shortest, most direct route for goods between Asia and Europe ever. Cargo ships from Asia will off-load in...
Several Russian ship owners and operators decided to suspend shipments to Ukraine for fear of detention and losing their cargo, after a Russian tanker, the Mekhanik Pogodin, was detained at the Port of Kherson of Ukraine, Port News reports.
The tanker was detained following Kiev’s sanctions imposed on some Russian companies...
UK-based train and coach platform Trainline has collaborated with tour operator Real Russia to expand its presence in Russia, Breaking Travel News reports.
As part of the collaboration, Trainline customers will have access to various trans-continental journeys provided by Trans-Siberian Express, as well as the high-speed Sapsan trains that...
Russia’s third-largest carrier, Rossiya Airlines, will transfer some of its narrow-body aircraft to sister airlines Aeroflot and low-cost carrier Pobeda, Rusaviainsider.com reports.
Rossiya is a member of state-run Aeroflot Group. The company also said it plans to further strengthen its presence at St Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport, its original base. The...
Mongolia and Russia have signed an intergovernmental agreement on terms for rail freight transit transportation, Interfax reports.
The agreement was signed on Friday by Mongolian Minister of Road and Transport Development Jadamba Bat-Erdene, and Russian transport minister Yevgeny Dietrich, the Mongolian government press office said in a statement.
Under the deal,...
Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo airports could get their new runways by November or December this year, Russian Transport Minister Yevgeny Dietrich said, Tass reports.
“This issue is not simple, we are working to ensure that the problem will be solved by November and December for both sites. Now, it is rather...
The volume of cargo traffic at Sheremetyevo International Airport increased by 2% during 2019, compared with the same time period in 2018. According to the airport’s recently-published performance results, it processed 148,000 tons of cargo, 22,000 tons of mail in the first six months of 2019, Aircargo News reports.
Sheremetyevo...
