Last Friday, 6 November, a memorandum on the commencement of cooperation between JSC UTLC ERA and the GREATPORT terminal was signed in Minsk during the official opening ceremony of the modern multimodal railway terminal at the Great Stone Industrial Park. The event marked a new stage in the development of the region’s transport and logistics infrastructure.

Symbolically, the opening of the terminal coincided with a demonstration of the effectiveness of a new service. Even before the official ceremony, on 28 October 2026, the first test train loaded with automotive components arrived at the GREATPORT terminal after successfully travelling from the Chinese city of Xi’an to Belarus as part of JSC UTLC ERA’s services. This journey demonstrated the readiness of the infrastructure and the high level of coordination among all participants in the transportation process.

On the day of the opening, the 10th container train, named “Kolosok,” was dispatched from GREATPORT for the first time.

Consolidated export cargoes from Belarusian enterprises (milk, flax, sawn timber, pulp and veneer) were dispatched from Belarus to China. The cargo is destined for nine consignees in the provinces of Jiangsu, Shaanxi and Henan.

The project operator is the state-owned enterprise BELINTERTRANS, the official freight forwarder and logistics operator of the State Association “Belarusian Railway.” The train, consisting of 62 40-foot containers, will travel along broad-gauge railway lines through Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan as part of JSC UTLC ERA’s services.
Photo: BELINTERTRANS