Ukrzaliznytsia is introducing a temporary conventional restriction on the transportation of agricultural cargo to Poland through the Izov station. As reported on the Ukrzaliznytsia website, from February 21 to February 27, it will be prohibited to transport fats and oils of animal and vegetable origin, prepared edible fats, wax of animal or vegetable origin for … Read more
Ukrposhta, together with Estonian National Post Omniva, Slovak Interport and Ukrzaliznytsia, for the first time since 2002, carried out the first delivery of international parcels to Ukraine by rail, the press service of the postal operator reported on Tuesday. “In the first test delivery by rail, Omniva and Ukrposhta jointly delivered three wagons with almost … Read more
JSC Ukrzaliznytsia and the development company DAI Global LLC, working with international development agencies, signed a memorandum on the implementation of the international technical assistance project “Economic Support for Ukraine,” which provides for the development of the export of Ukrainian grain by rail, the press service of Ukrzaliznytsia reported on Friday. “Our common goal is … Read more
Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine’s national railway operator, has resumed the export of Ukrainian agricultural products through Poland for the first time since April 24, Interfax-Ukraine reported on April 24. The shipments are authorized for land transit and for transit to the seaports of Gdańsk, Gdynia, Świnoujście, and Szczecin. Ukrzaliznytsia received a notification about the lifting of restrictions from the … Read more
JSC Ukrzaliznytsia in March reached the highest indicator of transportation in export traffic over the past year – 5.3 million tonnes (73.4% more) compared to the same period last year and 4% more versus February indicators, Valeriy Tkachev, Deputy Director of the Commercial Work Department at Ukrzaliznytsia, said at a meeting of the Export Promotion … Read more
By the end of 2023, JSC Ukrazaliznytsia can create a cargo carrier company that will work in the field of cargo transportation in Europe, Oleksandr Kamyshin, Ukrzaliznytsia board chairman, told Interfax-Ukraine. “It’s true, we must develop a European carrier in both passenger and freight traffic. We have shown that we can be effective, and those … Read more
Fitch Ratings has downgraded JSC Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia, UR) Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘Restricted Default’ (RD) from ‘C’ following the execution of the consent solicitation to defer its debt servicing of its US dollar loan participation notes (LPN) maturing in 2024 and 2026. Fitch views the consent solicitation as a distressed debt … Read more
The state rail company Ukrzaliznytsia transported 150.58 million tons of cargo, according to operational data for 2022, which is 52.1% less than in 2021, RAIL.insider reported on Jan. 5. The results of the year were discussed during an online meeting of Ukrzaliznytsia with participants in the agricultural transportation market on Jan. 5. “Cargo transportation almost halved in … Read more
Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine’s national railway operator, has successfully restructured payments for two issues of Eurobonds for a total of $895 million, Ukraine’s Minister of Development of Communities, Territories, and Infrastructure, Oleksandr Kubrakov, wrote on Facebook on Dec. 22. “Today, Ukrzaliznytsia successfully completed the voting procedure of holders for the restructuring of payments for two issues of … Read more
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