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A JNPT double-stack formation moved 360 TEU to Varnama, while a 2021 official record limits claims of an absolute first.

23.08.2026

INDIA: JNPT moves 360 TEU in double-stack formation

CPKC locomotive 9375 in the railway’s red livery

22.08.2026

CPKC and IBEW Binding Arbitration Agreement Ends Strike

Low water levels on the Rhine River in Germany

19.08.2026

DB Cargo Lines Up 900 Wagons as the Rhine Hits a Record Low

Беларусь хочет запретить транзит товаров из ЕС в Китай

09.07.2021

Belarus wants to ban transit of goods from EU to China

Political tensions between the EU and Belarus are reaching their climax. Rail freight transport may be among the sectors most affected by this.
Russian Railways significantly increased grain transportation

30.06.2021

The need for investment in railway infrastructure in Western Ukraine

Ukrainian Grain Association stresses the need for investment in railway infrastructure in Western Ukraine Agrarians predict a shift in "productive" regions from the south to the west of Ukraine.
DP World TIS Pivdennyi received the first container train from China to the Odessa region

24.06.2021

DP World TIS Pivdennyi received the first container train from China to the Odessa region

The ceremony of meeting the first container train from the southern Chinese province of Guangdong to the Odessa region, which was organized by the Ukrainian logistics company Uni-Laman Group, took place at the DP World TIS Pivdennyi container terminal on Tuesday, June 22.
"Nibulon" transported 0,5 million tons of grain to Nikolaev by own wagons

24.06.2021

“Nibulon” transported 0,5 million tons of grain to Nikolaev by own wagons

LLC JV Nibulon transported 0,5 million tons of grain by its own hopper cars to the reloading terminal in Nikolaev since the beginning of operation of wagon fleet.
A container train from Guangzhou arrived in Odessa

23.06.2021

A container train from Guangzhou arrived in Odessa

On June 19, a container train from Guangzhou, China, arrived in Odessa (Chernomorskaya station). There are 50 containers of groupage cargo оn board .
Polish Railways

16.06.2021

Poland is interested in the Odessa-Gdansk intermodal corridor

PKP Cargo, a Polish operator, has high hopes for the creation of the Baltic Sea - Black Sea intermodal corridor. The reason for this is the increase in cargo turnover in the Odessa port.
Pol-Miedź Trans received the first 23 flat wagons

16.06.2021

Pol-Miedź Trans received the first 23 flat wagons

Pol-Miedź Trans received the first 23 flat wagons. Polish-made platforms were purchased under a contract signed with INFRACERT TSI Spółka z oo for the supply of a total of 100 wagons for intermodal transport.
MIU plans to privatize the port of Odessa

08.06.2021

Since the beginning of the year, cargo turnover in Ukrainian ports has decreased by 18.6%

During January-May 2021, port operators in the seaports of Ukraine handled 55. 4 million tons of cargo, which is 12.
Ukrzaliznytsia calculates taxes

02.06.2021

Ukrzaliznytsia reached pre-crisis indicators of freight traffic in 2021

In 2021 Ukrzaliznytsia reached the pre-crisis indicators of freight traffic. Ukrzaliznytsia is increasing the indicator of freight traffic by rail to the level of the pre-crisis and pre-epidemic 2019.
"Promvagontrans" is another participant in the private traction project

13.05.2021

State Regulatory Service has blocked MIU amendments to the regulation on the admission of private traction

State Regulatory Service has blocked MIU amendments to the regulation on the admission of private traction The State Regulatory Service has blocked the draft order of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine (MIU) on the admission of private locomotives to work on the railways of Ukraine.
Combined Railway Terminal

20.04.2021

Rail traffic between Asia and Europe will be increased

Rail traffic between Asia and Europe will be increased East-West Intermodal Logistics and Kazakhstan's EuroTransit Group have signed an agreement to increase freight rail traffic between Asia and Europe, which will enable rail transport of European export goods, reports railway magazine Railway Supply citing Railway Pro.
container train was dispatched

08.04.2021

The first container train was dispatched within the framework of the TURKUAZ project

The first container train was dispatched within the framework of the TURKUAZ project The first container train departed from Turkey to Azerbaijan within the framework of the TURKUAZ project.