In 2023, Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ) transported 148.4 million tons of cargo by all types of traffic, down 1.5% from 2022 and due to the availability of pre-war January-February 2022 in the comparison database, the company’s website reports.
According to it, from March to December 2023, UZ transported an average of 23% more cargo per month than in the same period in 2022.
It is specified that November was a record month last year, when the company transported 14.1 million tons of cargo.
According to the release, 22.3 million tons of cargo were transported to seaports for further export last year, while 34.4 million tons were exported via land crossings.
Domestic transportation in 2023 increased by 11.4% to 84.8 million tons compared to 2022.
According to UZ, the leaders in terms of cargo volumes in 2023 were grains – 30.6 million tons (+5.9%), construction materials – 29.6 million tons (+29.6%), iron and manganese ore – 27.5 million tons (-13.2%), coal – 26.2 million tons (-11.2%) and ferrous metals – 8.2 million tons (-10.6%).
