Sunolta Group, a grain trading company, has acquired grain transshipment facilities of the Olympex Coupe International terminal (owned by GNT Group) in the Odesa Commercial Sea Port. The company announced the deal in February 2023.
The meeting scheduled on March 22 will be devoted to discussing the issues of the customs control at the Ukrainian-Moldovan border crossing at the restored Berezyno-Basarabeasca railway section.
A total of 17,050 wagons were standing in a queue waiting for transferring through Ukraine’s land border crossings on March 15, 2023 (down 129 wagons compared to March 1).
The Italian intermodal company Arcese announces the launch of a new rail freight service, the so-called triangular service, which will connect the markets of Italy, Austria, Germany and Romania.
Swiss logistics operator Hupac is launching a new rail service between Antwerp Combinant and Zeebrugge CLdN terminals, providing links with the UK via the CLdN connection. Starting February 27, the company will arrange five weekly trains in both directions.
On February 13, Swiss railway company Hupac will resume the rail service between the multimodal terminals Rotterdam RSC and Mannheim Contargo.
Following the sale of its subsidiary Operail Finland to the Finnish Nurminen Logistics, Estonian state-owned operator Operail has continued to sell its assets.
Naftoport Sp. z o. o. dealing with the transshipment of crude oil and petroleum products in the port of Gdansk has signed an agreement with PPBH Aquaprojekt Sp. z o. o. to prepare the project documentation for the expansion of the terminal.
The Iraqi government has approved the project of the country’s first electrified railway with a length of 1,200 kilometers, which will link the railways of Turkey and European countries to the deep-water port of Southern Faw (under construction since 2020 at the mouth of the Shatt El-Arab River, which flows into the Persian Gulf).
The Kouvola RRT intermodal terminal (in the city of Kouvola) has been put into operation in Finland; this is the country’s only rail and road terminal.