Ukrzaliznytsia continues to build the European gauge railway from Chop to Uzhhorod, and has started preparing the ground for laying the 1435 mm track. The rail and sleeper grid for this section is being assembled at Ukrzaliznytsia’ own facilities.
In September, the TAP AG consortium will start work as part of a project to expand the capacity of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), the European segment of the Southern Gas Corridor.
On August 8, the port of Klaipeda was called for the first time by a vessel traveling on the Nemunas River. The largest river barge in the Baltic States (75 m long, with a draft of 1.8 m and a capacity of 1,300 tons) shipped about 900 tons of grain from the Lithuanian port…… Read more »
Within the USAID Economic Resilience Activity (ERA) project, two sets of wagon jacks (four units each) have been installed at the Mostyska II – Medyka railway border crossing in Lviv Oblast.
Railroad operator Lemtrans is building a container terminal in Vinnytsia with an annual capacity of 30,000 TEU. Construction started in spring 2024 and will be carried out in two stages. The total investment will amount to $15 million.
Starting from January 1, 2025, LTG Cargo will no longer share its 1520 mm gauge* car fleet; the freight carrier is at the second stage of withdrawing from the agreement with the Railway Transport Council (Union of Railway Operators, GTT).
In July, the revised recommendations for the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) came into force, aimed at improving the connectivity, efficiency, resilience and sustainability of Europe’s transport infrastructure.
Ukrainian company NIBULON and Romanian freight forwarder Transport Trade Services S.A. (TTS) have signed a contract to extend their two-year cooperation in the new grain season. The new agreement provides for the handling of 1.6 million tons of Ukrainian products. In previous years, TTS handled 3.5 million tons of grain from Mykolaiv-based company.
On July 28, the Moldovan Railways (Calea Feratã din Moldova) received the first batch of P-65 rails from the Aktobe Rail and Section Works (Kazakhstan) as part of an agreement signed earlier this year. They will be used for the overhaul of railways in Moldova.
This week, the first joint barge caravan of NIBULON and Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company returned to the Izmail port. This was announced by UDP CEO Dmytro Moskalenko on his Facebook page.