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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The transport company Ambrogio Intermodal has announced an investment in intermodal equipment – swap bodies and container chassis – to be supplied by German Kässbohrer. The new fleet (650 units) will expand the company’s capabilities and facilitate the transition to sustainable logistics.
At the end of December, a transshipment record was broken on the Baltic Hub railway line, with 8,201 containers handled in a week. The average figure in 2023 was 6,500 containers per week.
Lithuanian company LTG Cargo (Lietuvos Geležinkeliai) has announced the strengthening of intermodal services between Kaunas and Duisburg, Pruszkow and Slavków with the participation of LTG Cargo Polska, which has 31 locomotives at its disposal.
Romanian steelmaker LIBERTY Galati (a subsidiary of the UK-based LIBERTY Steel Group) plans to modernize its Romportmet Galati port to increase its throughput capacity.