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.
Grain exports from Ukraine by railways averaged some 463,500 tonnes in the period started December 1 and ended December 6. Note that a total of 2.43 million t of grain were delivered abroad by railways in October. Up to 349,600 t of grain meant for oversea shipments arrived at Ukraine’s ports in the period…… Read more »
Gondola car rental rates have been growing in December. Market participants explain this by active shipments of iron ore. Thus, iron ore exports reached 2.3 million t in November, up 20% month-on-month. In particular, iron ore shipments to seaports surged by 66% month-on-month to 1.3 million t.
The Austrian logistics company Innofreight has manufactured a Sgwrs (Smart GigaWood Round & Sawn) wagon for the transportation of roundwood and lumber. The first batch of 23 units was delivered to the German plant Schwaiger Holzindustrie this year, and the rolling stock is already actively used in the company’s operations.
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LDZ CARGO (a subsidiary of the Latvian railway concern Latvijas dzelzceļš) offers 46 grain carriers of its private fleet (models 19-7016, 19-7052-02) for rent in Ukraine.
The Rail Cargo Group, a part of Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), and the Swiss company MFD Rail have signed a framework agreement to provide the operator with 600 additional container wagons. In particular, the first 100 container cars are already ready for use. The next batch of 100 cars is expected to be delivered…… Read more »
TX Logistik AG (part of the Mercitalia Group, a subsidiary of Ferrovie delle Stato Italiane, the Italian state railroad) has completed the acquisition of Exploris Deutschland Holding GmbH Hamburg, a European company specializing in rail freight transportation (and, accordingly, the companies HSL Logistik, Delta Rail and Via Cargo Logistics that are part of it).