The total transportation volume of mineral fertilizers by railways inched up by 1,000 t to 217,000 t in Ukraine in January 2024 compared with December 2023, showing an increase of 1% month-on-month and 29% year-on-year.
Railway transportation of rolled products, semi-finished products, pipes, pig iron and ferrous metal scrap inched down by 2% to 700,000 t in Ukraine in January 2024 compared with December 2023. Averaging 500,000 t, the January export volume remained unchanged compared with December, while domestic supplies dropped by 10% month-on-month to 300,000 t.
The volume of iron ore transportation by railway averaged 3.8 million t in Ukraine in January 2024 (up 11% compared with December 2023). Exports increased by 20% month-on-month to 3 million t, while domestic deliveries jumped up by 13% month-on-month to 800,000 t.
A total of 27.9 million tonnes of grain and legumes were exported from Ukraine since the beginning of the current marketing year started July 1 and up to January 31, which is 17% below the result of the same period of MY 2022-2023. In particular, exports included 12.3 million t of corn (down 20%…… Read more »
The Freeport of Riga processed 1.7 million t of cargo in January 2024 (down 46,000 t compared with December 2023).
The overall cargo turnover remained almost unchanged at the Liepaja SEZ in January 2024. Port operators handled 693,000 t of various cargoes, down 21,000 t below December 2023.
Transshipment increased by 666,000 t to 4.1 million t in the port of Klaipeda in January 2024 owing to higher performance of both Klaipeda State Seaport (up 392,000 t to 3.1 million t) and the Butinge terminal (up 274,000 t to 966,000 t).
As many as 661 vessels have passed through the temporary corridor of the Ukrainian Navy since August 8, 2023 when it became operational for vessels heading to/from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports.
Up to 17.7 million tonnes of various goods were transported by railway in Poland in December 2023 (down 11% month-on-month and down 6% year-on-year). The total volume of all goods transported by railway during the year 2023 reached 231.7 million t
Last year, the Lithuanian company LTG Cargo (Lietuvos Geležinkeliai) transported a total of 27.2 million t of cargo (up 2.5 million t compared with the year before). The list of most actively carried cargoes includes oil and oil products (9.4 million t), construction cargoes (5.5 million t), and agricultural products (4.7 million t).