On December 7, the German company Deutsche Bahn announced the start of construction of a railway line on the approach to the future Fehmarnbelt Tunnel, which will connect two islands – Danish Lolland and German Fehmarn – under the Fehmarn Belt.
More than 8,200 wagons with various goods were awaiting to be transferred through Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on December 11 compared with almost 9,800 wagons in late November.
The Hungarian Road Transport Association (MKFE) has announced that it will go on strike starting December 11 to draw the attention of the European Commission and the Hungarian government to the market impact of the EU-Ukraine agreement. The protests will take place at the Zahony – Chop border crossing.
Due to unfavorable weather conditions, traffic on the Danube River has been suspended since December 6. As of December 5, only one vessel of more than 10k dwt was expected to sail west to Sulina, but the canal administration would not agree to suspend downstream navigation for the sake of one vessel
In March 2024, the Romanian port of Constanta plans to launch an additional anchorage for Ukrainian agricultural products. This agreement was reached in Romania at a meeting on increasing the export capacity of Ukrainian Danube ports.
NIBULON plans to invest about $12 million in the modernization of its elevator business. The main funding will be used to build a new elevator at the Khmilnyk branch, reconstruct Vradiyivskyi and Kolosivskyi elevators.
The Ministry of Reconstruction of Ukraine, representatives of Romania, the United States, Moldova, and the European Commission are working to increase the capacity of Ukrainian rail and road checkpoints, including the possibility of opening a “green corridor” between Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania through Reni, Giurgiulesti, and Galati.
About 7,200 wagons with grain were found waiting for unloading at Ukrainian sea ports on November 30. Taking into account that approximately 928 wagons per day are accepted at the stations, it might take up to 8 days to serve all the wagons currently standing in the railway network waiting for unloading at grain…… Read more »
Almost 10,900 wagons were waiting for unloading at Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on November 29, down 1,962 wagons compared with October 31. In particular, as many as 1,640 wagons were standing loaded with grain on November 29 (down 986 units compared with October 31)
About 9,800 wagons with various goods were waiting for a transfer through Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on November 30 compared with 11,600 wagons in late October.