Russian railfreight services lose as shipment seizures drive traffic away
Russian seizures of Europe-bound railfreight shipments look set to push ever greater volumes onto the ...
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By Stuart Todd
Some 8,000 luxury cars destined for Russia are stranded at the port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, as the authorities grapple with the intricacies of the terms and conditions of western sanctions on the Putin regime following its invasion of Ukraine.
The cars, said to include some of the latest models from Lexus, Cadillac and Mercedes, arrived from Asia at the start of the month and were to have been prepared at the Belgian port for transhipment to Russia.
However, the ban on ...
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