Construction of the first railway bridge between Russia and China will begin in the second half of 2013, Russia’s Far East authorities said in a statement. The 2.2-kilometer bridge over the Amur River will link Chinese and Russian towns of Tongjiang and Nizhneleninskoye. The bridge will be used for iron ore deliveries to China. The [...]
Alstom and its local joint venture, Shanghai Alstom Transport Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd. (SATEE), have been awarded a contract by Nanjing Metro Group to provide traction systems and associated services to the Nanjing Metro line 4 phase I project. The Nanjing Metro Line 4 is expected to be put into commercial operation in October 2015. [...]
The customs authorities of Kazakhstan and China intend developing a strategic plan of cooperation for the period of 2014-2018. The aim of the document consists in creating conditions for the development of legitimate trade. During a visit of the delegates of the Kazakh Customs Control Committee in China, the representatives of the two sides discussed [...]
Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is a challenge to shipping cargo by railways, says Viktor Galaida, President of the Centre for the Development of Innovations and Social Forecast. According to him, reduction of tariff barriers in such sectors as foodstuffs, consumer goods, machinery, equipment, makes for the increase in competitiveness of foreign [...]
Kirgizstan will offer the countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to finance building a railway from China to Tajikistan, said Kirgizstan President Almazbek Atambayev. The proposal will be made at the next meeting of the CSTO country leaders, said Almazbek Atambayev. According to him, Kazakhstan is ready to support this project and Russia [...]
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