A partner of New Silk Road Network East-West Intermodal Logistics Plc. is undertaking a new technology development project in rail logistics at East-West Intermodal Terminal (EWG) which is being built in Fényeslitke, Hungary. As Europe’s largest smart railway logistics terminal, to be completed by the first quarter of 2022, it will be the first terminal on the continent to use a private 5G network for internal communications and the operation of technological devices.
Congestion has been striking the global logistics industry over the past months. Its latest victim, rail freight. News from various border crossings and terminals has been flooding in, with reports of containers being stranded for weeks on end. There are several reasons in several regions along the New Silk Road that are causing these congestions. Apart from regional factors, the various oncoming logistics seasons are also contributing to the snail-paced movement.
The recent Taliban takeover in Afghanistan has caused a lot of confusion and disorder within the country, as citizens fled and those that remained were unable to access their business and other economic amenities. Reports in the media suggest that this takeover was not welcomed and came across as a disruption to the country's socio-political system that took years to establish.
The past two years have been momentous for traditional freight forwarding companies. Be it the pandemic or the changes within the logistics industry, a new curveball has arrived every few weeks. To speak about these issues and more, we interviewed Fleteval Forwarding, a member of the New Silk Road Network from Spain.
