Poland has deployed the first seven South Korean-made K2 tanks to the border with Russia This was reported by Wnp. As noted by the spokeswoman for the 16th Pomeranian Mechanized Division, Magdalena Kościńska, the first tanks from the South Korean company Hyundai Rotem have been delivered to the 9th Braniewo Armored Cavalry Brigade. "These tanks will be further equipped with systems used in the Polish Army, including communication means," the spokeswoman said. According to her, the brigade received seven tanks at the first stage. The rest are expected by the end of the year. Currently, there are eight trained crews in the unit. It should be added that the military unit receiving the K2 tanks is located in the city of Braniewo, just a few kilometers from the Russian Kaliningrad region. The K2 Black Panther tanks are among the most modern in the world. They have high mobility, capable of maneuvering quickly over challenging terrains such as swamps and sandy soil. The tanks are equipped with precise targeting and fire control systems, a 1,500-horsepower diesel engine with an automatic transmission. The K2 tank is relatively light, weighing 55 tons. It is equipped with a hydro-pneumatic suspension. © 2024, odessa-journal.com | Created by WIBE This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. 04 October 202209:00(UTC)Last modified04 October 202209:17The Stępień solar plant in Poland.(Photo: Andrzej Matyja / WSP)The construction of the 58 MW Stępień solar plant in Poland is completed, and the plant is ready for operation. 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Wielgus The new rail link between China and Germany is up to 30% faster It is thanks to the fact that the train does not pass through the Polish town of Małaszewicze DHL has announced the launch of a new rail link in cooperation with Xi’an International Inland Port Investment & Development Group The travel time between Xi’an in China and Hamburg and Neuss in Germany was reduced from 17 to about 12 days This is DHL Global Forwarding’s response to the growing demand for rail transport along the New Silk Road.  The new route is about 9,400 km long and leads through Kazakhstan Belarus and Lithuania to the Kaliningrad Oblast – the area of the Russian Federation on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea the route runs through the Mamonovo-Braniewo railway border crossing point to the European Union The last section leads through Poland to Hamburg and then to Neuss Reducing the travel time from 17 to 12 days was achieved by leading the route not through Małaszewicze freight transport can be tracked in real-time with iSee software.  faster DHL railway connection not without reason misses the Terespol-Małaszewicze crossing which is popular on the routes between China and Europe Maersk Line has announced doubling the number of containers transported by trains from China to Europe this year which will also not run through Małaszewicze Head of Investments at PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe 90% of trains with containers from China to Poland and further to Europe travel through Terespol-Małaszewicze it turns out that it is a bottleneck on the New Silk Road.  This is primarily due to some very elaborate procedures: Sienkiewicz also points to the problem of the limited capacity of Małaszewicze “The development of the dry port is in danger because of a lack of land for investments and ownership problems,” he explains It turns out that transport on the New Silk Road can bypass Poland a train loaded with 42 containers of electronic products was dispatched from Xian to Prague then by rail through Georgia and the Asian part of Turkey to Ankara the train went towards Europe through the Marmaray tunnel under the Bosphorus It will continue its journey through Bulgaria Pölös Zsófia Journalist Trans.info | 6.05.2025 Fragrance on the Fly: Why Pocket Perfumes Are Perfect for Airplane TravelSponsored Article 6.05.2025