News / Russian railfreight services lose as shipment seizures drive traffic away

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Russian seizures of Europe-bound railfreight shipments look set to push ever greater volumes onto the trans-Caspian route that opened following the invasion of Ukraine.

Despite Moscow prohibiting transit of dual-use, civilian and military, tech to Europe via the country in October, shippers and their logistics partners were not made aware of the changes, with reports claiming they only found out following a wave of seizures.

One forwarder told The South China Morning Post they “dare not” ...