With the development of international trade and shipping industry, container transportation has rapidly developed due to its unique advantages of economy, speed, and convenience, becoming the main mode of international trade transportation. The three largest container shipping routes in the world are the Far East North America route, the Far East Europe, Mediterranean route, and North America Europe, Mediterranean route, accounting for most of the world's container waterway traffic. In addition to the three main routes, there are also branch routes, and various ports in Russia belong to branch route ports.
The coastline of Russia is extremely long, stretching from the Arctic Ocean to the North Pacific, including the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. Russia also has numerous marginal seas, such as the Barents Sea, White Sea, Black Sea, Bering Sea, and Okhotsk Sea, with convenient sea transportation conditions. Due to its vast territory, Russia has ports in both the Black Sea and northern waters. The Russian Far East route specifically refers to the port routes in the Far East waters of Russia. The main ports on the Russian Far East route are: St. Petersburg/ST.PETERSBURG; Vladivostok; Dongfang Port/Vostochny and Rostov/Rostov, etc.
The main shipping companies connected to the Russian Far East route include FESCO, SINOKOR, and Maersk Shipping.
Overall, Russia's dependence on foreign trade is not very high, mainly exporting oil and gas, food and timber to foreign countries, and importing some equipment and consumer goods. The exported oil and gas are transported by pipelines, while the exported grain is transported by bulk carriers. The main factors affected by the suspension of liner companies are exported timber and imported consumer goods. In addition, Russia's road and railway transportation with neighboring countries has not been affected.
It should be pointed out that some large logistics companies in European and American countries have voluntarily stopped accepting the business of China Europe Express, but China Europe Express itself has not stopped operating. The railway from Poland and Belarus to Russia in Europe is still open, but the possibility of interrupting this railway line in the future cannot be ruled out.
Freight transportation routes between China and Russia
Europe, led by the United States, has launched a new round of sanctions against Russia, and how Russia maintains its foreign trade has become a key issue. At this time, as Russia's trading partner, China has once again demonstrated its attitude through actions.
The Russian Railway Company has stated that its subsidiary is currently launching a new round of Sino Russian freight road mainline, and a land transportation line connecting China and Russia through Kazakhstan is already in full swing. According to the latest report, this mainline consists of two parts, namely the railway transfer road, which can directly connect the two major trading cities of Shenzhen, China, and St. Petersburg, Russia. It is expected to start transportation business this month.