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The Middle Kingdom is the largest importer of goods from Europe. Every year, more and more products of European origin reach the Great Wall. The main means of transport is rail. What do Chinese importers bring in European containers?

The idea of life extension has fascinated humanity since ancient times. In the 21st century, the search for immortality inspired scientific and technological progress. An increasing number of pharmaceutical industry studies find that the medical market is tremendous and continues to grow. Today it is worth $1 trillion and counting, according to the IMS Health research agency.

In the last article, we talked about railway deliveries within Europe. This time, the focus is on another popular choice of European shippers – road transportation. The head of the AsstrA branch in Germany, Alexander Monsch, talks about how the market has changed in 2019 and what to expect in 2020.

In Minsk, August is full of philanthropic sports events. The Belarusian capital hosted two charity runs, the Onkomarathon and the 24 TOGETHER 24-hour marathon. The AsstrA Running Team participated in both.

How easy is it to move cargo across the sky? What turbulence pockets await air freight expeditors in 2019? Karol Baranchuk, AsstrA Assistant Director of Operations for Groupage and Air Freight, has the answers.

Would New Silk Road cargo flows significantly increase if Russia lifted the embargo and result in less traffic between Europe and China? It depends.

Container transport by rail is the most dynamically developing branch of logistics. The railroad linking the Far East and Europe and comprising part of the New Silk Road is an alternative to sea and air transport from China and is reshaping the nature of import and export. Currently, rail has completely replaced air and sea as the preferred transport mode from the Far East to Europe.

Customs support is an integral part of AsstrA’s comprehensive service offerings. The company’s eight in-house customs agencies work with clients to handle all official paperwork and ensure that their shipments arrive on time with no unnecessary costs.

In cargo transportation, there are four “whale” modes: road, air, sea and rail. Which whale is the biggest and most reliable? To answer, we have prepared a series of interviews on intra-European transport. In the first installment, we discuss railway deliveries with Eva Trohimyuk, Head of the European Rail Department at logistics company AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG.

Today, how process automation may cause people to be laid off and how robots can take over human responsibilities are hot topics. Automation plans are also affecting the TSL industry. Are there serious reasons for concern? Will automation be a job killer?

Northwest Africa produces over 70% of the world’s cocoa. The main exporters are Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. According to information from the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), 90 percent of this cocoa is grown on small family plantations that have been passed down from generation to generation. Most of the workers on these plantations have never actually tried the chocolate that is available practically everywhere food is sold in Europe.

Sea freight container shipping offers the most carrying capacity at the lowest costs over long distances, even from one continent to another. Clients of the AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG international transportation and logistics corporate group benefit from comprehensive services around containerized sea freight from Italy to the United States. The process includes five steps that AsstrA makes easy for Customers.