A new train connection between Vilnius and Warsaw will start operating next year, the Lithuanian rail operator has announced. The countries’ state rail companies, Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (LTG) and Polskie Koleje Panstwowe (PKP), agreed to roll out a passenger service in the second quarter of 2021 and also begin joint freight operations. The journey between Vilnius…
Countries in Central and Eastern Europe are preparing for a possible gas crisis caused by Russia’s actions and are therefore trying to fill their gas storage facilities as much as possible, Vice-President of the Management Board at Polish oil and gas company PGNiG Maciej Wozniak has said. “The countries of Central and Eastern Europe have…
The transshipment volume at the Port of Gdansk keeps increasing, PGA says in a press release. Thanks to the result for the first half of the year, Gdansk’s port managed to go up by two positions in the ranking of the Baltic Sea’s largest ports. This new record brings it closer to the very top.…
An agreement for the preparation of a feasibility study for the Wisla River Waterway has been concluded in Gdansk. It was signed by the representatives of the Port of Gdansk Authority SA: President Lukasz Greinke and Vice-President Macin Osowski, as well as Artur Mazurek, representing the contractor selected by tender, the British company Halcrow Group…
Polish-based PKP Intercity plans to launch a direct railway service between Przemysl and Berlin in 2018 in view of growing traffic on the eastern border of Poland and the migration of Ukrainian citizens to EU countries. “Ukrainian routes have turned out to be a hit. Trains from Przemysl to Lviv and Kyiv transport more and…
Polish PKP PKP Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa (PKP LHS) company has started testing a new route to China, which will run through the territory of Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, the Center for Transport Strategies announced. A test container has been sent to China from Euroterminal in Slawkow, owned by PKP LHS. On the way to…
Relations between Ukraine and Poland are developing successfully, in particular, in the economic sector, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine Jan Pieklo said. “In most sectors the relations between Ukraine and Poland are good and very good, particularly with regard to cooperation in the economy. In recent years, the parties…