Poland’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Robert Telus said that the country will build the first grain port in Gdansk, which will be used, in particular, to service grain transit from Ukraine.
Metinvest Polska has opened a new 7,700 sq m covered warehouse in Poland. With this warehouse, Metinvest Group plans to expand its reach to end customers, accelerate turnover, increase sales of steel products in Europe and improve service levels.
About 2,800 wagons with grain were waiting for unloading at Ukrainian sea ports on October 9. Taking into account that approximately 412 wagons per day are accepted at the stations, it will take about 7 days to serve all the wagons currently standing in the railway network waiting for unloading at port terminals.
ActiveProject is completing the construction of a dry port located near the border with Hungary and Romania. The terminal was designed using modern 3D tools (BIM), which significantly accelerated the construction of the facility.
On October 8, two more bulk carriers used the temporary corridor of the Ukrainian Navy. In particular, the vessels Forza Doria (32.8k dwt, flying the flag of Barbados) and New Legacy (28.7k dwt, flying the flag of Belize) departed from the ports of Greater Odesa.
A total of 107 million tonnes of goods of various product groups were transported in the Ukrzaliznytsia rail network during the period started January 1 and ended September 30, 2023, down 9% compared with the same period of the previous year.
Greece is proposing to use its ports in the Aegean Sea as a corridor for Ukrainian grain exports. In particular, this plan envisages transportation of products by rail through Romania and Bulgaria to ports in Thessaloniki and Alexandroupolis.
The Moldovan government is planning a large-scale modernization of the state-owned port of Giurgiulesti, which will significantly increase the transshipment of agricultural products. The reconstruction of the port is planned to be completed by 2028.
About 11,100 wagons with various goods were found waiting for a transfer through Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on September 27 compared with 8,800 wagons in late August.
On September 19, a press conference was held at the Port of Szczecin, during which Krzysztof Urbas, President of the Szczecin and Swinoujscie Seaports Authority, spoke about the company’s development plans.