KYIV. Sept 28 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Transportation of freight in containers by rail and in Viking combined transport trains via Ukraine in January-August 2016 increased by 28% year-over-year, to 45,945 TEU.
In particular, container transportation by the Dniprovets train (Odesa-Dnipro-Lisky-Odesa) increased by 55%, to 3,323 TEU, PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia’s press service reported.
Container transportation by rail between Nikopol and Illichivsk grew by 51%, to 20,978 TEU. The Podillia train running between Odesa and Khmelnytsky boosted container transportation by 5%, to 980 TEU, while the Zubr train saw a 35% increase in container transportation to 990 TEU.
In addition, 2,843 TEU was transported by the Viking combined transport train; 2,304 TEU was shipped along the Khreshchatyk route (Odesa-Kyiv-Lisky-Odesa), and 3,868 TEU was shipped from Romanian cities to the Russian city of Togliatti in Samara Oblast and back.
Eleven container trains run across Ukraine’s territory. Transportation of containers by train accounts for 26% of the total volume of transported containers via the country.
