GERMAN shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd has started offering three block train connections in Ukraine, complementing the existing domestic service from the port city of Odessa to the main Ukrainian industrial centres of Kharkiv (UAHRK), Dnipro (UADNK) and Kiev (UAIEV).
The liner said in a statement that the new connections will cover 70 per cent of the country's cargo origins and destinations by an own rail product. The rail service will be provided by NUNIT, the intermodal company of TransInvestService (TIS), the largest private terminal operator in Ukraine.
The partnership will enable Hapag-Lloyd to offer three weekly block trains, made up of 30 to 45 platforms each, as well as to use the depots and facilities of TIS for the on-site storage and stowage of the cargo.
'We are very pleased to expand our services in Ukraine with these additional block train connections. The country is a strategically important market for Hapag-Lloyd in Eastern Europe. With the additional connections, we can now serve customers' transport needs even better,' says Ekatarina Kovylaeva, sales director area Med agents at Hapag-Lloyd.
'Customers now benefit from improved reliability in deliveries, as transit times are significantly shorter and trains reach destinations without stops.'
Apart from Russia, Ukraine is the largest country by area in the centre of Europe and is one of the world's largest agricultural producers. The country ranks number five in global rail freight transport and Hapag-Lloyd has continuously grown in Ukraine since 2018 and is striving for further growth in the country, the statement added.
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The liner said in a statement that the new connections will cover 70 per cent of the country's cargo origins and destinations by an own rail product. The rail service will be provided by NUNIT, the intermodal company of TransInvestService (TIS), the largest private terminal operator in Ukraine.
The partnership will enable Hapag-Lloyd to offer three weekly block trains, made up of 30 to 45 platforms each, as well as to use the depots and facilities of TIS for the on-site storage and stowage of the cargo.
'We are very pleased to expand our services in Ukraine with these additional block train connections. The country is a strategically important market for Hapag-Lloyd in Eastern Europe. With the additional connections, we can now serve customers' transport needs even better,' says Ekatarina Kovylaeva, sales director area Med agents at Hapag-Lloyd.
'Customers now benefit from improved reliability in deliveries, as transit times are significantly shorter and trains reach destinations without stops.'
Apart from Russia, Ukraine is the largest country by area in the centre of Europe and is one of the world's largest agricultural producers. The country ranks number five in global rail freight transport and Hapag-Lloyd has continuously grown in Ukraine since 2018 and is striving for further growth in the country, the statement added.
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