From February 1 to February 7, transportation of husks (ETSNV 542101), cake (542050), feed meal (542224) and meal containing no more than 1.5% oil and no more than 11% moisture (542239) through the Izov-Exp border crossing (PKP) to Poland is suspended for all consignees.
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
The volume of railway transportation of rolled steel products, semi-finished products, pipes, pig iron and ferrous metal scrap decreased by 1% to 800,000 t in Ukraine in December compared with November.
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
Starting January 25 and until this decision is revoked, a convention will be in effect on the transportation of all cargo to Odesa Railways’ Chornomorska-Exp station (for the OPP) for all consignees.
It is allowed to load sugar and confectionery products made of sugar (HS 17), residues and waste from the food industry as well as ready-made animal feed (23) from Ukrainian stations to Wola Baranowska LHS in Poland for Transhandrol. Loading of empty wagons is also allowed.
During a meeting of Ukrainian and Romanian railroaders, a representative of the Ivano-Frankivsk Directorate of Ukrzaliznytsia said that last year another 1435 mm wide track was reconstructed at Vadul-Siret station.
During the meeting of representatives of the Ukrainian and Romanian railways, Viktor Gurdish, the GFR’s representative, has announced that a new grain transshipment terminal is going to be operational in February. The facility is situated near the Dorneşti station.
Ukrainian wagon building enterprises delivered as many as 215 freight wagons to their customers in December 2023, including 162 hoppers, 38 flat cars, 14 tank cars and 1 coke quenching wagon.
Almost 7.2 million tonnes of agricultural products were exported from Ukraine in December 2023, showing an increase of 32% month-on-month or 1.7 million t compared with November. In particular, December exports included slightly less than 6 million t of grain (up 32% month-on-month or 1.5 million t)