At the end of December, a transshipment record was broken on the Baltic Hub railway line, with 8,201 containers handled in a week. The average figure in 2023 was 6,500 containers per week.
Lithuanian company LTG Cargo (Lietuvos Geležinkeliai) has announced the strengthening of intermodal services between Kaunas and Duisburg, Pruszkow and Slavków with the participation of LTG Cargo Polska, which has 31 locomotives at its disposal.
A total of 1.1 million t of cargo were transferred through the Chop – Zahony land border crossing point in 2023, of which 108,200 t fell on imported goods while 1 million t were export cargo. Thus, the cargo flow increased bylmost 400,000 t in 2023 compared with 2022 or 56% year-on-year.
The German Locomotive Drivers’ Union (GDL) announced in a statement that DB Cargo employees would suspend work from the evening of January 9 to the evening of January 12 to go on strike. Passenger traffic operators Deutsche Bahn AG, Transdev and City Bahn Chemnitz have also joined the action (from January 10 to 12).
According to the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, the overall export volume of goods in containers increased in 2023, showing a 86% hike in rail deliveries and a 36% rise in those by road. Note that container transportation is the most effective in terms of goods with a high added value.
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About 7,900 wagons with grain were found waiting for unloading at Ukrainian sea ports on January 4, 2024. Taking into account that approximately 1,100 wagons per day are accepted at the stations
According to the information received by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine from the Border Guard of the Republic of Poland, on January 6 at 21:00 (Kyiv time), the protest action in front of the Medyka – Shehyni checkpoint ended.
Polish rail freight operator Olavion (part of the Unimot Capital Group) is purchasing four more six-axle DC Dragon2 locomotives from Newag. The total value of the order is PLN 75 million.