Belarus has an exclusively beneficial geographic location within the trans-European system and is a link and a shortest way between East and West. Due to this, the transport and communication’s added value of the local GDP accounted for 9.8 % in 2004 (ranking second after the industry). Here, the railway (5.500 km) transport dominates the country’s transport system leaving the road transport at the second place. Over the last years, transit freight traffic through Belarus has significantly increased. It has become a strategically important factor for the Belarusian economy. Carriers from over 50 states perform motor transit freight traffic through Belarus. Currently, the Republic of Belarus is the party to nearly 40 Agreements on International Motor Service with 38 states.  

The Belarusian Railway efficiently cooperates with Railways of Russia, Poland, Germany and Lithuania in implementing a number of projects of shipping cargo by specialized container and freight trains which move according to the special approved schedules significantly reducing the shipment time and are provided with the appropriate engineering and information support.