As of July 13, the management of the Moldovan Railways (CFM) was finalizing the last legal issues with the government to establish a discount for the transit of Ukrainian products.
There are about 6,500 wagons with various goods waiting to be transferred through Ukraine’s western land border crossing points as of July 13 compared with 7,100 wagons in late June. Almost 2,100 wagons are loaded with ore (down 529 units compared with June).
Up to 151 wagons per day were transferred through the the Vadul-Siret – Dornesti (Romania) land border crossing as of July 11 (down 13 wagons compared with the previous week).
The Batiovo – Epereshke land border crossing has handled 890 wagons since July 1.
A total of 10,827 wagons were transferred through the Izov-Hrubieszów land border crossing point in June.
As many as 235 wagons were transferred daily through the Chop – Čierna nad Tisou land border crossing point as of July 6 (down 77 wagons compared with the previous week).
PKP Cargo reports that due to the lack of coordination between cargo owners and carriers, there is a queue of trains moving to the recipient Port Północny in the port of Gdansk.
As of July 7, Ukrzaliznytsia was finalizing the process of signing an agreement with the Moldovan Railways (CFM) to obtain the status of a freight forwarder in the country, under which the TLC will be able to conclude agreements with Ukrainian shippers and transport cargo through Moldova.
In response to Ukrzaliznytsia’s request to the Moldovan Railways (Calea Ferată din Moldova) for a 54% discount to the railroad tariff for the transit of Ukrainian grain, the latter has offered a 27% discount.