Residents, businesses, and organizations in Panevėžys and surrounding areas now have the opportunity to review detailed plans for the Rail Baltica infrastructure in the region. The European-gauge railway will be integrated with the existing narrow-gauge railway, ensuring the preservation of all 23 structures in the Šilas garden community as mandated by territorial planning requirements.
Baltic Hub, the largest container terminal in the Baltic Sea, recently launched its fourth RMG crane on July 15th, significantly boosting its annual railway siding capacity to over 800,000 TEUs. Manufactured by Künz of Austria, the new electrified RMG crane is fully operational with advanced features like OCR for automatic container identification, collision avoidance systems, and 11 cameras to aid operators.
A significant step towards the modernization of international rail transport was the successful completion of the testing phase of the digital prototype of the electronic CIM/SMGS consignment note (eCIM/SMGS CN). This joint effort marks a major milestone in the digitization of cargo documentation, aimed at improving operational efficiency and cross-border interoperability.
PERN and Colas Rail Polska have entered into an agreement for the construction of railway infrastructure at the PERN fuel depot in Nowa Wies Wielka. This initiative aims to double the capacity of petroleum products by rail, meeting the growing demand of PERN customers for this mode of transport.
In the first half of 2024, PKP LHS increased cargo volumes to more than 6 million tons, which is 29% higher than the same period in 2023 and is a record result in the company’s history.
LTG Cargo, a freight company of the LTG group, has purchased 500 wagons for transporting grain crops, some of which will arrive in Lithuania this season. The new cars will significantly increase the company’s transportation capacity, allowing it to additionally transport about 1.2 million tons of cargo per year. It is expected that the first carriages will arrive in Lithuania in the coming months, the remaining 300 by the end of this year. Another 200 cars will be delivered in the first quarter of 2025.
Ukraine and Poland have entered into an agreement on cooperation in the field of transport, aimed at expanding the network of transport links and infrastructure, especially in the areas of agricultural products, as well as the development of transport corridors, including rail, road and air routes. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk signed a document confirming the intentions of both countries.
First Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar met with Wabtec CEO Rafael Santana to discuss the company’s plans to produce new generation “green” locomotives in Kazakhstan. During the meeting, the government’s efforts to modernize railway transport, including updating the rolling stock fleet, were noted.
Regional rail operator from Germany, the former Go-Ahead Deutschland, acquired by the Austrian Federal Railways in February 2024 from The Go-Ahead Group, is now officially renamed Arverio Deutschland. This renaming occurred in honor of the Halo-Roman god of trade and patron of roads and travel, Arvernus, comparable to Mercury, the god of trade.
In the first six months of 2024, 1,724 freight trains traveled along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route in the China-Europe direction, which is 11.7% more than the same period last year. The number of trains increased by 180 trains.
