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For the first time, Russian Railways Logistics has used the western branch of the North—South Railway for container transportation to India. The test multimodal shipment is designed to assess the effectiveness of the route and its potential for regular export shipments. The project may become an important step in the reorientation of freight traffic to the railway.

The drop in loading on railway transport has ceased to be a temporary phenomenon. The results of RTU-2025 showed that logistics in Russia is facing a range of structural problems, from a slowing economy to rising tariffs and the redistribution of cargo flows. Experts warn that without systemic changes, the market will continue to lose volume.

Russian railways continues to strengthen its position in the Chinese direction. The volume of shipments in the first ten months of 2025 increased by almost 7%, and export shipments reached 135 million tons. The dynamics allows us to predict a new record and the strengthening of the role of the eastern corridor in cargo logistics.

The latest issue of Russian Railways-Partner Documents contains relevant decisions and regulations that are important to everyone who works in the field of transport and logistics.

The Russian Railways-Partner Documents magazine has published a new electronic issue with up-to-date regulations and decisions important for participants in the transport industry.

The surcharge for empty wagons, introduced as a temporary measure, becomes permanent. The decision of the Federal Antimonopoly Service and Russian Railways has caused alarm among operators and may change the freight transportation market.

In January–August 2025, Russian Railways transported more than 5 million TEU containers, which is 3.9% less than a year earlier. In total, over 53.4 million tons of cargo, including chemicals, timber and fertilizers, were transported in containers.

According to Russian Railways operational data, the volume of loading on the Russian railway network in January–August 2025 decreased by 7.1% compared to the same period last year and amounted to 738.8 million tons. Such data was published by the company's press service. August also showed negative dynamics — minus 5.4%, or 92.2 million tons.

Russia and Iran have signed an agreement on the mutual exchange of information on the location of wagons and containers on the territory of the two countries. The document was signed within the framework of the international railway salon "PRO//Movement.Expo" and signed by Oleg Belozerov, General Director of Russian Railways, and Jabbarali Zakeri, Head of Iranian Railways.