Lithuanian company LTG Cargo plans to start operations in the neighboring countries of Estonia and Latvia. The certification process is currently underway, and the first test flights have already been made in Estonia.
In order to meet the demand for grain transportation across Europe, the logistics company Innofreight has developed a new type of container – GrainTainers. In early October, during the visit of Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, the company presented loaded wagons at the Dobra terminal in Slovakia.
On October 20, RAILPOOL and Vossloh Rolling Stock in Kiel, Germany, signed several agreements for the supply of 45 Modula hybrid locomotives (in two variations that are certified for the German and Dutch markets, among others) with an option to expand the order by 142 traction units.
As part of the European Solidarity Roads program, the Greek government proposes to launch a railway connection between the country and Bulgaria, Moldova, and Romania to connect with Ukraine.
Northern Mining and Processing Plant has received a new 2TE10M two-section mainline diesel locomotive after a major overhaul at the Daugavpils Locomotive Repair Plant (Latvia, DLRR).
Up to 291 wagons were transferred daily through the Chop – Čierna nad Tisou land border crossing point as of October 12 (down 18 units compared with the previous week). In particular, 258 wagons were moving on export routes (down 20 units), while 33 wagons arrived with imported goods (up 2 wagons).
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Approximately 10,000 wagons with various goods were found waiting for a transfer through Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on October 11 compared with about 11,000 wagons in late September.
About 2,950 wagons were moving to the Izov station on October 11, including 938 wagons with cakes, 893 wagons with vegetable oil, and 246 wagons with grain. Up to 1,900 wagons were on their way to the Mostyska-2 station on that date, including 976 containers and 418 wagons with metals.
In early October, Czech Railways received two Siemens Vectron locomotives (193.576, 193.577) from the leasing company RSL. The operator’s fleet now includes 35 of these electric locomotives, with 39 by the end of the year and 22 more expected to be delivered next year.