LDZ CARGO (a subsidiary of the Latvian railway concern Latvijas dzelzceļš) offers 108 railcars for rent, including 46 fitting platforms for large-tonnage containers (model 13-1223), 41 covered railcars (subject to withdrawal from the territory of Ukraine) and 21 transporter railcars (located in Ukraine, subject to repair by the lessee).
In January 2024, a floating LNG terminal – FSRU Alexandroupolis – with an annual liquefied gas transshipment capacity of 5.5 bcm is to be connected to the 28 km long subsea and onshore high-pressure gas pipeline, which will allow feeding raw materials into the Greek gas transmission system and further to end consumers in… Read more »
The cargo turnover dropped by 230,000 t to 3.4 million t at the Port of Klaipeda in December compared with November. In particular, Klaipeda State Seaport reports a 132,000 t plunge in December transshipment volume to 2.7 million t. Handling of crude oil dropped by 98,000 t to 692,000 t at the Butinge terminal.
At the beginning of 2024, the leasing company GATX Rail Europe (part of the American GATX Group) delivered a set of Zacns tank cars to a new customer, ADM Corporation.
LTG Cargo Ukraine, a subsidiary of LTG Cargo (Lietuvos geležinkeliai), has successfully delivered 18 empty tank wagons to Ukraine via Poland. This project was unique because the tanks were of different models and each required separate permits from PKP PLK.
The State Customs Service of Ukraine and its Moldovan counterparts will jointly control rail traffic at the Novosavytske-Kuchurhan border crossing point. Representatives of the customs and border administrations of both countries have already signed the Act on the readiness of the Kuchurhan-Novosavytske railway crossing point for joint control.
Starting January 8, METRANS Group (a subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG) will launch a new daily train service between Germany’s largest seaport, Hamburg, and the railway junction in Kornwestheim (near Stuttgart).
The small-tonnage freight market remains under pressure, which, however, is quite expected: in the last 10 years, ship owners managed to prevent the rate decline in January-February only in 2021. Despite the return of all players from holidays, the market activity remains low; this applies even to shipments of Ukrainian grain.
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