Alstom has been awarded a contract to modernize the Caransebes – Lugoj railway line in Romania, including the introduction of a new signaling and electrification system ERTMS level 2.
The Implementing Act on the introduction of Electronic Freight Transport Information (eFTI) in the European Union was officially adopted on December 19, 2023.
Almost 10,100 wagons were waiting for unloading at Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on December 20 (down 858 wagons compared with November 29).
Grain exports from Ukraine reached more than 1.73 million t in December 1-20, 2023 compared with 2.43 million t during entire November 2023. About 1.32 million t of grain were shipped through Ukraine’s ports in the period under review (against 1.7 million t in November)
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Rental rates have held steady in the Baltic countries in December compared with November. The changes in some rental rates can be explained exclusively by currency fluctuations.
A total of 3 million t of Ukrainian iron ore were carried by railways in November (up 17% compared with October). Export iron ore traffic increased by 19% month-on-month to 2.3 million t in November, while domestic deliveries rose by 10% month-on-month to 700,000 t.
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Adif, a railway infrastructure operator, has announced the start of repairing the railway infrastructure at its La Negrilla cargo terminal in Spain. In particular, rails, concrete sleepers and ballast are to be replaced on eleven tracks. This railroad section includes two public tracks, three are receiving and sending tracks, five are in the warehouse…… Read more »
The Port of Trieste (Italy) and the Rail Cargo Group (part of Austrian Federal Railways / ÖBB) are implementing an initiative to speed up customs procedures.