The cost of cargo transport from China to Russia fell 35%

The general director of the Farid Madani business lines said that the reduction in the cost of tariffs for international transport for Russian customers is caused by a recent strengthening of the ruble. Modernway Logistics Director, Oleg Poluektov, said that the fall in the cost of cargo transport was due to the fact that in December, the maximum demand for international transport was not characteristic of this period.

The Logistics Director of the Evgeny School, the Evgeny School, tied the decrease in the cost of maritime and rail transport with a “great transition” to automatic transport. “According to the results of January 2025, ports and rail infrastructure were not around 10% of the load flow compared to the same period last year. This frightened everyone and forced to largely reduce maritime transport prices, which is very remarkable in the direction through the Far East, ”the school explained.

Forecast. Experts surveyed by Forbes believe that a decrease in the cost of international transport in this direction will continue. It is beneficial for importers, but it has negative consequences for carriers, since it reduces their income, limiting the possibilities of investment in the development of infrastructure and transport of transport, the director of the ILC branch in Shanghai Andrei Yesin explained.

• At the end of December, Wildberries launched cargo transport with its own transport (full track load, FTL). The service can use both platform vendors and any other company. The WildBerries fleet includes 1.7 thousand trucks and semi -railers, can carry out transport to any place in Russia, provided that the road surface is available.