Bulgarian Express Service OOD delivers two ES1000 battery shunting locomotives for Romanian Softronic
The Bulgarian company Express Service OOD has delivered two ES1000 battery shunting locomotives to Romania for the Softronic company.
Railway transportation
Handling of grain wagons at Ukraine’s sea ports
About 6,200 wagons with grain were found waiting for unloading at Ukrainian sea ports on November 9. Taking into account that approximately 980 wagons are daily accepted at the stations, it might take up to 6 days to serve all these wagons.
Slag transportation via Yahodyn-exp. border crossing to Poland temporarily banned
From November 10 to November 16, a convention will be in effect restricting transportation of granulated slag (ETSNV 27) from Ukrainian stations via the Yahodyn-exp. border crossing to Poland for all consignees.
TX Logistik planning to develop intermodal rail transportation to Turkey
TX Logistik AG (part of the Mercitalia Group, a subsidiary of Ferrovie delle Stato Italiane, the Italian state railway) intends to continue developing intermodal freight transportation to Turkey. Therefore, the company is planning to present updated information about its projects at the Logitrans exhibition in Istanbul on November 15-17.
Beacon Rail orders ten Vectron MS locomotives from Siemens Mobility
Beacon Rail, a rolling stock leasing company, has ordered ten Vectron MS multisystem locomotives from Siemens Mobility. They are to be used along the Rhine-Alpine corridor, between North Sea ports, and on domestic European routes. This order will bring the number of Vectron locomotives in the company’s fleet to 170.
Wagon queues at land border crossings*
About 11,400 wagons were waiting for unloading at Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on November 8, down overwhelming 1,468 wagons compared with October 31. In particular, as many as 2,173 wagons were standing loaded with grain on November 8
Germany: Frankfurt – Mannheim railway line to be completely closed from January 1 to 22, 2024
The Riedbahn railway connecting Frankfurt and Mannheim will be completely closed for train traffic from January 1 to 22, 2024. In addition, over the next five months, the line will be partially closed for reconstruction in order to complete the work by the summer
LV Agroo provides back-loading of containers with Ukrainian grain
LV Agroo, a Latvian company engaged in the production and distribution of mineral fertilizers, has provided loading of its own products to containers that arrived at the port of Riga with agricultural products from Ukraine.
Handling at Ukraine – Romania and Ukraine – Moldova border crossings*
As many as 181 wagons were transferred daily through the the Vadul-Siret – Dornesti (Romania) land border crossing as of November 7 (down 7 wagons in two weeks). By destinations, some 117 wagons with export cargo (down 27 units) and 55 wagons with imported goods (up 4 units) were handled daily in the period…… Read more »
Handling at Ukraine – Poland border crossings*
As many as 3,500 wagons were moving to the Izov station on November 2, including 1,200 wagons with cakes, 457 wagons with vegetable oil, and 173 wagons with grain. About 1,600 wagons were on their way to the Mostyska-2 station on that date, including 900 containers.