The section of the railway network between Leon and Asturias – the Pajares bypass – is one step closer to being put into operation. According to Adif (Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias, the state corporation that manages Spain’s rail network), last week the first freight train with metal products
KfW IPEX-Bank, a subsidiary of Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), a German state-owned bank, and EUROWAGON, a Polish leasing company, have signed an agreement to finance the purchase of 800 new intermodal wagons.
A total of 818,000 tonnes of grain were exported from Ukraine by railways during the period started August 1 and ended August 30 compared with 805,000 t during the entire July.
At the beginning of the month, Siemens Mobility and Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) successfully implemented the European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 2 on the 57 km route between Linz and Föcklabruck.
Between September 2 and December 9, transport of all cargoes from Ukraine to Poland and Germany through the Kostrzyn (PKP) and Kustrin-Kietz (DB) border crossings is suspended for all consignees.
Vessels that were blocked in Ukraine’s Black Sea ports due to the war continue to use the temporary corridor. Two bulk carriers, the Liberian-flagged Anna-Theresa and the Marshall Islands-flagged Ocean Courtesy, have left Pivdennyi port and are heading toward the Bosphorus.
According to LTG Infra (a subsidiary of Lietuvos geležinkeliai), the electrification of the Vilnius-Klaipeda railway line is ongoing, with almost half of the plan already implemented.
Due to the blockade of Ukrainian ports, Poland is preparing to increase the volume of grain cargo transshipment from Ukraine, in particular through the port of Gdansk. In the first six months of 2023, the port handled 1.4 million tons of grain cargo (mainly corn)
As many as 146 wagons were transferred daily through the the Vadul-Siret – Dornesti (Romania) land border crossing as of August 29 (up 1 wagon compared with the previous week). By destinations, some 116 wagons with export cargo
QTerminals, a joint venture of Qatar Ports Management Company (Mwani Qatar – 51% stake) and Qatar Navigation (Milaha – 49% stake), has acquired a controlling stake in Kramer Holding BV (Kramer Group), which operates the Rotterdam Container Terminal.