To improve rail connections, BMF Port Burgas is launching the “From East 2 West Connections” project to connect two terminals – Burgas East 2 and Burgas West – with a 456-meter railroad. This project was presented in Burgas last week.
The rental rates of freight wagons remained stagnant in the Baltic countries in March 2025.
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In view of the ongoing fleet renewal and the reduction of excess capacity, Czech operator CD Cargo has decided to sell locomotives and freight cars.
LTG Infra, a part of LTG Group, has completed the replacement of safety systems on 15 of its own locomotives. From now on, instead of the Russian CLUB-U, the rolling stock is equipped with modern systems manufactured by the Ukrainian SRPA Impulse.
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During a meeting of the Polish Parliamentary Commission on Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation on March 6, 2025, the management of the Port of Gdansk called for funding for the construction of a new railway line and bridge that will improve access to deep-water terminals.
Enea Elektrownia Połaniec and PKP Cargo have signed a contract for the transportation of up to 1.6 million tons of thermal coal from Lubelski Węgiel’s Bogdanka mine over a period of 24 months.
A total of 3.6 million t of iron ore were carried by railways in Ukraine in February 2025, showing a 15% decrease compared with January 2025. Iron ore exports dropped by 17% month-on-month to 2.7 million t, while home deliveries shrank by 8% month-on-month to 900,000 t.
A consortium of BAWI and Swietelsky will modernize part of the railway infrastructure in Romania’s largest port, Constanta. This is the second phase of a large-scale investment project implemented by Romanian Railways (Caile Ferate Romane/CFR) in Constanta.