South Korea-Russia ocean volumes boosted by rail congestion in China

Growing congestion along the Trans-China and Trans-Siberian railways, linking China and Russia, has boosted South Korea-Russia container volumes, encouraging shipping lines to consider deploying larger vessels this month. In August, more than 33,000 teu was transported from Busan to ports in Russia’s far east, such as Vladivostok, a slight increase on July. Of this, exports, excluding transhipment cargo, were 8,000 teu. Volumes are said to have remained at the same level in ... The post South Korea-Russia ocean volumes boosted by rail congestion in China appeared first on The Loadstar .