The subsidiary of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ), UZ Cargo Poland, has transported petroleum products for the first time along the Lithuania–Poland–Ukraine route, the company's press service reported.
"Ukrzaliznytsia is expanding its freight services within the EU… UZ Cargo Poland, in partnership with LTG Cargo Polska Sp. z o.o. (a subsidiary of the Lithuanian railway operator LTG Cargo), transported petroleum products along the Lithuania–Poland–Ukraine route," the UZ press service announced on Facebook on Monday.
UZ Cargo Poland carried out the transportation of petroleum products for the first time as a licensed railway carrier in the EU, operating in Poland with rolling stock owned by JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia," the press service emphasized.
The company's next ambitious steps will be to expand the geography of transportation from Ukraine to Romania, Hungary, and Slovakia, the message added.
UZ Cargo Poland connects Ukraine with European countries, operating rolling stock on both the standard gauge (1435 mm) and broad gauge (1520 mm) tracks. It holds a transportation license from UTK (official authorization for passenger and freight rail transportation in Poland), a safety certificate from ERA (European Union Agency for Railways) in accordance with European Parliament and Council directives, and has signed the necessary agreements with PKP PLK S.A. (the Polish state-owned railway infrastructure operator).
Earlier, Timofiy Murakhovskyi, Director of Commercial Operations and Logistics at JSC Ukrzaliznytsia, told CTS that UZ Cargo Poland currently provides only freight forwarding services. According to him, in Romania, UZ Cargo Poland operates grain wagons. The company also manages regular container trains from Gdansk to Odessa and Dnipro. He also mentioned that UZ Cargo Poland transports fuel that Ukrzaliznytsia purchases abroad.
