News / Russia eyes record 7m teu box traffic this year, despite sanctions

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Russia hopes to increase its container cargo traffic to a record 7m teu this year, despite sanctions and its ever-growing isolation in the international arena.

According to TransContainer, Russia’s leading container cargo operator, it will be achieved by modernising domestic seaports and their rail approaches and developing transport and logistics centres.

Viktor Markov, first VP of TransContainer, said the eastern vector of logistics remained a powerful driver for Russia and its transport sector and a target has already been set for boxes ...