There were almost 9,600 wagons waiting for unloading at Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on December 10, down 1,342 wagons compared with November 29. In particular, as many as 1,567 wagons were standing loaded with grain on December 10 (down 73 units compared with November 29)
On December 7, the German company Deutsche Bahn announced the start of construction of a railway line on the approach to the future Fehmarnbelt Tunnel, which will connect two islands – Danish Lolland and German Fehmarn – under the Fehmarn Belt.
More than 8,200 wagons with various goods were awaiting to be transferred through Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on December 11 compared with almost 9,800 wagons in late November.
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Czech railroad operator EP Cargo (part of the European energy company Energy and Industry Holding) has purchased 50 wagons with a body volume of 103 cubic meters for transportation of agricultural products.
The French company Ermewa has delivered 55 new intermodal wagons of the Sgmmnss 80′ type, manufactured at the Tatravagonka plant, to a Swedish customer. They are suitable for transportation of 20-, 30-, 40-foot and interchangeable containers.
AB Klaipėdos nafta (KN) is resuming the supply of diesel fuel in ISO containers (30,000 tonnes) by rail through Poland to Ukraine after a break. This batch of fuel was transferred from a tanker to KN tanks and then to tank containers.
The Hungarian Road Transport Association (MKFE) has announced that it will go on strike starting December 11 to draw the attention of the European Commission and the Hungarian government to the market impact of the EU-Ukraine agreement. The protests will take place at the Zahony – Chop border crossing.
In the period from December 9, 2023 to February 4, 2024, the carrier PKP Cargo S.A. will be subject to a convention that will restrict the transit of all cargo from Ukrainian railway stations to Germany and Poland through the Kostrzyn (PKP) and Kustrin-Kietz (DB) border crossings for all recipients.
A total of 134.7 million tonnes of goods of various product groups were transported in the Ukrzaliznytsia rail network during the period started January 1 and ended November 30, 2023, down 4% compared with the same period of the previous year.