NIBULON plans to invest about $12 million in the modernization of its elevator business. The main funding will be used to build a new elevator at the Khmilnyk branch, reconstruct Vradiyivskyi and Kolosivskyi elevators.
The Polish operator PKP Cargo finished the third quarter of 2023 with the actual transportation of a total of 62 million t of goods throughout the period from January 1 to September 31, showing a 18% decrease compared with the same period of the previous year
Up to 3,200 wagons were moving to the Izov station on November 29, including 1,200 wagons with cakes, 450 wagons with vegetable oil, and 180 wagons with grain. About 854 wagons were on their way to the Mostyska-2 station on that date, including 491 containers and 114 wagons with metals.
Approximately 190 wagons were transferred daily through the the Vadul-Siret – Dornesti (Romania) land border crossing as of December 5 (down 11 wagons in two weeks). By destinations, some 136 wagons with export cargo (down 2 units) and 63 wagons with imported goods (down 9 units) were handled daily in the period under review.
In the period started August 8, when the Navy of the Ukrainian Armed Forces established a temporary corridor for vessels heading to/from Ukrainian Black Sea ports, and until today a total of 200 vessels went along the corridor departing from the ports while 226 ships used it to enter the ports.
About 7,200 wagons with grain were found waiting for unloading at Ukrainian sea ports on November 30. Taking into account that approximately 928 wagons per day are accepted at the stations, it might take up to 8 days to serve all the wagons currently standing in the railway network waiting for unloading at grain…… Read more »
A total of 2.43 million tonnes of grain were exported from Ukraine by railways during the period started November 1 and ended November 29 compared with 1.73 million t in October. Almost 1.71 million t of grain meant for oversea shipments arrived at Ukraine’s ports in the period under review (against 982,600 t in…… Read more »
About 9,800 wagons with various goods were waiting for a transfer through Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on November 30 compared with 11,600 wagons in late October.
In the U.S., soybean prices continue decreasing amid expectations of favorable rainfall in Brazil. According to USDA, private exporters have reported selling 134,000 t of soybeans to China and 123,300 t of soybeans to unknown buyers for shipments during MY 2023-24.
Heavy rains in southeastern Australia have damaged wheat crops. IKON Commodities estimates that excessive rainfall has potentially reduced production by more than 100,000 t and turned up to 1 million t of milling wheat into lower quality feed grain.