UTLC ERA, established in 2018 and headquartered in Moscow, Russia, is a joint stock company formed through the reorganization of UTLC JSC. As an operator of transit container services, UTLC ERA specializes in the transportation of goods via regular container block trains along the China-Europe-China route, traversing the territories of Kazakhstan, Russia, and Belarus. The company's primary objective is to enhance the volume of transit container traffic within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries by providing efficient and reliable rail freight solutions. UTLC ERA plays a pivotal role in facilitating trans-Eurasian rail container traffic, offering an all-inclusive rate for cargo transit along the longest section of the Silk Road from the Chinese borders to the European borders.
By the end of 2021 the volume of railway container transportation between Europe and China will make one million standard containers (TEU). Integration solutions on the Eurasian railway segment are becoming a benchmark for other transport corridors.
Independent data platform-aggregators (Xeneta, Freightos, Lloyd's Loading List) reported an increase in spot rates for the China-European ports transportation to about $10,500 for a 40-foot laden container.
JLC United Transport and Logistics Company - Eurasian Railway Alliance (UTLC ERA JLC) and Belintertrans-Germany GmbH (BIT-Germany) open a joint end-to-end regular multimodal service on the Altynkol - Kaliningrad - Hamburg route.