The Panama Canal Authority (Autoridad del Canal de Panama, ACP) is extending for at least ten months the restrictions on vessel passage and maximum draft that were introduced on July 30 this year. The measure was taken due to the record-breaking and prolonged drought in the country and the resulting shallowing of the water.
Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (ThPA) is launching a new rail service for container trains between the port of Thessaloniki (Greece) and the city of Skopje (North Macedonia). Trains will run on this route once a week (on Wednesdays).
From September 4 to September 12, due to construction works, ČD Cargo will suspend transportation of all cargoes from Slovakia to the Kunovice-Loucka and Rajnochovice stations in the Czech Republic. The information about the restriction was published in the ZSSK Cargo telegram
At the beginning of the month, Siemens Mobility and Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) successfully implemented the European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 2 on the 57 km route between Linz and Föcklabruck.
According to LTG Infra (a subsidiary of Lietuvos geležinkeliai), the electrification of the Vilnius-Klaipeda railway line is ongoing, with almost half of the plan already implemented.
As many as 146 wagons were transferred daily through the the Vadul-Siret – Dornesti (Romania) land border crossing as of August 29 (up 1 wagon compared with the previous week). By destinations, some 116 wagons with export cargo
QTerminals, a joint venture of Qatar Ports Management Company (Mwani Qatar – 51% stake) and Qatar Navigation (Milaha – 49% stake), has acquired a controlling stake in Kramer Holding BV (Kramer Group), which operates the Rotterdam Container Terminal.
Almost 10,250 wagons were waiting for unloading at Ukraine’s western land border crossing points as of August 23, up 1,870 wagons compared with July 26. In particular, as many as 2,909 wagons were standing loaded with grain (up 1,467 units compared with July 26)
On August 27, heavy rainfall caused a landslide 20 km from the French-Italian border near Bardonecchia in the Morin region (Frény municipality, Savoie, France), and rail traffic was suspended for an indefinite period due to damage to the rail and road infrastructure.
On August 24, the act of acceptance and transfer of the Unified Property Complex of the State Enterprise “Commercial Sea Port of Ust-Dunaisk” was signed. Elixir Ukraine officially became the new owner of the port. This was reported by the State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF).