Ukrainian transport companies transported almost 1.5 billion passengers in January-July 2021, which is 4% more than in the same period in 2020, the State Statistics Service reported.
The passenger turnover of transport enterprises in January-July 2021 amounted to 34.8 billion passenger-kilometers, which is 26.8% more than last year.
According to the State Statistics Service, 47.5 million passengers used rail transport (including city commuter train services) in January-July, which is 22% more than in January-July 2020, and 622.8 million passengers used road transport (more by 0.8%).
Air transport increased passenger traffic by 99.6%, to 4.7 million people.
In addition, according to the State Statistics Service, over the seven months of 2021, some 222.6 million passengers used trams (less by 6.4% versus January-July 2020), 261.7 million people used subway (more by 22%), and 340.1 million people were carried by trolleybuses (more by 2.9%).
During the specified period, water transport carried 200,000 passengers (more by 182%).
FOREIGN TRADE TURNOVER BY THE MOST IMPORTANT POSITIONS JAN-MAY 2021 (IMPORT)
Ukrainian swimmer Yelyzaveta Mereshko won the gold medal in the 50 meter-freestyle at the Tokyo Paralympics.
“Yelyzaveta Mereshko, Ukraine, won gold in parasailing, women, 50 meter-freestyle, S6 at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo,” the press service of the organizing committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo said on Twitter.
Hungary is interested in the continuation of natural gas transit across Ukraine, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.
“I don’t understand why not ship gas via the southeastern route [after the launch of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline]. Hungary views this matter from a strategic standpoint, because the absence of transit across Ukraine would cause damage to our country,” Szijjarto said at a press conference following negotiations with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Each country should make decisions on sources and routes of energy supply primarily based on its own national interests,” he said.
Transport enterprises of Ukraine (excluding the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as part of the JFO zone) in January-July 2021 increased transportation of goods by 4.7% compared to the same period in 2020, up to 342.3 million tonnes, the State Statistics Service reported.
According to its data, the freight turnover of carriers for the specified period increased by 1.6%, to 161.9 billion tonne-kilometers.
According to statistics, in January-July 2021, some 173.4 million tonnes of goods were transported by rail in domestic traffic and for export, which is 3% more than in January-July 2020. Some 120.8 million tonnes (more by 17.6%) were transported by road, 2.6 million tonnes (down by 4.8%) by water, 45.4 million tonnes (less by 14.5%) by pipeline, 100,000 tonnes (more by 4.5%) by air.
The Turkish container line Akkon Lines starts operating in Ukraine, choosing for ship calls DP World TIS Pivdennyi (Odesa region) container terminal in the country.
“This regular weekly service will provide direct and fast connections between the container terminal at Pivdenny port, in Odesa region in Ukraine, and the key Turkish ports Ambarli and Gebze,” TIS Pivdennyi said in a statement.
The corresponding agreement was signed on August 26, 2021 by Ihor Zhihor, the CEO of DP World TIS Pivdennyi terminal, and Salim Isil, the CEO of AKKON Shipping. The first call to DP World TIS Pivdennyi is expected in the first ten days of September.
“Shorter and more flexible routes will speed up maritime logistics between DP World TIS Pivdennyi and Turkey, and make it easier for Ukrainian business to access other Turkish ports, in particular Gemlik, Mersin and Aliaga. As a result, Ukrainian cargo owners will be able to get additional convenient access to the Mediterranean and North African markets,” the report says.
Akkon Lines notes that such cooperation will give the company access to the multimodal infrastructure of Ukrainian partners, including the network of the so-called dry ports and railway terminals.
DP World TIS Pivdennyi is a container terminal located in the water area of Pivdenny seaport in Odesa region with berth depths of 15 meters and five STS cranes in one line. The terminal has its own well-developed railway infrastructure and regular block train service.
The terminal’s container throughput in 2020 amounted to almost 245,000 TEU, having increased by 12% compared to 2019.
Akkon Lines container line was founded in 2018 under the auspices of AKKON Maritime Transport and Trade A.S. and in partnership with Akarlar Shipping. It specializes in container shipping in the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins. Akkon Lines, in addition to container transportation services, offers ground transportation and logistics services for storage, customs clearance, etc.
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