The railway traffic of rolled steel products, semi-finished products, pipes, pig iron and scrap of ferrous metals increased by 2% month-on-month to 800,000 t in Ukraine in November. In particular, exports stepped up by 6% month-on-month to 378,000 t, while domestic supplies sagged by 3% month-on-month to 358,100 t.
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According to the operator Vagon-Invest, the company has been working for a year and a half to develop and implement an optimal scheme for supplying imported coking coal to Ukrainian companies.
The traffic of mineral fertilizers by railways has weakened somewhat in November compared with October , showing a 12% plunge to approximately 149,000 t. Domestic supplies dropped by 14% month-on-month to 102,000 t, while transportation of imported mineral fertilizers shrank by 13% month-on-month to 43,000 t.
LTG Cargo, a leading rail freight operator in Lithuania, has announced the purchase of 17 electric locomotives to be used on the Vilnius-Klaipeda route. As part of the agreement, the company will also be provided with spare parts and traction maintenance for the first three years of operation.
After test runs in November, Freightliner PL started operating from Silesia via Swinoujscie to Swedish ports (Istad/Trölleborg): on December 8, the first train with semi-trailers (eight units) was received at the ferry terminal in Swinoujscie in cooperation with Galan Logistics. After transshipment to sea, the semi-trailers were to be sent to Gothenburg and Stockholm.
As part of the Rail Baltica project, 2,400 tons of rails with a total length of 42 km were delivered to the LTG Infra warehouse at Jonava station in Lithuania during November-December, including 30 km for curved sections (harder rails) and 10 km to cover straight sections (soft rails).
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LTG Cargo Ukraine, a subsidiary of LTG Cargo (Lietuvos geleћinkeliai), continues to transport new wagons from Ukraine to Lithuania. The operator has completed the transportation of 27 new gondola cars for Dolomitas, a company specializing in the extraction, processing and supply of dolomite minerals.