Hundreds of trucks at the European border crossing point 

Last Saturday, the General Customs Administration of the Russian Federation (FCS) said that EU countries bordering Russia and Belarus had stopped accepting vehicles registered in these two countries into EU territory. The latest sanctions have affected road transport from Russia to the EU, including transit road transport. According to the General Administration of Customs of Russia, only the road transport from Russia to Kaliningrad, an enclave, which transits the EU, can still pass.

One day ago, at the Ubylinka border crossing between Russia and Latvia, as many as 500 trucks were waiting to leave Russia and enter Latvia. According to the Russian General Administration of Customs, on April 12th, the waiting fleet decreased, but there are still more than 300 trucks trying to get through customs every day.

For the motorcade wishing to enter Russia from Latvia, more than 140 trucks were recorded at Ubilinka checkpoint on 12th, compared with 100 a day ago.

At another checkpoint, blatch, 77km south of Ubilinka crossing point, there are as many as 660 trucks waiting to enter Russia, and 120 trucks in the opposite direction.

On the other hand, in Sumic, a Russian-Estonian border crossing 120km north of Ubilinka, there are 80 trucks waiting to enter Russia and 350 trucks waiting to enter Estonia.

The railway can still lead to Swafkov, Warsaw and Mukran.

Border inspection and other work slows down the transit efficiency, while road transportation and port ship transportation are all restricted. At present, the railway is not directly affected by sanctions. The National Railway Group of Russia (RZD) said that after the European Union restricted the passage of Russian road vehicles, goods may flow to the railway transportation that is still in operation.

Sergey Pavlov, deputy general manager of Russia Railway, said: "Today, we have encountered great challenges in road transportation through the EU. There are many car transit passes, but none of them work now. " He also revealed that Russian Railways is currently preparing to transfer goods from vehicles in the EU.

Vladimir Khlutkov, director of business development in Asia-Pacific region of PJSC TransContainer Company, pointed out that when foreign container ships have actually stopped calling in st.petersburg, the railway connection with the European Union will become an important direction of cargo flow. At present, goods can still be transported through Brest-Malashevich crossing point from Swavkuf, Warsaw and Mukhlan ports.

Decrease in containers and shipments 

With the three major container shipping companies mediterranean shipping company, Maersk and CMA Shipping withdrawing from the Russian market, the number of containers in Russia is decreasing. At present, the price of container in Russian market fluctuates frequently.

The price fluctuation of the box is tight, and the expected shipment volume will also drop. As for the sanctions imposed by the European Union to exclude Russian banks from SWIFT, some companies said that the actual impact on daily business was not great.

Russian coal train stopped by Finnish environmentalists

According to reports, a coal train from Russia to Hanko, Finland, was blocked by environmental organizations Greenpeace and Elokapina on the way into Hanko Port. About 20 demonstrators blocked the railway, and some even climbed into the carriages.

Environmental protection organizations called on Finnish authorities to immediately stop Russian coal transit, prevent this coal from going to the global market through Finnish ports, and called on Finland to decouple from Russian energy earlier. On April 7th, EU countries have approved the ban on Russian coal imports. It is reported that the coal of this shipment comes from the Russian company Sibanthracite.

The first cold chain train in Linyi-Moscow 

UTLC, a wide-track operator, organized the first fresh cold chain train. This train set off from Linyi, Shandong Province on March 26th, 50 containers loaded with frozen fruits, vegetables, seafood and other agricultural and sideline products, transited Kazakhstan, and it is expected to take 18 days to arrive in Moscow. 

UTLC said that in the future, the line will be increased to a shipping frequency of at least 4 columns per month.