On Wednesday, March 20, the EU Parliament and Council reached a preliminary agreement on the extension of trade liberalization measures for Ukraine. It is expected that the temporary suspension of import duties and quotas on exports of Ukrainian agricultural products to the EU will be extended for another year – until June 5, 2025.
The operator Rail Cargo Logistics (part of the Rail Cargo Group) has recently received 50 new Tagnpps grain carriers (with a body volume of 95 cubic meters) from the French leasing company Ermewa. The rolling stock was delivered from the Tatravagonka Poprad plant in two batches
From March 22 to March 29, the carrier RCX will be prohibited from transporting cargo of any type from Ukrainian stations through the Koprivnica-Drnje-Botovo border crossing to Croatia for all consignees.
Last year, the Estonian railway company Eesti Raudtee held tenders for the renewal of the railway contact network from Lagedi station to Aegviidu station. As a result of the tender, Eesti Raudtee signed an agreement with Leonhard Weiss OÜ. The total investment amount is €49 million.
Starting in March, Lithuanian company LTG Cargo (Lietuvos Geležinkeliai) will provide transportation of oil products from the ORLEN Lietuva plant to Estonia via the 311 km Bugeniai – Valga route. The Lithuanian operator can deliver a rolling stock of 5,300 t of cargo across the Baltic States in less than one day.
During a meeting of Ukrainian, Romanian, and Moldovan railroaders, Valeriy Tkachov, deputy director of the commercial work department at Ukrzaliznytsia, said that, following a request from Calea Ferată din Moldova (CFM), Ukrzaliznytsia changed its train formation plan.
During the European Parliament’s meeting on March 12, representatives of many political groups called for an embargo and sanctions on food and agricultural products originating in Russia and Belarus.
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The SM48 series locomotive type 20D “Mikołaj” modernized by the Polish company Tabor Dębica has received a certificate of conformity for the type of railway vehicle.
According to the announcement by Polish railway operator PKP LHS of March 2, the company is offering its customers special discounts for transportation of coal (HS 2701), iron ore (2601) and metal products (72, 73) when importing and transiting from/through all LHS stations.