According to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, the truck traffic at the Medyka border crossing point (Poland) adjacent to the Ukrainian Shehyni border crossing point was blocked again from January 4. Currently, about 800 trucks are waiting to enter Ukraine at this checkpoint.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine signed Resolution No. 1402 dated December 27, 2023 “On Approval of the Lists of Goods Subject to Licensing and Quotas for 2024”. The resolution came into force from January 1, 2024.
DB Cargo Romania, a subsidiary of DB Cargo AG, is expanding its fleet of locomotives manufactured by Sofronic Craiova: late last year it was to receive a TransMontana (TM 082), and is expected to receive a TM 085 in April 2024.
Kremenchuk Steel Works did not produce large railway steel castings in November 2023. The total production of large railway steel castings at the factory reached about 9,200 t in the period from January 1 to November 30, 2023.
Ukraine’s wagon building enterprises delivered as many as 110 freight wagons to their customers in November 2023, including 81 hoppers, 18 flatcars and 11 tank cars.
Prices for new freight wagons at some Ukrainian enterprises in December 2023 (million UAH, VAT excluding, EXW)
On January 3, German intermodal transport company Kombiverkehr KG launches a regular route between the Lübeck Dänischburg CTL terminal and the Swedish cities of Hallsberg and Stockholm. The connection will be provided by rail and ferry.
The Czech manufacturer CZ LOKO will produce five new EffiShunters 1000 locomotives for the carrier Trainpoint Norway and nine for the Swedish logistics company Railcare AB. An additional 20 locomotives have been contracted for Sweden; negotiations are underway for deliveries in 2025-2028.
Not less than 10,000 wagons were waiting for unloading at Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on December 27 (down 963 wagons compared with November 29). In particular, as many as 1,266 wagons were standing loaded with grain on December 27
Grain exports from Ukraine exceeded 2.3 million t in December 1-27, 2023 compared with 2.43 million t in November 2023. About 1.78 million t of grain were shipped from Ukraine’s ports in December 1-27 against 1.7 million t in November