About 185 wagons were transferred daily through the the Vadul-Siret – Dornesti (Romania) land border crossing as of December 19 (down 5 wagons in two weeks). By destinations, approximately 146 wagons with export cargo (up 10 units) and 39 wagons with imported goods (down 24 units) were handled daily in the period under review.
Almost 9,400 wagons were waiting for unloading at Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on December 13 (down 1,559 wagons compared with November 29). In particular, as many as 1,434 wagons were standing loaded with grain on December 13 (down 206 units compared with November 29), while 944 wagons were loaded with vegetable oil…… Read more »
Alebor Group plans to increase the capacity of Vadul Siret terminal, which operates as a dry port on the border with Romania, if there are enough volumes for transshipment. Currently, the complex can handle up to 70,000 tonnes of cargo per month
As many as 8,400 wagons loaded with various goods were awaiting transferring through Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on December 14 compared with almost 9,800 wagons in late November.
More than 7,100 wagons were standing loaded with grain awaiting unloading at Ukrainian sea ports on December 14. With about 987 wagons accepted at the stations a day, it may take up to 7 days to serve all these wagons.
According to data covering the period from December 1 to December 13, a total of 1.06 million tonnes of grain were exported from Ukraine by railways (compared with 2.43 million t in November), of which about 807,000 t arrived at Ukrainian ports
The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solskyi held a regular online meeting with the Minister of Agriculture and Food of Bulgaria Kirill Vatiev on the supply of agricultural products.
The Lithuanian freight carrier LTG Cargo (Lietuvos Geležinkeliai) is sending a train with groupage cargo of three customers in containers from the Kaunas Intermodal Terminal to Ukraine. The train has already been formed and will carry PET granules, ammonium sulfate, and empty containers.
US soybean quotes have been under pressure from improving weather conditions in South America. During the week, private exporters have reported sales of 136,000 t of soybeans to China and 121,000 t of oilseeds to unknown buyers.
In Australia, wheat prices have shown an upturn amid modest sales by farmers as they assess losses from heavy rains; demand remains firm. Harvesting is still delayed in some regions. Heavy rains have negatively affected wheat quality, but favored spring crops.