The Ukrainian company Uni-Laman Group (Odessa) has announced the start of cooperation with a warehouse complex in the dry port of Khorgos, which is one of the key transit hubs on the border between China and Kazakhstan. The company has already received its first shipments processed under the new scheme.
Despite shipowners’ attempts to behave more aggressively when discussing deals for late November and December shipments, in fact they have only managed to raise rates in the Mediterranean Sea. This market is driven by fertilizer traffic from Egypt to European ports, which is supporting fairly high tonnage demand in EMed, with even some excitement… Read more »
Polish intermodal operator Laude Smart Intermodal has launched a new connection between Turkey and the EU via Ukraine (the port of Chornomorsk). The company announced this on its LinkedIn page. The first train with 50 specialized 20-foot containers departed from Chornomorsk on November 5 this year.
On November 17, the LNG tanker GasLog Houston arrived at the Klaipėda LNG terminal (operated by the Lithuanian company KN Energies) from the United States (from Louisiana, departed on October 20).
According to CLIP Group, CLIP Terminals and a consortium of companies comprising TorKol, Poleko Budownictwo, and GFS Engineering, an agreement has been signed to implement the project “Construction of an intermodal terminal in Zabrze, together with the reconstruction and modernization of the system of access and departure tracks and related infrastructure, on a design-build… Read more »
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ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. has announced returning to the Ukrainian market and resuming the only direct container service on the LBX market between the ports of Pivdennyi (Ukraine) and Haifa (Israel).
Alstom and Ukrzaliznytsia have signed a contract for the supply of 55 Traxx Hauler electric locomotives, specially adapted to Ukrainian infrastructure. According to Ukrzaliznytsia, the deal is worth around €473 million. The relevant documents were signed on November 17 in the presence of the presidents of Ukraine and France.