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On August 5, 2018, “The Northern Capital” Half Marathon was held in St. Petersburg. Over 2,500 people began the race.

The mankind development is associated with global challenges at the present stage. The growing shortage of food is one of the most acute problems that poses additional challenges of society.

This year AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG, an international provider of transport and logistics services, welcomed its THOUSANDTH TEAM MEMBER.

The group's rail turnover increased by 4% in the first half of this year and amounted to more than 8.5 million euros. The number of orders increased by 23% compared to the same period in 2017.

We all know that man cannot live by work alone. Exercise is one of the best ways to care for our bodies, refresh our minds, and deal with stress. Running, for example, trains both our physical and mental stamina.

Rail shipping plays an increasingly important role in the development of strategically important China-Europe-China transport involving the Belt and Road Initiative.

Christopher Columbus first shipped tobacco to Europe as a partial load. Today, 500 years later, around 8 million tons of tobacco products are produced and transported all around the world. We talked with AsstrA Drinks and Tobacco Logistics Specialist Maria Pobolovets about how modern logistics work with regards to tobacco, cigarettes, and cigars.

Clients come to logistics operators with a wide variety of requests, from the standard transportation of goods between point A and point B with shipping document registration to urgent deliveries expected “yesterday” – and even a mix of everything at once. In practice, AsstrA has handled them all.