At the request of the USAID’s Economic Resilience Activity (ERA), Research Mechanical Factory Karpaty will produce 300 grain hoppers this year (45% of the total annual volume that the company is to build for all customers).
The EU Council has approved the extension of the duty-free trade regime for Ukraine for another year. The suspension of import duties and quotas for Ukrainian products will be effective from June 6 this year until June 5, 2025.
Since its launch in August 8, 2023, more than 1,600 vessels have used the temporary corridors for merchant ships sailing to/from the Black Sea ports of Ukraine.
The Riga Freeport handled about 1.4 million tonnes of various types of goods in April. Therefore, the total cargo turnover decreased by 108,000 t in April compared with March.
On May 11, a new intermodal service between the Interporto di Cervignano terminal in Italy and the DPT Pancevo terminal in Serbia, both on the Danube, is to be launched. At the initial stage, trains will run once a week in both directions
The April cargo turnover of the port of Klaipeda increased by 244,000 t compared with March to almost 3.6 million t. This is mainly due to a 263,000 t hike in handling volume of crude oil at the Butinge terminal to 856,000 t (up 44% month-on-month).
The stevedoring companies of Liepaja SEZ reported a 52,000 t decrease in transshipment volumes of all types of cargo in April compared with March. Thus, the cargo turnover averaged some 585,000 t in the period under review.
Qortia AG (Switzerland), a trading and logistics company, has sent the vessel Bereket M (flying the Panamanian flag) with 21,500 tons of Ukrainian corn from Pivdennyi port to Turkey. This was the first vessel this year that the company loaded independently in a deep-water Ukrainian port.
Since the launch on August 8, 2023, 1,300 vessels have used the temporary corridors for merchant ships sailing to/from Ukrainian ports. This was announced by Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Sergiy Kyslytsya, during his speech at the roundtable “Political Dialogue – Overcoming Global Food Insecurity and the Risk of Hunger: Strengthening Collective Impact”.
Between April 29 and May 6, transportation of fats and oils of animal and vegetable origin (HS 15) from Ukraine via Izov-Exp (PKP) to Poland will be prohibited.