Ukrainian Railways has limited the transportation of several types of agricultural products to Poland. The state railroad company published a conventional ban on transporting a wide range of farm products to Polish railways from April 17 to June 30. The ban applies to cereals and legumes, seeds, starch... #agroexportukraine #PKPCargo #UkrainianRailways
Ukrainian Railways has limited cargo transportation to Poland and Slovakia. According to the company, on April 9 new regulations for cargo transportation to the Szczecin Port Central station (Poland) came into force. It is noted that accepting cargo for the carrier PKP Cargo ... #UkrainianRailways #UZCargoTransportation
Ukrainian Railways increased exports of all goods except for grain. In March, the company exported 5.3 million tons of freight (+73.4%) compared to last year’s period and a 4% increase from February, said UZ top manager Valery Tkachov. In March, UZ reached recor... #UkraineGrainExport #UkrainianRailways #ValeryTkachov
S&P has raised Ukrainian Railways’ (UZ) rating to the highest level since the war began. The international rating agency S&P Global Ratings raised UZ’s rating to the ССС+ level. As the company noted, the rating matches Ukraine’s sovereign rating, which is UZ’s highest rating under th... #StandartandPoor #UkrainianRailways #UZcreditRating
Ukrainian Railways launches the shortest route to the Danube ports. UZ opened an additional border crossing, Berezyne-Basarabyaska, announced one a top manager at the state railroad company, Valery Tkachov. From this point, shipping companies can transport export/tran... #UkrainianRailways #UZCargoTransportation #ValeryTkachov
Ukraine will have a direct railway connection with the port of Reni through Moldova. The government approved a draft protocol on amendments to the agreement between the governments of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova on the operation of railway transport, as announced by the Prime ... #DanubePorts #MoldovaUkraine #UkrainianRailways
Ukrainian Railway’s integration with the European network will cost €4.5B. Including Ukrainian Railways (UZ) in the European TEN-T network will allow access to EU aid instruments. Within the framework of integration into TEN-T in Ukraine, it is planned to implement railway t... #TEN-TUkraine #UkrainianRailways
The EBRD is preparing a €200M loan for Ukrainian Railways (UZ). The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will grant UZ an emergency support loan under sovereign guarantees of €200M. The bank’s board of directors plans to consider the related proj... #EBRDloan #UkrainianRailways
Ukraine repaired a railroad for a future transit route of the Polish Railways through Ukraine. Ukrainian Railways has completed the reconstruction of two sections in the Lviv region that connect Khyriv with the border points of Starzava and Nyzhankovychi (state border with Poland). This will ma... #PolandUkraine #RailroadRepaired #UkrainianRailways
Ukraine and Moldova have tripled their freight volume by rail. Last year, the volume of exports from Ukraine to Moldova by rail increased 1.5 times to 1.247 million tons, and imports tripled to 492,000 tons, Ukrainian Railways reported. As the state company speci... #MoldovaandUkraine #UkrainianRailways #UkrainianRailwaysFreight
In Ukraine, grain rail transportation has become cheaper. The average cost of transporting grain by Ukrainian Railways (UZ) owned wagons decreased by 36% from December 2022 to January 2023, says Valery Tkachev, the company’s top manager. He specified t... #exportbyrail #RailTransportation #UkrainianRailways #ValeryTkachov
S&P announces the imminent default of Ukrainian Railways (UZ). The international rating agency S&P Global Ratings lowered the rating of the state company UZ from “CCC-” to “SS.” This happened in response to the company’s request ... #StandartandPoor #UkrainianRailways #UZcreditRating
Ukraine faces significant difficulties in exporting grain by rail. The failure to fulfill orders for grain cargo transportation toward western border crossings has reached 49%. According to a Ukrainian Railways (UZ) manager, Valery Tkachov, only 9,046 of the agreed u... #GrainExports #UkrainianExportByRail #UkrainianRailways #ValeryTkachov
The EU is preparing for the construction of Eurorail in Ukraine. The European Union has begun to develop a preliminary feasibility study for constructing European standard 1435 mm gauge track in Ukraine and Moldova, announced an official from Ukrainian Railways. Th... #DenysShmyhal #EuroRailInUkraine #UkrainianRailways
The grain export by rail plan achieves only 24% of goal. Ukrainian Railways (UZ) plans regarding loading grain for export across the western border crossings have been only 24.1% fulfilled, said one of the company’s top managers, Valery Tkachev. Accor... #GrainExportfromUkraine #UkrainianExportByRail #UkrainianRailways
UZ increased cargo transportation volume by 8% in September. Ukrainian Railways (UZ) transported almost 11.7 million tons of cargo in September, which is 8.4% more than August’s total, the company reported. When compared to March’s indicator, it represents a 41... #UkrainianRailways #UZCargoTransportation
Canada plans to help rebuild Ukrainian Railways. Canadian partners will take part in solving logistical problems in expanding the carrying capacity of the Ukrainian railway system. In particular, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CP) and the Can... #OleksandrKubrakov #RailwayInfrastructure #UkrainianRailways
Ukrainian Railways will cooperate with German Deutsche Bahn and Polish PKP. DB will assist Ukrainian Railways (UZ) in rebuilding the railway infrastructure. The cooperation also covers the expansion of rail freight corridors, terminal capacity, and consulting services for the... #GermanDeutscheBahn #PolishPKP #UkrainianRailways
Fitch upgrades the rating of Ukrainian Railways. The international rating agency Fitch Ratings has raised the long-term default rating of the foreign currency bond issuer Ukrainian Railways (UZ) from C to CC, announced the agency. The revision of th... #FitchRatings #UkrainianRailways
Ukrainian Railways has restored the abandoned track to the Romanian border. Ukrainian Railways (UZ) restored about 20 km of railway track from the Carpathians to the border with Romania and has also opened two checkpoints on the Romanian border. The checkpoints are Rakhiv ... #AlexanderKamyshin #UkrainianRailways
Ukrainian Railways transported more than 1 million tons of grain for export in August. According to the results for the first 23 days of August, Ukrzaliznytsia transported 1,016,000 tons of grain through the export connection, which already exceeds the previous month’s figure of 9... #exportgrain #UkrainianRailways
UZ tariffs for transporting grain have increased almost tenfold. The restoration of Ukrainian Railways (UZ) auctions for the distribution of grain cars has led to an increase in the price of their rent almost tenfold; the price has risen from UAH 2,170/day to the ... #UkrainianRailways #Ukrzaliznytsia #UZ #UZtarrifs
Ukrainian Railways will end the year with a loss. Ukrainian Railways (UZ) will end the year with a financial loss due to reduced freight traffic and many evacuation trips, said UZ supervisory board member Serhiy Leshchenko. The state railroad company... #UkrainianRailways #Ukrzaliznytsia #UZloss
Ukrainian Railways returns to 40% of pre-war freight traffic. In May, Ukrainian Railways (UZ) has already transported 300-310,000 tons of cargo per day, which is about 40% of the pre-war figure, announced CEO Alexander Kamyshin. According to him, before the war,... #AlexanderKamyshin #CEOukrzaliznytsia #FreightTraffic #UkrainianRailways #Ukrzaliznytsia #UZ
Ukrainian Railways upgrading stations and platforms for Kyiv City Express. Ukrainian Railways (UZ) has announced a tender for a large-scale reconstruction of passenger platforms in Kyiv and the suburbs where the City Express operates. The project’s expected cost is UA... #CityExpress #UkrainianRailways #UZ
Ukrainian Railways (UZ) will spend UAH 300M for consultations on the modernization of passenger traffic. According to Prozorro, UZ Passenger announced a tender on March 14 to purchase consulting services to facilitate the modernization of the vertical of passenger traffic. The starting purchase price is ... #DBEnegeneering #UkrainianRailways #Ukrzaliznytsia #UZ
In 2021, UZ received UAH 457.5 M in net profit. The Ukrainian Railways (UZ) through its press service said that it has received the sum of UAH 457.5 ($16.5 M) as net profits against almost UAH 12 B ($436 m) as a net loss in 2020. The revenue amount... #UkrainianRailways #Ukrzaliznytsia #UZ
Ukrainian Railways (UZ) transported a record amount of grain in December. In December 2021, UZ transported 3.865 M tons of grain cargo, which is 15.8% more than in December 2020. According to the Ukrainian Railways, (UZ), this is a record for the past 11 years. In total, UZ... #GrainbyRailRoad #Graintransportation #UkrainianRailways #Ukrzaliznytsia #UZ
The new Ukrainian Railways (UZ) board and a new contract with its chairman. The cabinet of Ministers terminated the powers of UZ board member Roman Chernytsky due to the expiration of his term. The government decided to elect and appoint from January 1, 2022 members of the bo... #UkrainianRailways #Ukrzaliznytsia #UZ #UZboardofDirectors
In November 2021, Ukrainian Railways (UZ) transported 4.1 mln tons of grain cargo. A record for grain transportation in a month. The grain shipments for export increased by 9.2% to 3.7 million tons, and import shipments by 8% to 16.2 thousand tons. Transportation of grain in ... #UkrainianRailways #Ukrzaliznitsa #UZ
Ukrainian Railways (UZ) does not plan to increase tariffs in 2022. The announcement referred to freight transportation, except for the one increase scheduled for January 1, 2022. The Chairman of the Board of UZ, Oleksandr Kamyshin, said that the first increase of tar... #UkrainianRailways #Ukrzaliznytsia #UZ #UZtarrifs
Ukrainian Railways (UZ) raises freight rates for iron ore transportation. From January 1, 2022, UZ will increase the tariff by an additional 9%. The change of the tariffs should bring the company an additional UAH 2 bln ($76 mln) of revenue in 2021, and UAH 10 bln ($381 mln... #RailroadFreightRates #UkrainianRailways #Ukrzaliznytsia #UZfreightrates
Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways – UZ) to increase salaries. The salaries of railway workers will increase by 10% from December 1, 2021. The announcement was made by the Chairman of the Board, Alexander Kamyshin, who noted that this was the second increase in t... #SalaryUkraine #UkraineRailRoad #UkrainianRailways
Concorde Capital’s Alexander Paraschiy writes: “The company will be able to accumulate more funds to finance its capex programs, as well as will enjoy better leverage multiples. This potentially may lead to further upgrades of the company’s credit... #UkrainianRailways #UZbonds
A Chinese container train is rolling across Siberia, following a new route to Kyiv. Shunning the western China-Kazakhstan route, Eurosib sent 41 containers by sea from China to Vladivostok. From the Russian Far East, the train is traveling west on the Trans-Siberian Railway. One year... #CargoTrains #chinesetrains #UkrainianRailways
Fast InterCity trains will start running next year between Cherkasy and Kyiv, rendering rail travel as fast car travel on the 190-km route. After electrification of a final 30-km section in a 145-year old rail line, high-speed trains will connect the regional capital with the national capital in 2h30 min, the same time as by car, Kirill T... #Cherkasy #Intercity #UkrainianRailways
Fighting a slow drain of workers to Poland and Germany , Ukrzaliznytsia is raising salaries this month by 10% for all employees earning up to $1,000 a month. #SalaryUkraine #UkrainianRailways
Ukrzaliznytsia has placed 5-year Eurobonds worth $300 million at 7.875% per annum, a banking source tells Interfax-Ukraine. This would be substantially higher than the 7% range analysts had expected. J.P. Morgan and Dragon Capital were advisors on the issue. Fitch Ratings assigned t... #UkrainianRailways #UZbonds
By turning Kyiv’s central rail station over to private operators through a concession agreement, the station could attract $100 million in investment, Vladyslav Krikliy said in an interview given to the Kyiv Post before he stepped down last week as Infrastructure Minister. Looking at station candidates for concessions — Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, ... #KyivCentralTrainstation #UkrainianRailways
Lemtrans, owner of Ukraine’s largest private rail car fleet, is investing $15 million to create a logistics hub at Mostyska, Ukraine’s Lviv region border town with Poland. By the end of this year, this ‘Dry Port’ will allow shippers to switch container between trains on Soviet gauge tracks and trains on EU gauge tracks. Ref... #EuroTrack #Lemtrans #UkrainianRailways
Gazprom re-starts construction of Nord Stream 2 on Friday Gazprom re-starts construction of Nord Stream 2 on Friday, using a flotilla of three Russian boats capable of finishing the Russia to Germany gas line by May, The Financial Times reports from Moscow a... #DTEK #Gazprom #InvestmentsinUkraine #nordstream2 #RussianVaccine #Ryanair #TurkeyUkraine #UkrainianRailways #Ukrhydroenergo #vaccine
“The US sanctions will delay the launch of the project, but will not stop its completion,” “The US sanctions will delay the launch of the project, but will not stop its completion,” predicts Naz Masraff, Europe director at Eurasia Group. “Ultimately, Moscow, with the help of Berlin, will fi... #DTEK #Gazprom #InvestmentsinUkraine #nordstream2 #RussianVaccine #Ryanair #TurkeyUkraine #UkrainianRailways #Ukrhydroenergo #vaccine
With Russian gas transit across Ukraine only guaranteed through 2024, Ukraine’s pipeline operator is negotiating alternatives: With Russian gas transit across Ukraine only guaranteed through 2024, Ukraine’s pipeline operator is negotiating alternatives: storage of gas from new LNG terminals in the Baltic and Adriatic, and tra... #DTEK #Gazprom #InvestmentsinUkraine #nordstream2 #RussianVaccine #Ryanair #TurkeyUkraine #UkrainianRailways #Ukrhydroenergo #vaccine
Pro-Russian politicians promoting Russia’s coronavirus vaccine are making advances as the West delays sending its own vaccines to Ukraine Pro-Russian politicians promoting Russia’s coronavirus vaccine are making advances as the West delays sending its own vaccines to Ukraine, The New York Times reports in a story headlined: “In Vaccine ... #DTEK #Gazprom #InvestmentsinUkraine #nordstream2 #RussianVaccine #Ryanair #TurkeyUkraine #UkrainianRailways #Ukrhydroenergo #vaccine
Alfa-Bank Ukraine forecasts the 2020 year-end foreign direct investment figure will be $0.00 billion Alfa-Bank Ukraine forecasts the 2020 year-end foreign direct investment figure will be $0.00 billion. By contrast, net FDI inflow was $5.2 billion in 2019 and $4.5 billion in 2018. #DTEK #Gazprom #InvestmentsinUkraine #nordstream2 #RussianVaccine #Ryanair #TurkeyUkraine #UkrainianRailways #Ukrhydroenergo #vaccine
Lack of rule of law, unpaid debts to solar and wind investors, and last year’s purge of internationally-known reformers from government make for bleak prospects for inbound investment this year Lack of rule of law, unpaid debts to solar and wind investors, and last year’s purge of internationally-known reformers from government make for bleak prospects for inbound investment this year, Ander... #DTEK #Gazprom #InvestmentsinUkraine #nordstream2 #RussianVaccine #Ryanair #TurkeyUkraine #UkrainianRailways #Ukrhydroenergo #vaccine
By the end of next year, Ukrhydroenergo plans to put into operation at its hydro plants energy storage systems with capacity of 212 MW By the end of next year, Ukrhydroenergo plans to put into operation at its hydro plants energy storage systems with capacity of 212 MW and solar power plants with a capacity of 65 MW, says Ihor Syrota... #DTEK #Gazprom #InvestmentsinUkraine #nordstream2 #RussianVaccine #Ryanair #TurkeyUkraine #UkrainianRailways #Ukrhydroenergo #vaccine
DTEK is opening “an investment hub” in London to attract investments for renewable energy projects in the Ukraine and in the EU, DTEK is opening “an investment hub” in London to attract investments for renewable energy projects in the Ukraine and in the EU, the company reports. “We created a hub to attract investment in new ene... #DTEK #Gazprom #InvestmentsinUkraine #nordstream2 #RussianVaccine #Ryanair #TurkeyUkraine #UkrainianRailways #Ukrhydroenergo #vaccine
Turkey and Ukraine are working on “more than 30 joint projects” for production of military equipment, Turkey and Ukraine are working on “more than 30 joint projects” for production of military equipment, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Turkey Andrii Sybiha says in a lengthy written said interview with Defense... #DTEK #Gazprom #InvestmentsinUkraine #nordstream2 #RussianVaccine #Ryanair #TurkeyUkraine #UkrainianRailways #Ukrhydroenergo #vaccine
A Turkey-Ukraine-Poland container route is in the pipeline for 2021 A Turkey-Ukraine-Poland container route is in the pipeline for 2021 as Ukrferry and Ferrplus have signed an agreement with Ukrzaliznytsia’s Lisky terminal in Kyiv. In a multimodal route, containers wi... #DTEK #Gazprom #InvestmentsinUkraine #nordstream2 #RussianVaccine #Ryanair #TurkeyUkraine #UkrainianRailways #Ukrhydroenergo #vaccine
