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2019.​ Ukrzaliznytsia moved 28.3mn tons of cargo last month, reports RAIL.insider, drawing on statistics from the portal Data.gov.ua. August was the fourth month of rail cargo growth and the first month that cargo levels surpassed those of one year earlier. The state railroad moves the bulk of the nation’s exports and cargo subsidizes passenger service. Since January, UZ has carried almost 200mn tons of cargo.
Seven more companies are applying to take part in the pilot project to allow private freight trains on UZ tracks,​ Alexander Karnachev, UZ’s strategic development director, tells Magistral, the railroad’s in-house news site. Last month, Ukrainian Locomotive Company got the green light to become the first company to run private locomotives on the state rail network. For safety reasons, private freight trains initially are not to run on tracks with high speed passenger trains. Six additional companies have expressed interest, Valeriy Tkachev, the railroad’s deputy commercial director, tells UNN.
● Ships
Ukraine’s top five ports handled 91.5% of the nation’s cargo during the first eight months of this year​, reports the Sea Ports Authority. Pivdennyi once again was the most dynamic, with its cargo levels growing by 25% y/y, to handle 42mn tons, or 40% of the nation’s total. This growth was at the expense of Ukraine’s next three busiest ports: Mykolaiv -10%, to 19.2mn tons; Odesa -7%, to 15.6mn tons; and Chornomorsk -1%, to 15.4mn tons. Strong growth was registered at the two Azov ports. Mariupol was up 21%, to 4.6mn tons. Berdyansk was up 33%, to 1.5mn tons.
​six through concessions and three through sales, reports the Sea Ports Authority. The ferry and container terminals of Chornomorsk are to be put up for concession within two years, Andriy Haidutskyi, chairman of the supervisory board of the Ports Authority, told a meeting of public-private executives in Kyiv on Monday.
Through August, Ukraine’s seaports handled 5% more cargo than during the same period last year​, reports the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority. The 106mn tons of cargo breaks down as follows : exports +5.4%, to 81mn tons; imports +1%, to 16mn tons; transit +4.6%, to 7.3mn tons; cabotage +31%, to 1.6mn tons. The two main export product were nearly even: grain – 30.7mn tons; and metal ore – 30.2mn tons. Pig iron exports jumped 50%, to 2.3mn tons. Containers were up 9.2%, to 690,600.
● Cars
Contractors have completed half of the 4,200 km of roads planned for this year​, President Zelenskiy reported while on a visit to Zakarpattia Friday. Of the 24 oblasts, Zakarpattia is the leader, with 223 km completed. With the season for laying asphalt expected to end at the end of October, it is unclear how many more kilometers will be completed this year.
67​ UKRAINE Country Report​ October 2020 ​ ​www.intellinews.com