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.
According to the post on social media by UDP CEO Dmytro Moskalenko, the caravan of three Kapitan Antypov ships that left Izmail three weeks ago is still sailing along the Danube to Linz.
Railroad operator Lemtrans has announced that it intends to commission another container terminal, this time in Vinnytsia.
The Ukrainian shipping company Ukrferry has suspended plans to resume ferry service with Georgia, which was suspended in February 2022.
NIBULON has announced cooperation with Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company. The terms of the contract provide for the use of one caravan of the UDP fleet to ship Ukrainian grain from Izmail to the Romanian port of Constanta.
On July 16, the Steering Committee of the European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) approved a project to integrate Ukraine’s railway infrastructure into the EU transport system. The project envisages the modernization of the railway network and the development of a 1435 mm gauge to ensure technological compatibility and increase capacity.
This year, the Serbian Ministry of Infrastructure plans to announce a tender for the reconstruction of the port of Prahovo, located 860 km on the right bank of the Danube River near the borders of Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria.
During a regular online meeting in the Quint format with representatives of the European Commission, the US government, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine, the Romanian side announced the opening of an additional anchorage for transshipment of Ukrainian grain in the port of Constanta.