Centre for Transport Strategies

09/08/2025

The implementation of these plans will be possible only after the construction of European standard-gauge rail tracks in Ukraine.

24/07/2025

The state-owned Chornomorsk Commercial Seaport has received a liner container ship for the first time since the beginning of the war, making it the only state-owned Ukrainian port currently handling containerized cargo.

In addition, on 16 July, the port set a record for the number of loaded containers handled during a single vessel call.

21/07/2025

Nearly half of the Icelandic carrier's aircraft fleet has already been or will soon be transferred to the Ukrainian airline.

18/04/2025

Since the beginning of the year, they have collectively handled 20.7 million tons of cargo: the Pivdennyi port 10.6 million tons, the Chornomorsk port 6.6 million tons, and the Odesa port 3.5 million tons.

The ports in the Danube region - Izmail, Reni, and Ust-Danube - collectively handled over 2.3 million tons of cargo.

The ports of Greater Odesa handled the largest volumes of cargo.

09/04/2025

Ukrainian industrial company Interpipe is considering options to lease (time charter) a second vessel to operate on the route from Odesa to Persian Gulf ports.

The company is currently working on creating and stabilizing a steady cargo flow and selecting potential candidates for long-term charter.

12/01/2025

Priority will be given to projects that are crucial for vital activities in the country as a whole and in individual regions in particular, such as damaged and destroyed bridges and overpasses.

CTS is an independent information and consulting center that focuses on research into individual transport and infrastructure projects in Ukraine and Russia, as well as on analyzing and forecasting the development of the transport complex.

05/12/2024

What can be done in the face of Russia’s tactics aimed at restricting the operation of the Ukrainian maritime corridor?

24/11/2024

Representatives of one of the world's largest railcar manufacturers, the Greenbrier Group, have visited the production facilities of the Ukrainian industrial company Interpipe for the first time since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The company continues to expand its presence in European markets despite the war.

22/10/2024

The Ukrainian Railways joint-stock company (JSC Ukrzaliznytsia) launched a strategic program to expand European-standard tracks across Ukraine in 2023-2024. As part of this program, the active phase of the construction of European-gauge tracks between Chop and Uzhhorod is currently underway. Ukrzaliznytsia is relaying and aligning broad-gauge tracks on the Strumkivka - Chop railway stretch, where a parallel European-gauge track will also be laid in the future.

Construction works are expected to be completed this year.

17/10/2024

The service is scheduled to start from Port Said on 16 October, and the first arrival in Chornomorsk is scheduled for 22 October.

The service is scheduled to start from Port Said on 16 October.

15/10/2024

The construction of a 628-meter-long bridge complex over the Desna River, one of the largest infrastructure projects implemented in Ukraine during the war, has been completed near Chernihiv.

The 106-meter section of the bridge over the river was made from the last pre-war batch of steel produced by Azovstal in Mariupol.

The 106-meter section of the bridge over the river was made from the last pre-war batch of steel produced by Azovstal in Mariupol.

26/09/2024

Domestic companies outside the maritime industry are increasingly interested in fleet management. What is the reason for this trend and will it gather momentum?