Handling at Ukraine – Hungary border crossings*
The Chop – Zahony land border crossing served 393 wagons in the period from May 1 till May 8.
Railway transportation
Moldova to join EU import restrictions on Ukrainian agri products
At the meeting with Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky in Chisinau on May 6, Moldova’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Vladimir Bolea announced Moldova’s intention to join the EU’s decision to impose the temporary restrictive measures on imports of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower originating in Ukraine and to support the transit traffic.
Actual situation with transportation of agricultural products through western border crossings of Ukraine
As of May 8, as many as 278 wagons were standing at a Ukrainian 1520 mm track gauge station waiting for transferring through the Yahodyn-Dorohusk border crossing point, including 92 wagons with transit cargo.
Indices of rolling stock rental rates in Ukraine // Week 18
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
IMTRON to use LKW WALTER to shift freight transport between Germany and Italy from road to rail
LKW WALTER, an Austrian private transport company, and IMTRON, a German subsidiary of the MediaMarktSaturn Group / CECONOMY AG, have signed an agreement to transport goods between Germany and Italy by rail.
Metinvest held tender for transportation of blast furnace coke from Poland
Metinvest-Shipping LLC held a tender for the purchase of freight forwarding services for transportation of goods in hatched gondola cars in May-June 2023.
European Parliament extends zero import duties on Ukrainian products
On May 9, the European Parliament voted to extend for another year the zero anti-dumping duties and safeguards for Ukrainian exports of fruits and vegetables (subject to the system of input prices), as well as agricultural products and processed products (subject to tariff quotas) to the European Union.
Ukrzaliznytsia: Updated information on grain transportation to Slovakia
Starting May 9 and until the decision is revoked, the operator ZSSK Cargo is prohibited from accepting wheat and meslin (HS 1001), rye (1002), rapeseed (1205) and sunflower seeds (1206) for transportation from Ukraine to Slovakia for all consignees.
Intermodal transportation: developments from Ukrzaliznytsia
Ukrzaliznytsia is launching a new service called Intermodal Train, which allows shippers to sign an agreement with Ukrzaliznytsia on direct regular container transportation.
Handling at Ukraine-Poland border crossings*
A total of 13,108 wagons were carried through the Izov-Hrubieszów land border crossing point in April with the average daily transfer rate of wagons (down 119 wagons per day compared with March).