Russian Railways’ container traffic can reach 8 million TEU during the full year of 2026, Russian Railways Deputy CEO Irina Magnushevskaya said speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.
Some 80% of container imports from China is routed via the ports and land-based border crossing checkpoints in the Russian Far East.
According to Magnushevskaya, in August, 4,359 TEU of import containers was loaded daily, and on August 17, a record breaking 5,007 TEU was loaded.
Railway container traffic via the Nizhneleninskoe-Tongjiang border crossing point tripled in 2026 to make 18 thousand TEU.
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