Ukraine and Moldova abolish permits for intl cargo transportation from Sept

Ukraine will receive “a customs visa-free regime” as early as 2022, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said. “Ukraine will receive ‘a customs visa-free’ this year! Yesterday, the Joint Committee of the Conventions on Joint Transit and Facilitation made an official decision to invite Ukraine to join them from October 1. Ukraine will become the 36th … Read more

Spain launched pilot project to transport grain from Ukraine by train

Spain has launched a pilot project to transport grain by train from Ukraine as an alternative or supplement to sea transport. Ministry of Transport of Spain stated it, EP reports. Railway operator Renfe Mercancías sent 25 units of 40-foot containers to the border between Poland and Ukraine to transport 600 tons of Ukrainian corn to … Read more

Deutsche Bahn railway to transport Ukrainian grain to German ports

The German railway concern Deutsche Bahn plans to send several trains with Ukrainian grain per week. The official representative of the DB Cargo company, a “daughter” of the concern, announced it, DW reports. The publication reports that the German concern will begin transporting Ukrainian grain to German ports for further transportation to other countries. To … Read more

Ukrainian railway monopoly Ukrzaliznytsia almost doubled grain exports

From March to June this year, the grain cargoes export almost doubled. Ukrzaliznytsia reported it to Rail.insider. As noted in the publication, from January to June 2022, 9.45 thousand tons of grain cargoes were transported exclusively by railway. Compared to the same period in 2021, the indicator decreased by 1.683 million tons, or by 15.7%. … Read more

Ukraine to join Common Transit Procedure Convention

Ukraine has been invited to join the Convention on the Common Transit Procedure (NCTS), called “visa-free customs.” The government expects that international implementation will begin at the end of 2022. It was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Finance. Along with this, Ukraine was invited to the Convention on simplification of formalities … Read more

Freight rail tariffs in Ukraine will grow by 70% from July

The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine agreed with the proposal of Ukrzaliznytsia to increase tariffs for the transportation of goods by rail by 70%. Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov signed corresponding order No. 441 on amendments to the coefficients applied to the tariffs for the carriage of goods by rail within Ukraine and related services on June … Read more

Ukraine preparing to join EU Convention on Common Transit Procedure, sign road freight transport agreement

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said that Ukraine plans to join the EU Convention on Common Transit Procedure in the near future and is preparing to sign a road freight transport agreement with the European Union (EU). “We are planning… to join the Convention on a Common Transit Procedure in the near future. This … Read more

Nova Poshta plans to resume construction of terminal in Odesa, still plans to launch airline this year

The Nova Poshta Group of Companies plans to resume the construction of an innovative terminal in Odesa in the summer of 2022. “Probably, we will not build in such volumes as planned. But, at least, I want to resume the construction of one innovative sorting terminal in Odesa this summer. We will continue to open … Read more

About 23,000 km of roads destroyed due to war, damage to road infrastructure comes to UAH 900 bln – Ukravtodor

About 23,000 km of public roads have been destroyed as a result of Russia’s armed invasion of Ukraine, of which 8,000 km are state roads, while 302 artificial structures were also destroyed. Andriy Ivko, the first deputy head of the State Agency for Automobile Roads of Ukraine (Ukravtodor), said on the air of the national … Read more