ÖBB sets up duty-free rail freight corridor Italy-Austria
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.
Railway transportation
USA cancels anti-dumping measures against certain steel products from Ukraine
Following an administrative review of anti-dumping measures against imports of prestressed concrete steel wire strand originating from Ukraine, the U.S. Department of Commerce set the dumping margin at 0% on November 16. Note that previously the tariff of 19.3% had been in effect since 2021.
Grain exports from Ukraine in MY 2023/2024
A total of 15.29 million tonnes of grain and legumes were exported from Ukraine from the beginning of the current marketing year (July 1) to December 15, 2023, which is 23% below the result of the same period of MY 2022/2023. In particular, exports included 7.7 million t of corn (down 29% y-o-y), 6.5…… Read more »
Port of Riga launches regular container train between its terminals
Since the beginning of December, the port of Riga has launched a regular container train between the two busiest terminals – Riga Universal Terminal and Baltic Container Terminal. The operator is the private carrier Baltijas Ekspresis in cooperation with the port companies
Restriction on transportation of compound feed and dairy products to Poland via Izov-exp in Ukrzaliznytsia’s wagons
Starting from December 21 and until the decision is canceled, transportation of compound feed (ЄТСНВ 54) and dairy products (55) to Poland through the Izov-exp. border crossing point (PKP) in wagons owned by branches of Ukrzaliznytsia JSC namely Donetsk, Lviv, Odesa, Prydniprovska, South-Western and Southern railways, the Transport Logistics Center
Ban on cargo transportation via certain border crossings to Poland and Czech Republic
From December 15 and until this decision is revoked, a convention will be in effect that will restrict transportation of all cargo from Ukraine through the Cieszyn Marklowice GR and Cesky Tesin st.hr. border crossings to Poland and the Czech Republic for all consignees.
The Howard G. Buffett Foundation invests in logistics development in Ukraine
The American foundation The Howard G. Buffett Foundation, together with its partners, has built a dry port with an elevator with a storage capacity of 30,000 tons of agricultural products in Ukraine on the border with Hungary. This was announced by American philanthropist and chairman of the foundation Howard Buffett at the Victory Harvest…… Read more »
TX Logistik AG: acquisition of Exploris Deutschland Holding officially completed
TX Logistik AG (part of the Mercitalia Group, a subsidiary of Ferrovie delle Stato Italiane, the Italian state railway) has announced that the acquisition of Exploris Deutschland Holding GmbH Hamburg, a European company specializing in rail freight transportation (and, accordingly, the HSL Logistik and Via Cargo Logistics companies that are part of it), has…… Read more »
Ukrzaliznytsia built grain carrier for transportation on 1520 and 1435 mm gauge tracks
According to Ukrzaliznytsia, the company has built a grain carrier at its own facilities that is adapted for the transportation of goods on 1520 mm and 1435 mm gauges. The components and materials used in the production were mostly Ukrainian-made.
NIBULON transported almost 30k tonnes of grain with USAID railcars
Since August, when NIBULON received its first grain carriers as part of the USAID Economic Support for Ukrainian project, it has already transported almost 30,000 tonnes of grain.