Ukraine and the EU have updated their road transport agreement and extended it until June 30, 2025. This agreement is aimed at supporting Ukraine in accessing global markets by facilitating transit through EU countries and further developing connections with European markets. The agreement was first signed on June 29, 2022, after Russia’s full-scale invasion…… Read more »
The EU Council of Ministers has approved a new regulation for the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), which provides for the development of a new European gauge railway line to Klaipeda. The updated document also refers to a transport corridor connecting the Baltic, Black and Aegean Seas and additional connections to Ukraine.
In cooperation with the Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, the State Agency for the Restoration and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Miyamoto International Ukraine – a subcontractor of the USAID Economic Resilience Activity (ERA) – has completed pre-design work on the reconstruction of the Yahodyn-Dorohusk automobile checkpoint
Modernization works are ongoing on the railway infrastructure in Moldova. Currently, turnouts have been replaced at seven stations (Căinari, Cimislia, Basarabeasca, etc.); soon they will be repaired at Greceni, Vulcanesti, and Etulia stations. Also, about 19,600 sleepers were replaced.
Maersk will operate another container vessel, the Commander, on the route between the ports of Chornomorsk (Ukraine) and Constanta (Romania). Thus, from now on, the line Chornomorsk – Constanta will be serviced by four vessels: Pros Hope, T Moon, T Mare and Commander.
This year, Switzerland will provide additional grant funding of ₣10 million to restore Ukraine’s railway infrastructure. This funding was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on June 7.
Viterra Ukraine, a subsidiary of Glencore International AG, has acquired the Penkivsky elevator in Vinnytsia. Its capacity for simultaneous storage is 26,000 tons, and the elevator can receive 3,000 tons per day.
Ecco-rail has launched a new intermodal route connecting Romania and Belgium. The train made its maiden voyage on May 16 from the Stukwerker terminal in the Belgian port of Ghent to the Arad terminal on the border with Romania. The maiden voyage lasted 56 hours.
This weekend, German carrier Hapag-Lloyd will become the first mainline operator to start offering container transportation to Ukrainian seaports. The company will work with a Romanian-Ukrainian service operated by Iteris Feeders, a Ukrainian transport and logistics company based in Odesa.
Serbian terminal operator MBOX Terminals and German carrier Kombiverkehr are launching a new rail connection between Niš (Serbia) and Wels (Austria). The aim of this partnership is to integrate the terminal in Niš into Kombiverkehr’s extensive European network and to create new opportunities for further expansion of the geography of operations to South-Eastern Europe.