Riga Freeport cargo turnover in August 2024
The Riga Freeport cargo turnover increased by 80,000 t to 1.35 million t in August compared with July.
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Liepaja SEZ cargo turnover in August 2024
The Liepaja SEZ cargo turnover did not change much in August compared with July. The stevedoring companies of the port processed a total of 526,000 t of goods, up insignificant 1% or 5,000 t over the month.
NIBULON ships second batch of Ukrainian wheat to Egypt under agreement with GASC
NIBULON has shipped the second 63,000 t consignment of Ukrainian wheat to Egypt under the agreement with GASC.
TEUS purchases ten grain hoppers
TEUS, a freight forwarding company, has purchased 10 grain hoppers with a loan from Raiffeisen Bank. The fleet was repainted by Novotrain LLC.
Freightliner PL engaged additional fleet for grain transportation
The Polish operator Freightliner PL has expanded its fleet with 40 leased grain hoppers with a lifting capacity of 58 tons. The rolling stock will be used on domestic and international routes.
Ukraine sets maximum volume of wheat allowed for exports in 2024-25 grain season
In early September, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy together with grain market participants (the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, the UGA, the EBA, the Ukrainian National Agrarian Forum, and the Association of Farmers and Private Landowners of Ukraine) agreed on the maximum volume of wheat and meslin
Astarta-Kyiv receives 40 grain hoppers under USAID Economic Resilience Activity (ERA)
Astarta-Kyiv received 40 new grain hoppers as part of the USAID Economic Resilience Activity (ERA).
NIBULON transported 100,000 tons of grain with railcars from USAID
As part of the USAID Economic Resilience Activity project, NIBULON received 50 modern hopper cars, each of which can carry up to 70 tons of grain, and 13 semi-trailers with a carrying capacity of 25.5 tons. So far, they have already exported 100,000 tons of grain to 25 countries.
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers adopts mechanism for approving minimum grain prices
On August 20, 2024, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the Procedure for Approval of Minimum Export Prices for Certain Types of Goods. This was announced in the telegram channel of the government representative in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnychuk.
Port of Gdansk cargo turnover in H1 2024
The port of Gdansk handled a total of 38.1 million t of cargo in the period from January 1 to June 30, 2024. The lion’s share fell on liquid fuel (53%) as well as general cargoes, mostly containerized ones.