The situation with grain transportation by rail remains tense in Ukraine

The situation with grain transportation by rail remains extremely tense, the cost of grain delivery to ports has increased by 2-2.5 times,which cannot be explained by the lack of railcars, but most likely by the lack of coordination between the owners of railcars and Ukrzaliznytsia.

As it turned out, the purchase of their own grain wagons by traders and freight forwarders did not help in solving stable grain supplies to ports due to the fact that Ukrzaliznytsia still has problems with traction and access roads that do not have time to repair.

 JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" held a weekly meeting with the participation of representatives of the grain market to organize uninterrupted and stable work on the shipment of railcars.

Currently, there are about 50 abandoned and 250 temporarily delayed trains on the Ukrzaliznytsia network. This is 20 more than a week ago.

In Ukrzaliznytsya, the situation is explained primarily by carrying out track works (windows) and reassures that at the weekend they will take a break from work and try to reduce the accumulation of trains as much as possible. According to Alexander Frolov, deputy head of the main traffic control center of the Ukrzaliznytsia Traffic Management Department, the next Windows are scheduled for November 15-19. Then there will be a break for at least a week, and then another window lasting 5 days.

The most difficult situation now is in the direction of the Nikolaev ports (Nikolaev and Oktyabrskaya stations): a little less than 7 thousand cars have accumulated there. I even had to leave 2 trains due to the fault of the consignee. Abandoned trains also cause problems at other stations.

The representative of UZ also reminded that a program for updating the car fleet will be launched now. "For its implementation, it is extremely important that foreign railcars do not enter the territory of Ukraine."