Railway container transportation reached pre-war levels

The majority of container cargo is exported, and the main nomenclature of cargo transported in containers is grain.

Container transportation by railway shows a recovery to the level of pre-war volumes. This was reported by Valery Tkachev, a representative of Ukrzaliznytsia JSC.

In the first nine months of 2024, containerized cargo traffic increased by 47% compared to the same period last year, reaching 197,897 TEU. This indicator is the highest in the last seven years and exceeds the result for the peak year 2021 by 7%.

In particular, 62% of all container transportation is exported. The main nomenclature of goods transported in containers is grain – their share is 44% of the total volume of transportation.

In total, as of October 1, Ukrzaliznytsia transported 533 intermodal trains, of which 82 were international.

USM also recently wrote that ARMA handed over more than 400 arrested Russian wagons to its management.