A state railroad company might reduce the tariff for freight transportation to compete with road carriers. Serhiy Vovk, director of the Center for Transport Strategies, stated: “The 70% tariff increase in July 2022 was a forced measure that helped stabilize the financial condition of Ukrainian Railwa... #Cargotransportation #Ukrainianlogistics #UkrainianRailways #UZCargoTransportation
An updated visa-free transport agreement should eliminate tensions between Ukrainian carriers and the EU. The signed agreement on the liberalization of cargo transportation between Ukraine and the EU contains clear obligations for all parties and necessary measures that will prevent misunderstandings betw... #AdinaValean #Cargotransportation #SerhiiDerkach #TransportAgreement #transportvisafree
For the first time, international insurance broker WTW will cover war risks of goods transported by land in Ukraine. For the first time since the start of the full-scale war, Nasdaq-listed global insurance broker WTW has announced the launch of war risk insurance for overland cargo in Ukraine in partnership with Ukr... #Cargotransportation #InsuranceUkraine #MilitaryRiskInsurance #VUSO #WarRisks #WTW
How has the Polish border blockade affected international trucking? As of February 19, the volume of agricultural products exported over roads amounted to 265,000 tons, compared to 138,000 tons in January and 246,000 tons in December. The largest contributions to tota... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #Cargotransportation #UkrainianCarriers #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
A newly launched dry port on the border with Poland increased transshipment last year; investment reached ₴100M. The Mostyska container terminal, which began operations in mid-2022, handled more than 72,400 TEU of containerized cargo in 2023, the Lemtrans logistics company reported. The total volume of freight w... #Cargotransportation #DryPort #investments #MostyskaDryPort #TrailerTransportation
Volumes of exported cargo transported by rail reached the highest level since the beginning of the war. In November, Ukrainian Railways (UZ) exported the largest amount cargo since the start of the Russian invasion – 6.1 million tons, 25% more than in October this year and 56% more than in Novembe... #Cargotransportation #UkrainianRailways #UZCargoTransportation #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
UZ increased the volume of transported grain and grinding products by 5.8%. Ukrainian Railways (UZ) in January-October 2023 increased the transportation volume of grain and grinding products by 5.8% year over year (1.32 million tons) to 24.26 million tons. In 10 months, 17.55... #agroexportukraine #Cargotransportation #UkrainianRailways #UZCargoTransportation
Another threat to Ukrainian land exports: five Eastern European countries demand that Brussels revises the transport agreement with Ukraine. On November 20, members of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) from Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Lithuania will send a joint letter to the President of the European Comm... #Cargotransportation #RoadTransportAgreements #transportvisafree #UkrainianCarriers
Ukraine plans to expand the export potential at its western borders. Government officials held a meeting to modernize existing checkpoints and construct new ones on the Ukraine’s western border. According to estimates from the Recovery Agency, the cargo flow can be tri... #Cargotransportation #CheckpointForTrucks #InfrastructureDevelopment #UkraineExport
Ukraine has increased the transportation of goods through joint transit convention with the EU. According to the Ministry of Finance, there were 5,974 total crossings from Ukraine within the eight-month period of operation of the New Computerized Transit System (NCTS). In May 2023, 2,698 Ukraine... #Cargotransportation #NCTS #NCTStransitsystem
After a ten-day strike, the Ukrainian-Polish checkpoint resumed operation. The Yagodin – Dorogusk checkpoint was reopened after a strike by Polish carriers. Beginning May 15, truck traffic resumed normal volume, the Ministry of Infrastructure reported. The 10-day strik... #Cargotransportation #PolishCarriers #UkrainePolandCheckpoints
In 2022 Ukraine imported goods mostly with motor vehicles and exported by maritime transport. Last year, more than 30 million tons of imported goods were delivered to Ukraine, of which almost 11 million tons were delivered by trucks. The second place in terms of the volume of imports brought t... #Cargotransportation #ExportUkraine #UkraineImports
An electronic queue for trucks has begun operating on the Polish border. On December 12, the Electronic Border Crossing Queue for cargo vehicles began functioning at the Yagodyn-Dorogusk international checkpoint on the border with Poland, Ukrainian border guards reported. ... #Cargotransportation #eCherga #freightcarriers
Ukraine has received an additional 100 essential quotas for cargo transportation through Europe in 2023. Announced the Ministry of Infrastructure, these quotas will allow unimpeded transportation of goods by road through the territories of ECMT member countries. According to the ministry, since the begi... #Cargotransportation #ECMT
A record amount of cargo was transported on the rivers of Ukraine. River freight traffic in Ukraine reached 20.6 million tons in 2021, which is 30.3% more than in 2020 when 15.8 million tons of cargo were transported. In particular, the freight volume on the Dnieper ... #Cargotransportation #rivercargo #UkraineRiverCargo
