Ukrzaliznytsia has received the almost £10 million worth of equipment for the rapid restoration of bridges and railway infrastructure from the British railway company Network Rail Infrastructure Limited with the assistance of the UK Department for Transport.
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According to the results of 2022, the Riga Freeport achieved a 20.6% hike in bulk cargo handling volume compared with the year of 2021.
The analyses of the situation as of January 17 shows that MMV accepts 42 wagons per day (down 14.2 units per day compared to December), RCH serves 160 wagons (down 3.4 units), while MVA accepts 11 wagons (down 3.9 units per day compared to December).
With two trains on 1520 mm track gauge and 1435 mm track gauge, the average daily handling rate amounted to 124 wagons at the Vadul-Siret – Dornesti crossing (Romania) last week. There were 407 wagons waiting for handling at that station on January 17.
Although most players returned from holidays and the full-fledged work resumed, the downward trend persists in the small-tonnage market, especially in the Black Sea region, where even the most popular cargo traffic – grain from the Danube ports – remains dull.
The Ventspils Freeport increased the transshipment volume to 1.5 million tonnes in December 2022, exceeding the November results by about 192,000 t.
Ukrzaliznytsia is going to receive 20,000 tonnes of rails from the French manufacturer Saarstahl Rail SAS this year. Production and supply of rails are financed by the French government under certain credit terms.
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Romania is planning to invest 1.8 billion lei in the modernization of the Dermenest – Vikshan – Kordon railway line near the border with Moldova.
The leasing company Railpool started construction of an environmentally friendly locomotive workshop near Hamburg, which will provide a wide range of services – from maintenance to major repairs in the shortest possible time. The main construction works will start in early 2023 and will be completed in Dec 2023.