Handling of grain wagons at Ukraine’s sea ports
Up to 500 wagons with grain were waiting for unloading at Ukrainian sea ports as of September 6. Taking into account that approximately 168 wagons per day are accepted at the stations
Railway transportation
Regular intermodal service from Ukraine to Baltic Container Terminal
Since mid-June, Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) has been cooperating with logistics operators Fortis Logistics Group and Multimodal Solutions & Services to launch a new intermodal transportation service for Ukrainian cargo to the port of Gdynia.
Bulgarian Express Service OOD supplies another ES3000 battery locomotive for SNCF
The Bulgarian company Express Service OOD is supplying another ES3000 battery shunting locomotive for the French railways (Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français, SNCF); this is the fourth locomotive this year.
Slovakian ZSSK Cargo imposes conventional restrictions on cargo transportation
From September 11 and until the decision is revoked, the French railway operator Fret SNCF will be subject to a convention that will restrict transportation of cargoes of any kind from Slovakia to Spain. This is stated in the ZSSK Cargo notification No. ZAN/497-2187 of September 8, according to the Fret SNCF.
Handling at Ukraine – Romania and Ukraine – Moldova border crossings*
As many as 187 wagons were transferred daily through the the Vadul-Siret – Dornesti (Romania) land border crossing as of September 12 (up 86 wagon compared with the previous week).
Rolling stock price indices in Ukraine // Week 36
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Goods awaiting transfer through Ukraine’s western land border crossing points
There were about 9,000 wagons with various goods waiting to be transferred through Ukraine’s western land border crossing points as of September 6 compared with 8,800 wagons in late August.
Ukraine exported 193k tonnes of grain by rail in September 1-6
A total of 193,000 tonnes of grain were exported from Ukraine by railways during the period started September 1 and ended September 6 compared with 876,000 t during the entire August. Almost 160,000 t of grain were exported through the western land border crossing points in September 1-6
Wagon queues at land border crossings*
Almost 10,000 wagons were waiting for unloading at Ukraine’s western land border crossing points as of September 6, down 304 wagons compared with August 30. In particular, as many as 2,495 wagons were standing loaded with grain (down 134 units compared with August 30)
Slovakia to perform works in Sept 11-17 during technological windows
During a meeting of Ukrainian and Slovak railroaders, Josef Virba, a representative of ZSSK Cargo, said that from September 11 to 17, repair work would be carried out in Slovakia during technological windows.