As Ukrainian Railways has been trying to complete the purchase of new rolling stock, the US Export-Import Bank extends an aiding hand. The bank is providing a 156 million dollar loan over a period of...Read more
Ukrainian Railways is planning to launch 18 new routes to European countries. Additionally, the company will seek to restore and build new multimodal container terminals throughout Ukraine.Read more
Ukrainian Railways is ready to take the next step in its in-house production of rail components. According to Daniil Hlushchenko, deputy director of production in the Ukrainian company, European-style grain trucks and universal freight cars...Read more
Ukrainian Railways (UZ) built an in-house hopper wagon with variable gauge. “It is intended for the transportation of grain and other loose food cargo”, the company said. This is the first time UZ ventured into...Read more
RailFreight Summit '24The Rail Freight Summit Poland ‘24, taking place in Warsaw between 15 and 17 April 2024, is just around the corner. The event will be a great opportunity to discuss the current situation concerning rail...Read more
LTG Cargo will make the service linking Kaunas to Ukraine via Poland regular with one weekly trip. The situation on the Polish-Ukrainian border, with the border crossing blockades persisting for several weeks, is the main...Read more
Ukrainian Railways dispatched its first rolling highway train to Poland carrying 13 tractors with semi-trailers. The preferred route for the service was the one linking Sknyliv (Ukraine) with Slawkow (Poland) via the Izov-Hrubeshiv border crossing...Read more
The United States is getting involved in integrating Ukraine into European railways. According to Ukrainian Railways (UZ), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will help develop the line connecting Lviv to Mostyska, on...Read more
Ukrainian Railways are planning to implement a 20 per cent increase in their freight tariffs starting January 2024. The state-owned company says that this will result from a tariff indexation and unification process closer to...Read more
Ukrainian Railways (UZ) and Lithuanian LTG Cargo have been testing the transport of semi-trailers on the Klaipeda-Kaunas-Kyiv line. “We can deliver semi-trailers with cargo three times faster than by road transport” said LTG Cargo’s CEO...Read more
Ukrainian grain volumes transported via rail to ports still available to the country are slightly increasing, despite still being not even close to pre-war figures. There seems to be a recovery also for westbound volumes,...Read more
Ukrainian Railways (UZ) has finalised the acquisition of 115 tank wagons equipped to run on standard gauge infrastructure. The tender for this procurement was won by Slovakian rail rolling stock manufacturer Tatravagonka.Read more
To stimulate grain exports via rail, Ukrainian Railways held an auction to sell transport services for company-owned grain wagons retrofitted for transportation in a 1,435 mm gauge. The auction took place on 5 October, and...Read more
The first test train connecting Kyiv and Rail Cargo Group’s BILK terminal in Budapest is a fact. The test was completed in late September and is the precursor of a stable and frequent intermodal connection...Read more
Ukrainian Railways exceeded financial expectations for 2023 by breaking even against all odds. The initial estimation of the company talked about around 20 billion UAH (515 million euros) of losses this year. However, currently, there...Read more
Intermodal railway connections between Ukraine and Austria might soon become a reality. Ukrainian Railways (UZ) and Rail Cargo Group (RCG), the freight subsidiary of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), pledged to develop a route running...Read more
Grain exports via rail have slowed down significantly in Ukraine during August. Ukrainian Railways reported that exported grain volumes dropped by 45.3 per cent in the last summer month compared to the previous year. At...Read more
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is turning Kiyv’s relationship with its neighbouring European countries into a rollercoaster. One of the most evident examples is Poland. Over the past few days, the country asked to extend...Read more
Rail freight along a somehow tricky border-crossing line between Moldova and Ukraine might see its volumes increase. The Ukrainian Parliament recently decided to simplify customs procedures on the Giurgiulesti (MLD) – Reni (UKR) – Etulia...Read more
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian Railways (UZ) has shown resilience by launching the production of many rail components which became unavailable. Now, it seems that the company is ready to...Read more
Ukrainian grain exports are currently running smoothly also via rail. Congestion is at normal levels; however, in two-three weeks, the new peak export season will be here after the summer harvest. Ukraine’s options for transporting...Read more
