According to the operator Vagon-Invest, the company has been working for a year and a half to develop and implement an optimal scheme for supplying imported coking coal to Ukrainian companies.
The traffic of mineral fertilizers by railways has weakened somewhat in November compared with October , showing a 12% plunge to approximately 149,000 t. Domestic supplies dropped by 14% month-on-month to 102,000 t, while transportation of imported mineral fertilizers shrank by 13% month-on-month to 43,000 t.
LTG Cargo, a leading rail freight operator in Lithuania, has announced the purchase of 17 electric locomotives to be used on the Vilnius-Klaipeda route. As part of the agreement, the company will also be provided with spare parts and traction maintenance for the first three years of operation.
Kernel agricultural holding has invested over $20 million in its own fleet, Yuriy Kizlevych, Head of Transshipment and Fleet, told the Shipping and Trade Day 2024 online conference.
The operators of the Riga Freeport all together handled almost 1.8 million t of cargo in November, a 250,000 t hike compared with October.
In November, the stevedoring companies of Liepaja SEZ handled a total of 549,000 t of various goods, falling behind the record October result by 22% month-on-month or overwhelming 157,000 t.
Similar to the past few weeks, North Europe is the only region where small-tonnage owners are feeling the taste of approaching holidays and the traditional pre-holiday excitement (although not as high as usual). Limited spot tonnage list and persistent weather problems allowed owners to raise freight rates by another €0.5-1/t.
The handling volume dropped by approximately 78,000 t to 3.8 million t at the port of Klaipeda in November compared with October. This is mostly due to the weakened cargo turnover at the the Klaipeda State Seaport, which showed a 75,000 t plunge to 3.2 million t.
According to the company’s press service, the extension of the Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company’s contract with consumers in Europe will result in a 30% increase in iron ore supplies in 2025. The company’s modernized fleet will be shipping iron ore.
After test runs in November, Freightliner PL started operating from Silesia via Swinoujscie to Swedish ports (Istad/Trölleborg): on December 8, the first train with semi-trailers (eight units) was received at the ferry terminal in Swinoujscie in cooperation with Galan Logistics. After transshipment to sea, the semi-trailers were to be sent to Gothenburg and Stockholm.