<p class="article-content__subtitle d-none d-lg-block" data-test="article.subtitle"><span>In response to repeated calls from hauliers to scrap Lithuania's quota on express visas for 3rd-country HGV drivers, or at least increase the quota, the country's Deputy Minister of Social Security and Labour has said that the haulage industry should look to recruit more locally. </span>

Lithuanian Minister stands firm on HGV driver visas, accuses hauliers of providing poor working conditions

In the first six months of 2021, 336,500 TEUs were transported from China to the EU via the New Silk Road corridors. This is 50% more than in the first half of last year. Experts predict further increases and rail operators are rubbing their hands with glee.

Container traffic on Eurasian routes increased by 50%. Priority is given to UK connections

New roads and transshipment terminals could level up Eastern and Western Europe

Ukraine introduces mandatory carriage declarations for all carriers

Russia to clamp foreign trucks until drivers cough up their road fines

The future of Russian heavy goods transport? Atlantis, not Kamaz

Strict checks in place at the Belarus/European Union border

New regulations for winter truck tyres now apply in Germany

Lithuania challenges the Mobility Package at the EU court

Important Belgian parking lot by the European route closed for the night. Same reason as usual in the region

Artur Lysionok