About 201 wagons were transferred daily through the the Vadul-Siret – Dornesti (Romania) land border crossing as of November 21 (up 20 wagons in two weeks). By destinations, approximately 138 wagons with export cargo (up 21 units) and 63 wagons with imported goods (up 8 units) were handled daily in the period under review.
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PKP CARGO Group announced the official launch of the multimodal terminal Zdunska Wola – Karsznice, in which more than PLN 128 million (about €28 million) was invested. It covers an area of 13 hectares and has a transshipment capacity of 500,000 multimodal units per year.
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As part of the intermodal transportation development, Ukrzaliznytsia JSC plans to purchase 1,000 containers by the end of 2023. In total, it is planned to purchase 500 20-foot Open Top containers for the transportation of bulk cargo, including ore, and 500 20-foot bulk containers for the transportation of agricultural products.
LTG Cargo (Lietuvos geležinkeliai) and Ukrzaliznytsia have tested a new cargo transportation route: semi-trailers delivered from the Klaipeda seaport were transferred to the railway at the Kaunas intermodal terminal and sent to Kyiv.
On November 16, Akiem leasing company and Polish manufacturer Newag signed an agreement to supply 30 Dragon 2 electric locomotives (with an option for another 50 such locomotives). The total value of the order is €500 million.
From November 18 and until this decision is revoked, the convention will be in effect for transportation of all goods from Ukrainian railway stations through the Izov-Exp border crossing to Poland for the TransLogService Sp.z.o.o. consignee.
DTEK Energy has contracted additional 70,000 tonnes of thermal coal from Poland for the heating season. In total, for the period from September 2023 to March 2024, the volume of imported coal purchases has been increased to 280,000 t.
On November 14, 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia decided to allocate €50,000 from the state budget to contribute to the Grain from Ukraine humanitarian aid program. This is Latvia’s second investment in this program – last year the country also financed assistance in the amount of €50,000.