The grain export corridor set up by the EU and European rail freight companies, combined with the unlocking of Ukrainian ports to transport grain by sea, seem to have a positive effect. Ukrainian Railways reported...Read more
LTG Cargo, the freight subsidiary of Lithuanian Railways, commenced a new project for the rail transport of oil to Ukraine. Twelve trains carrying around 12,000 tonnes of petroleum have already departed, while the company plans...Read more
A train operated by the Ukrainian Railways derailed in the Iasi prefecture in Romania. The train had just unloaded grain at the Constanta port and was on its way back to Ukraine. The incident took...Read more
Ukraine’s transhipment capacity is insufficient to handle the agricultural cargo volumes pending on the Western Ukrainian border. The country’s infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov underlined that time is pressuring and stressed that EU investments in Ukraine...Read more
Until last week, more than 10,000 tonnes in humanitarian aid was brought into Ukraine by over 1,600 cargo wagons. Several thousand tonnes were transported on passenger trains. Railway undertakings from all across Europe, together with...Read more
Ukrainian Railways are calling private companies to invest and build rail freight terminals in the country’s western territories. The company offers the railway infrastructure to boost rail freight transport to and from the west and...Read more
Ukrainian Railways wants to double the capacity of border crossing with EU countries, in order to maintain its export capacity. Russia is blocking the main seaports of Ukraine, limiting its possibilities to export mainly agricultural...Read more
The Ukrainian Railways have entered the emergency operation mode and coordinate all actions through their operational headquarters in collaboration with the government. The operational headquarters were established to ensure the continuation of services under the...Read more
After Silk Road transit traffic through Ukraine to the Polish border was blocked, another suspension of Ukrainian traffic was reported this week. A temporary ban on the transportation of coal from Russia to the Slovak...Read more
Ukrainian Railways (UZ) blocked cargo export on UZ-owned wagons to Poland on Thursday, 20 January. Polish Railways (PKP) ring the alarm bell saying that this is a targeted move to Poland that does not make...Read more
Rail tariffs concerning the transport of goods belonging to the 1st tariff class in Ukraine will increase by 9 per cent as of January 1 2022. The decision affects primarily the transportation of iron ore...Read more
The first export train from Ukraine to China commenced a few days ago, and it’s on its way. It departed from the Lisky container terminal in Kiyv, and its destination is Xi’an. This is a...Read more
Ukrainian Railways puts its plan of increasing the tariffs for rail freight operations in practice. The infrastructure manager explains that this is needed to support infrastructure upgrades. The rail freight industry however fears a shift...Read more
Ukrainian Railways has completed the reconstruction of the track between Vilcha and Yaniv stations, which connects the Chernobyl exclusion zone with the main railway network. It connects to a storage facility of spent nuclear fuel...Read more