On April 22, representatives of the European Commission, the Department of Mobility and Transport of Slovakia, and the State Secretary of the Ministry of Transport Denisa Žiláková visited the ZSSK CARGO TKD Dobrá combined transport terminal and the transshipment point in Čierna nad Tisou
On April 22 at 13:00, the Border Guard of the Republic of Poland reported the end of the protest of Polish farmers in front of the Dorohusk-Yagodyn checkpoint which had been ongoing since February 9.
As part of USAID’s Economic Resilience Activity, 42 rail and road checkpoints are to be modernized on Ukraine’s western borders. So far, 20 road and seven rail checkpoints have been inspected. They are crucial for Ukrainian exports and need to be improved to create new export routes.
METRANS, a member of the European logistics company Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG, has launched a new rail connection between its terminals in Dabrowa Gornicza (Poland) and Mostyska (Ukraine) for the further transportation of goods to Europe and Ukraine.
On April 11, the first link of the rail and sleeper grid of the new European gauge railway connecting Uzhhorod and Chop was solemnly laid. Thus, Uzhhorod will become the first regional center to have a 1435 mm gauge connection to Europe.
The Romanian railway company GRAMPET Group has announced the completion of construction and the start of testing of the largest transshipment terminal for agricultural products in Europe located on the Romanian-Ukrainian border in the village of Dornesti (Suceava County). The total investment amount is €10 million.
Alpha Trains Group, Europe’s leading private operating lessor of rolling stock, has announced that it has delivered an additional TRAXX 186 locomotive from Alstom to its Polish customer PCC Intermodal.
As part of the Chornotysiv Terminal project (Zakarpattia region), the installation of elevator equipment for storing and handling grain, vegetable oil and containers has been completed.
Lithuanian companies LTG Cargo and BGS Rail Holdings are expanding their presence in Ukraine. In particular, they are implementing projects to modernize the logistics infrastructure.
Last year, the Estonian railway company Eesti Raudtee held tenders for the renewal of the railway contact network from Lagedi station to Aegviidu station. As a result of the tender, Eesti Raudtee signed an agreement with Leonhard Weiss OÜ. The total investment amount is €49 million.