Cargo transportation

Maersk has announced a trial return to the Suez Canal route, the shortest route between Asia and Europe. But does this mean that the crisis in the Red Sea is over? The market still lives in the logic of tests, escorts and expensive insurance, and key carriers are acting cautiously. We look at what is behind the Maersk signal, why CMA CGM is taking a step back again, and how this may affect shipments to Russia.

Holidays in China are a rare moment when you can stop the race for shipments and focus on the main thing: the supply economy. Instead of "roughly calculate" — the exact figures for the white contract, payment via r/s, taxes and the actual cost of the route China → Russia. Two calculators help you make a quick decision: to take or not to take, whether there is a margin and where it is lost.

The Federal Customs Service warned about a change in the operating mode of checkpoints on the border with China in February 2026 due to the Lunar New Year. Several destinations will be closed for 3-5 days, which may cause queues, downtime, and warehouse congestion after opening. We tell you which transitions will be paused and how the business of foreign economic activity can adjust the delivery schedule in advance.

The size of the container is not a "historical accident", but an engineering compromise for the global infrastructure. The width of 2,438 m and height of 2,591 m are fixed by ISO standards, so that the container can pass the sea, port, railway and road equally confidently without special permits. And the 20/40-foot lengths are the math of docking so that the fasteners and corner points match during transportation and stacking. As a result, containerization has made logistics cheaper not by magic