Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has proposed to transfer the procedures for checking Ukrainian grain (phytosanitary, sanitary, veterinary, etc.) from the Ukrainian-Polish border to the ports of the Baltic States. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki responded positively.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Minister Gordon Hirlić-Radman held talks during his visit to Ukraine on July 31.
TX Logistik, the international subsidiary of the Italian national railway holding company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), is expanding its network through the acquisition of Exploris Deutschland Holding (the acquisition is subject to regulatory approval).
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the use of a €37.6 million loan provided by the French government to restore the country’s railway infrastructure by Resolution No. 776 of 25 July 2023.
As many as 7,400 wagons to be transferred to foreign operators were found waiting in the Ukrzaliznytsia rail network on July 27.
In a tweet, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis addressed the European Commission with a proposal to use the capacity of five Baltic ports to export Ukrainian grain.
There were about 8,400 wagons waiting for unloading at Ukraine’s western land border crossing points as of July 26 (up 875 wagons compared with June 28).
PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe SA has built three additional tracks at the Malaszewicze station (on the Warsaw-Terespol line, near the border with Belarus), which will increase the capacity of the station, including for foreign traffic.
Ukrzaliznytsia is launching a new Intermodal Train service for the transportation of containers to Poland. The trains will run on the routes Kyiv/Odesa/Dnipro/Vinnytsia-Gdansk.
A new berth No. 5 for the Ro-Ro large-tonnage fleet has been put into operation at the Skandinavienkai terminal in the port of Lübeck (Germany).