The joint project of PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia represented by the branch Lisky, Maersk Line and TIS LLC (Odesa region) – a container train that runs from the Kyiv-Lisky station to the Chornomorska station (TIS) at Yuzhny port – was launched on January 31.
According to an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent, Ukrzaliznytsia Acting Chairman Yevhen Kravtsov, State Secretary of the Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine Andriy Haluschak, TIS co-owner and Director General Andriy Stavnitser, Maersk Ukraine LTD Director General Roman Koloyanov, Director of the Lisky branch Ruslan Husak and Deputy Head of the Kyiv customs service of the State Fiscal Service Irakli Katamadze took part in the event on the occasion of the train departure.
The train will run weekly to provide a comprehensive service for the delivery of goods in containers directly to recipients under a “door-to-door” scheme within the global delivery system of Maersk.
The TIS head said it is planned to carry 500 containers by the train per month.
