The North European market is now the only area looking relatively optimistic for coaster owners. This week, shipments of timber cargoes have even perked up in the region, while requests for grain and steel transportation from EU ports regularly enter the market.
ActiveProject has started construction of the multimodal terminal Fishka Nov located in the Chernivtsi region.
Siemens Mobility Italy CEO Pierfrancesco de Rossi has announced that the company has signed agreements with two railway operators for the supply of Vectron locomotives. In particular, Rail Traction Company will receive four locomotives, and InRail will receive two.
On February 22, the Latvian Saeima adopted amendments to the Law on Agriculture and Rural Development that prohibit the imports of agricultural and feed products from Russia and Belarus for consumption in Latvia.
Between March 11 and April 20, transportation of goods of any classification from Ukrainian stations to Dziakoszyn station in Poland for the Cementovnia Warta consignee is prohibited.
LDZ Cargo (a subsidiary of Latvijas dzelzceļš) plans to put up two TEP70 series locomotives for an open-cry auction on March 12. The starting price of the lot (and the locomotives will be sold as one lot) is €214,000.
In February, Ascet Shipping began cooperation with the port operator SV in Chornomorsk and now provides a range of transportation, storage and cargo services in the port. Since then, it has loaded two vessels with a total volume of 14,000 t.
On February 23, the fleet of the German company HSL Logistik was replenished with a new Euro9000 locomotive manufactured by Stadler (No. 2019 314-4). This is the company’s third locomotive of this series, with two more in production.
On February 29, after fulfilling all the necessary conditions, Węglokoks (Poland) and Sea-Invest Corporation (Luxembourg) completed the transfer of shares in the Port Północny transshipment and warehousing company (PPS Port Północny sp. z o.o.) and signed a contract.
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne