Hapag-Lloyd launched container trains from Odessa

Hapag-Lloyd launched container trains from Odessa

Hapag-Lloyd (Germany) has launched a service for sending regular container trains from Odesa to Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv, informs railway magazine Railway Supply with reference to REUA.

It is reported that trains leave the port of Odesa three times a week, consisting of 30 to 45 platforms.

In 2020, a total of over 425 thousand TEUs were transported across Ukraine, which is 10.7% more than in 2019. At the same time, 230 thousand TEU were transported as part of container trains, which is 41% more than in the previous year.

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