Romania is building a new highway to the border with Ukraine – the 450-km-long Autostrada Moldovei (Moldovan Expressway). The new infrastructure is expected to provide Ukraine with additional access to the EU bypassing Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia, while Romania will boost economic development in the east of the country.
Almost 9,500 wagons were waiting for unloading at Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on January 3 (down 531 wagons compared with December 27). In particular, as many as 1,203 wagons were standing loaded with grain on January 3 (down 63 units compared with December 27)
Ukraine exported almost 19 million tonnes of grain and legumes in the period from July 1, 2023 when the current marketing year started and up to January 15, 2024, showing a plunge of 23% compared with the same period of the MY 2022-23.
The European Union and the Republic of Moldova have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the mapping of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) in Moldova.The indicative maps of the Trans-European Transport Network include European rail and road transport corridors to Moldova and Ukraine.
According to the press service of the company, enterprises of the Metinvest Group launched production of 25 new types of steel products in 2023, as many as 14 of which were launched by Metinvest Group together with Zaporizhstal.
According to actual data, Ukraine exported almost 2.737 million t of grain in December 2023 compared with 2.43 million t in November 2023. Not less than 2.1 million t of grain meant for oversea shipments arrived at Ukraine’s ports in December (against 1.7 million t in November).
The Swiss leasing company European Loc Pool has ordered 10 new EuroDual locomotives from Stadler, with delivery scheduled for 2025-2026. The total number of the company’s traction rolling stock will be 114 units, including 84 EuroDual locomotives and 30 Euro 9000 locomotives.
Ukrzaliznytsia is working to increase the capacity of the Podilsk – Rozdilna section to 50 trains per day (currently, the figure is 47 trains per day, and the passport capacity does not exceed 40 trains). In particular, repair work is currently underway on this section.
About 266 wagons were transferred daily through the Chop – Čierna nad Tisou land border crossing point as of December 21 (up 9 units per day in two weeks). Approximately 199 wagons per day were moving on export routes (down 1 unit), while 67 wagons arrived with imported cargo (up 10 units).
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.