According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, Ukraine will ship sunflower oil for the first time under the humanitarian food initiative of the President of Ukraine “Grain from Ukraine”. The products in the amount of over 2,450 tons will be shipped to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Djibouti, Mauritania and Palestine.
LTG Cargo Ukraine organized transportation of 20 hopper wagons from Ukraine to Lithuania. The fleet belonging to Lithuanian customers was scattered throughout Ukraine, which made the project particularly challenging. However, the company managed to assemble this rolling stock at Volodymyr station for further transportation abroad.
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
As expected, rental rates for gondola cars are going down gradually in June. This is due to constant shelling of the infrastructure and shortage of electricity; in such circumstances, large metallurgical companies and mining enterprises are unable to load their products.
From June 13 to June 20, a convention will be in effect that will restrict transportation of goods of any kind from Ukrainian railway stations through the Trakiszki and Mockava border crossings to Lithuania and the Trakiszki station in Poland for all consignees.
From June 19 to June 26, a convention will be in effect that will restrict transportation of all cargo from Ukrainian railway stations to the Povazska Bystrica station in Slovakia for certain consignees, namely Teplaren and Raven.
This year, Switzerland will provide additional grant funding of ₣10 million to restore Ukraine’s railway infrastructure. This funding was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on June 7.
Viterra Ukraine, a subsidiary of Glencore International AG, has acquired the Penkivsky elevator in Vinnytsia. Its capacity for simultaneous storage is 26,000 tons, and the elevator can receive 3,000 tons per day.
AS Operail, the Estonian state-owned rail freight operator, has been put up for sale. On June 6, the Estonian Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal of the Ministry of Climate to privatize the company through a public auction.
From June 10 to June 14, transportation of goods of any classification from Ukrainian stations via the Chalupki Gr. – Bohumin border crossing to Poland and the Czech Republic is prohibited, except for agreed deliveries to PKP CARGO S.A. through the territory of Poland and the Czech Republic for all consignees.