Actual situation with navigation in Sulina and Bystre Canals
As of January 5, there were about 28 vessels in the Sulina and Bystre canals waiting to head west to Danube ports (three destined for Izmail and one each for Reni and Giurgiulesti).
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Romania building transport corridor between Ukraine and EU, bypassing Poland and Hungary
Romania is building a new highway to the border with Ukraine – the 450-km-long Autostrada Moldovei (Moldovan Expressway). The new infrastructure is expected to provide Ukraine with additional access to the EU bypassing Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia, while Romania will boost economic development in the east of the country.
Wagon queues at land border crossings*
Almost 9,500 wagons were waiting for unloading at Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on January 3 (down 531 wagons compared with December 27). In particular, as many as 1,203 wagons were standing loaded with grain on January 3 (down 63 units compared with December 27)
TEN-T: Moldova and the EU sign a memorandum of understanding
The European Union and the Republic of Moldova have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the mapping of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) in Moldova.The indicative maps of the Trans-European Transport Network include European rail and road transport corridors to Moldova and Ukraine.
Infrastructure restrictions for trains moving to sea ports
Ukrzaliznytsia curbs the passage of trains to the seaports of Greater Odesa, the Danube region and border crossings with Moldova by 47 pairs of trains per day (about 2,600 wagons) due to infrastructure limitations. In particular, Podilsk-Rozdilna station, the only station which trains can use when moving towards the directions mentioned above
Shell delivers Kazakh oil to Germany via new route
The PCK Raffinerie GmbH in Schwedt (Germany) has received Kazakh oil from Shell for the first time through the port of Gdansk (Poland).
Ukrzaliznytsia working to step up train traffic to seaports
Ukrzaliznytsia is working to increase the capacity of the Podilsk – Rozdilna section to 50 trains per day (currently, the figure is 47 trains per day, and the passport capacity does not exceed 40 trains). In particular, repair work is currently underway on this section.
Greece-Bulgaria interconnector: More than 80% of capacity booked for gas year 2023-24 within auctions
According to the results of the annual and quarterly auctions held by ICGB, the operator of the Greece-Bulgaria interconnector (IGB), 84% of the pipeline capacity for the gas year 2023-24 was booked at the commercial level.
Freight traffic through Medyka – Shehyni border crossing point blocked again
According to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, the truck traffic at the Medyka border crossing point (Poland) adjacent to the Ukrainian Shehyni border crossing point was blocked again from January 4. Currently, about 800 trucks are waiting to enter Ukraine at this checkpoint.
New intermodal service between Germany and Sweden
On January 3, German intermodal transport company Kombiverkehr KG launches a regular route between the Lübeck Dänischburg CTL terminal and the Swedish cities of Hallsberg and Stockholm. The connection will be provided by rail and ferry.