Knorr-Bremse, a German manufacturer of brake systems for rail and freight transport, has started testing DAC (digital automatic coupling) in real conditions on a freight train operated by Trafikverket CFL (Sweden).
Cargounit, a Polish company specializing in rolling stock leasing, plans to purchase nine new Vectron MS locomotives manufactured by Siemens.
During the international exhibition “Transport logistic 2023” in Munich, representatives of Ukrzaliznytsia and Lithuanian LTG and LTG Cargo agreed to implement the joint project “FREE Rail Operating Model”.
The total number of wagons waiting for unloading at Ukraine’s western land border crossings averaged some 11,100 units on May 10, which is 1,018 units below April 30.
A ban on cargo transportation from railway stations of all countries to Poland for consignees LLC InfraPro, LLC Medstroj, LLC Techgaz, LLC TechMed enters into force starting from May 10.
Starting from May 14, a ban was imposed on transport of coal, lignite, peat and other mineral resin (HS 27060000) from Ukrainian stations via the Uzhhorod-Exp border crossing to the Vojany SRT station in Slovakia for all consignees.
About 150 wagons (two trains on a 1520 track gauge and two trains on a 1435 mm track gauge) were transferred daily through the Vadul-Siret – Dornesti (Romania) border crossing in the period from May 1 till May 9. Up to 783 wagons were waiting to be transferred (up 11 units over the week),…… Read more »
From September 9 and until the decision is revoked, the carrier PKP Cargo S.A. will be banned from transporting dried legumes (HCN 0713), wheat and meslin (1001), rye (1002), barley (1003), oats (1004), corn (1005), rice (1006), sorghum (1007), buckwheat, millet and canary seeds (1008),
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Since the beginning of the current marketing year started July 1, 2022 and up to May 5, 2023, Ukraine exported a total of 42.49 million tonnes of grain and legumes (down 8% year-on-year).