On July 28, the Moldovan Railways (Calea Feratã din Moldova) received the first batch of P-65 rails from the Aktobe Rail and Section Works (Kazakhstan) as part of an agreement signed earlier this year. They will be used for the overhaul of railways in Moldova.
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Ukrainian wagon building enterprises delivered as many as 368 freight wagons to their customers in June 2024, including 236 hoppers, 128 flat cars, and four tank cars.
LTG Cargo reported that this year’s grain season started earlier than usual. It is expected that the transportation volumes of the new harvest will be stable or even higher than last year.
Railroad operator Lemtrans has announced that it intends to commission another container terminal, this time in Vinnytsia.
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The overall volume of railway transportation of rolled products, semi-finished products, pipes, pig iron and scrap of ferrous metals increased by 1% to 900,000 t in Ukraine in June compared with May. In particular, exports totaled 445,700 t of the commodities (up 5% month-on-month), the domestic supplies averaged 381,400 t (down 6% month-on-month)
On July 16, the Steering Committee of the European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) approved a project to integrate Ukraine’s railway infrastructure into the EU transport system. The project envisages the modernization of the railway network and the development of a 1435 mm gauge to ensure technological compatibility and increase capacity.
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