The Russian Way to China: inaugurated new ends in Kaliningrad for goods from Beijing
While naval congestion and freight costs are at their highest, Russia is building an infrastructure that could solve the problem of east-west transport, or rather make it a little less oppressive.
On 1 October, the new East-West transport and logistics center in the Kaliningrad region was officially inaugurated in the city of Chernyakhovsk . Kaliningrad is a Russian enclave between Lithuania and Poland, a piece of what was once Prussia left to Russia after the end of World War II. The new railway terminal has an annual handling capacity of 450,000 standard containers (TEU).
The new transport and logistics terminal, “East-West”, was built in 2020, within the Russian federal project, “Transport and logistics centers”. The hub will specialize in the transport of goods for export and import, as well as the handling of containers in transit between Asia and Europe. In the medium term, it should become one of the most important transport hubs on the New Silk Road. The company intends to authorize the departure of up to two pairs of trains per week, in the terminal. Pilot trains have successfully passed the tests.
In Chernyakhovsk, the containers are transhipped from the wide gauge (1520 mm) to the European gauge (1435 mm), and sent to their destination. The immediate proximity of the terminal to the border of Zheleznodorozhny on the Russian side and Skandava on the Polish side will allow for greater direct transit to Europe, without transit from Belarus, now at the center of a strong political dispute.
The USA, which sees heavy traffic congestion in front of West Coast ports, does not have the advantage of being able to ship and receive goods by train!
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