The Transport and Tourism Committee of the European Parliament unanimously adopted its position regarding the revision of the TEN-T regulations last week. What has been decided in this revision, and what does it mean for...Read more
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is causing tensions between Kyiv and some of the neighbouring European countries. Slovakia, Poland and Hungary have all introduced a ban on the import of various agricultural products generated in...Read more
The recently restored Berezyne-Basarabeasca railway line connecting Southwestern Ukraine and Southern Moldova is seeing the first freight trains transiting between the two countries. Ukrainian Railways has already dispatched trains via the Serpneve-Basarabeasca border crossing that...Read more
INTERVIEWThe transport sector in the Baltic States is currently in a delicate position since the area constitutes the EU border with Russia and Belarus. In an interview with RailFreight.com, the Latvian Ministry of Transport underlined...Read more
Operail, the Estonian national railway company, sold the third and last batch of its rolling stock. “With this, all wagons belonging to Operail Leasing have been sold and the rental business has ended”, the company...Read more
Sending humanitarian aid from Germany to Ukraine via rail with Deutsche Bahn (DB) is no longer free of charge as of 1 January 2023. In other words, anyone who wants to send aid to Ukraine...Read more
“We have to come to terms with the diversity of infrastructure and rolling stock between Poland and Ukraine and seek ways of neutralising the obstacle it creates”. This was said by Tadeusz Syryjczyk, partner of...Read more
The Italian northeast aims to becoming an entry-and-exit hub for Ukraine, which is facing blockades for transportation via the Black Sea. The facilities involved in this initiative are the ports of Trieste and Venice and...Read more
Starting from today, Monday 6 March, official customs seals must be applied to each railroad car transporting grain from Ukraine via Poland. These seals will be checked, but not removed, at the border crossings, ensuring...Read more
Transporting Ukrainian agricultural products, especially grain, via Poland may become significantly more difficult in 2023. The export of grain from Ukraine to Poland via the Izov-Hrubieszów rail border crossing has been prohibited since 27 February,...Read more
A few days after announcing the intention to establish a European freight branch for Ukrainian Railways, the company’s CEO, Oleksandr Kamyshin, resigned. In his own words, he did so to focus on the enterprise of...Read more
Network Rail, the British infrastructure management agency, has been working with rail industry partners under the banner UK Rail for Ukraine. The agency has detailed its latest collaboration with the industry across the UK. Freight...Read more
Oleksandr Kamyshin, the CEO of Ukrainian Railways, disclosed plans to establish a rail freight branch dedicated to cargo transport in Europe. The new subsidiary could be ready by the end of 2023; despite the many...Read more
A Russian court in the Belgorod oblast sentenced two people to three and a half years of service in a strict regime colony (Russian prison combining detention and compulsory work). The verdict was based on...Read more
The Polish Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) and Ukrainian Railways (Uz) have agreed to start developing a new railway line connecting Poland and Ukraine. Accordingly, it will be the fastest route between the two countries serving...Read more
The head of Russian Railways, Oleg Belozyorov, has been charged in absentia by the Ukrainian Security Service. The authority said they gathered evidence that he “organised the delivery by rail of Russian armored vehicles and...Read more
The Odessa-based logistics services company Farcont Project, saw a complex delivery to Ukraine come to a close, after seven long months. Despite the closure of the Odessa ports, it managed to ship in the material...Read more
In 2022, Ukrainian Railways reconstructed and overhauled 470 kilometres of railway track, and electrified another 82 kilometres, a record for the Ukrainian infrastructure manager. Connections to neighbouring European countries played a key role in its...Read more
ANALYSISThe Ukrainian Agrarian Council (UAC) appealed to the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, requesting the continuation of the duty-free regime applied to Ukrainian agricultural produce exports. The appeal came as a response...Read more
The Ukrainian railways sector continues to develop, amidst an ongoing military conflict with Russia, and the associated massive damage to the country’s railways infrastructure. As Yulia Klimenko, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Transport and...Read more
Registrations for the RailFreight Summit 2023 are now open. Do you have something to do with rail and with Poland? Then you will want to be at this event, where hundreds of rail professionals gather...Read more