Ukrzaliznytsia JSC (UZ) will purchase 10 thousand tons of diesel fuel from state-owned Ukrnafta PJSC following the fourth tender for the purchase of diesel fuel through Prozorro Market, the company said in a telegram on Wednesday.
According to the release, Ukrnafta offered the best price of UAH 50.97 thousand per ton.
It is noted that Ukrzaliznytsia will sign a contract with the winner in the near future. It is specified that all diesel should be painted to prevent theft.
Earlier, UZ has already purchased 25 thousand tons of diesel fuel through Prozorro Market at prices of UAH 50.5 – 52.9 thousand per ton. The company notes that, taking into account the Platts indices at the time of the selection of the winners, this corresponds to the prices of direct contracts with European producers, including all related costs for delivery and customs clearance.
In particular, in June 2024, Ukrnafta was awarded contracts for the supply of 15 thousand tons. In July, the winner of the tender for 10 thousand tons was Sokar Ukraine Trading House LLC.
It is noted that both winners at the stage of their registration in the electronic catalog of the electronic procurement system were qualified by the Professional Procurement State Enterprise and guaranteed that their products were not of Russian, Belarusian or Iranian origin.
As reported, UZ used to buy diesel directly from European producers, but in April 2024, after amendments to a government decree, the company no longer has this option and can only buy diesel through Prozorro.
Rail container transportation in Ukraine in the first seven months of 2024 amounted to 160,268 thousand twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), which is 58% more than in the same period last year, said Valery Tkachev, Deputy Director of the Department of Transportation Technology and Commercial Work of Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ).
“This means that we have a record volume of transportation in seven months. It even surpassed the pre-war figures,” he said at a meeting of the export office on Wednesday.
In addition, the Liski Transport Service Center is going to start signing long-term contracts with cargo owners for the use of fitting platforms for a specific period of time and at a fixed price, which will depend on the volume of transportation, Ukrzaliznytsia reported.
Due to the nighttime shelling of the railway infrastructure in Poltava region, Kharkiv-bound trains are still running with delays, and there will be a delay in the departure of return trains on Sunday evening, Ukrzaliznytsia reported.
According to a message posted on Telegram, trains #21/22 Kharkiv – Lviv (+10:34); #103/104 Kramatorsk – Lviv (+10:34); #1/2 Kharkiv – Ivano-Frankivsk (+10:06); #201/202 Kharkiv – Vorokhta (+10:06); #63/64 Kharkiv – Lviv (+4:57); #111/112 Izyum – Lviv (+4:57); #112/111 Lviv – Izyum (+2:25) are delayed.
Also in the evening, flight #64/63 Lviv – Kharkiv will depart from the terminal station approximately 2 hours later than its schedule; # 112/111 Lviv – Izyum will depart from the terminal station approximately 2 hours later than its schedule; # 2/1 Ivano-Frankivsk – Kharkiv will depart from the terminal station approximately 3 hours later than its schedule; # 202/201 Vorokhta – Kharkiv will depart from the terminal station as scheduled, but will receive an unscheduled parking at Ivano-Frankivsk station lasting about 3 hours.
Earlier it was reported that on the night of August 4, as a result of shelling in Poltava region, the railway infrastructure was damaged, a number of Kharkiv trains changed their routes and are running with delays.
JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia” (UZ) has made changes to the schedule of two Intercity+ trains on the Kyiv-Premysl route to reduce the risk of delays at the border.
“Starting August 10: train No. 715 Kyiv-Premysl will depart from Kyiv at 11:26 instead of 11:59. Train No. 705 Kyiv-Premierzl will depart at 19:19 instead of 20:05,” the company’s press service posted on Facebook on Thursday.
At the same time, as indicated, the arrival time of both trains to Przemyśl will not change. The additional time will be used to extend the stop at Lviv station for border and customs control.
Due to the high traffic, Ukrzaliznytsia advises passengers to allow at least 2-2.5 hours for the transfer.
In the marketing year 2023-2024 (MY, June-July), Ukrzaliznytsia JSC (UZ) transported 35.122 million tons of grain cargo, the best figure in the last four years, said Valery Tkachev, Deputy Director of Transportation Technology and Commercial Work Department of UZ, at a meeting with agricultural market participants on Thursday.
According to him, in June, 3.48 million tons of grain were transported by rail in all directions, a third more than in the same month of 2023.
In the first six months of this year, UZ transported 21.85 million tons of grain, which is 30% more than in the same period last year.
At the same time, 2.558 million tons of grain were transported in export traffic in June, and 18.731 million tons in six months, which is 43% more than a year earlier.
Export volumes of oil and oilcake and meals also increased. Thus, in January-June 2014, 954 thousand tons of vegetable oil were transported by rail, which is 30% more than last year. During the same period, the transportation of oilcake and meal increased by 19% to 1.41 million tons, Tkachev summarized.
Ukrzaliznytsia JSC (UZ) has changed the opening time of online sales for international trains to reduce the load on the application, the company’s press service reports.
“We are changing the opening time of online sales for international trains to stabilize the slightly overloaded application,” the press service said in a statement on Wednesday.
It is noted that from Thursday, ticket sales in the Polish direction (Przemyśl, Dorohusk, Chełm, Warsaw) will start at 09:00, with a sales period of 20 days before the departure date.
Slovak and Austrian direction – from 08:00, 20 days in advance. Ticket sales for trains to Moldova will start at 08:00, with a sales depth of 30 days.
“All sales start simultaneously on the Ukrzaliznytsia website and in the app. The opening of sales for all domestic flights will remain at 08:00,” UZ said.
The company explained that prior to these changes, ticket sales for all international trains opened at 8 am, except for the Kyiv-Warsaw train, which started selling tickets at 9:00 am.
“The changes will help reduce peak loads on our systems and, accordingly, make the use of the (…) application even more convenient and faster,” UZ assured.
UZ also reported that it has begun a gradual transfer of ticket sales to the new website https://booking-new.uz.gov.ua. International tickets will no longer be available on the old website.
