On average 242 wagons were transferred daily through the Chop – Čierna nad Tisou land border crossing point as of November 23 (up 33 units per day in two weeks). In particular, 203 wagons were moving on export routes (up 20 units), while 39 wagons arrived with imported goods (up 13 wagons).
The Italian logistics company GTS Rail plans to increase its fleet of intermodal platforms by 54 more wagons. They are to be delivered by early 2024. The total investment will amount to €7 million.
More than 9,200 wagons with various goods were found waiting for a transfer through Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on November 16 compared with 11,600 wagons in late October.
The overall cargo turnover reached 739,000 t in the Liepaja SEZ in October (up 119,000 t compared with September). The result has become the highest since April 2022. Note that the increase is solely due to a 142,000 t hike in transshipment of dry bulk cargo to 573,000 t.
As part of the intermodal transportation development, Ukrzaliznytsia JSC plans to purchase 1,000 containers by the end of 2023. In total, it is planned to purchase 500 20-foot Open Top containers for the transportation of bulk cargo, including ore, and 500 20-foot bulk containers for the transportation of agricultural products.
LTG Cargo Ukraine, a subsidiary of Lietuvos geležinkeliai (LTG Cargo), together with the Lithuanian company Tri Trans is organizing the transportation of 44 heavy containers of rapeseed oil from Yahodyn station (Ukraine) to the port of Klaipeda (Lithuania).
On average, as many as 209 wagons were transferred daily through the Chop – Čierna nad Tisou land border crossing point as of November 9 (down 41 units in two weeks). In particular, 183 wagons were moving on export routes (down 40 units), while 26 wagons arrived with imported goods (down 1 wagon).
The first container train has been sent within the LOG4NRW project, which has been implemented since August this year by the alliance of the ports of Dortmund, Duisport, DeltaPort, and the private rail freight operator Kreisbahn Siegen-Wittgenstein (KSW).
The overall cargo turnover dropped by 139,000 t to 1.6 million t at the Riga Freeport in October, showing a decrease of 8% compared with September 2023.
LV Agroo, a Latvian company engaged in the production and distribution of mineral fertilizers, has provided loading of its own products to containers that arrived at the port of Riga with agricultural products from Ukraine.