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The search EUR 640 million, an international scandal, and loud disputes about its appropriateness are over. The Polish Railways is preparing for a ceremonial upgrade to European standards of speed and comfort. 17 November 2014, 10:19

The cargo turnover of the Viking container train fell by 40 percent in the first seven months of this year while the cargo turnover of the Zubr train fell by about 60 percent. Why Ukrzaliznytsia’s best-known international transport projects are losing cargoes and how the Ukraine-EU association agreement will affect the market. 24 October 2014, 15:51

The volume of passenger traffic fell by almost half on Ukraine’s domestic routes and by 27% on international routes during the first nine months of this year. The biggest increases in passenger traffic were at Ivano-Frankovsk and Dnepropetrovsk airports. The largest airport in the country, the Boryspil airport, lost 10 percent of its passenger traffic. 16 October 2014, 15:59

The destruction of Ukraine’s roads will stop if it is ensured that the existing fuel surcharge (UAH 2.6 per liter of gasoline) is used for the intended purpose and if there is proper enforcement of size and weight requirements. What do officials and representatives of the automobile market think about this? 8 October 2014, 16:23

The largest airline in Ukraine finds itself on the brink of bankruptcy, and it is asking the government for USD 100 million in financial support. However, is this really the only way out? We consider how to save the company at a time of crisis. 3 October 2014, 14:30

The HPC Ukraina deep-water container terminal (controlled by the German company Hamburg Port Consulting) has begun processing the first vessels after four years of construction. We visited the terminal, which has a capacity that equals the total annual container transshipment volume in Ukraine. 30 September 2014, 11:53

The fall in the purchasing power of Ukrainians and their wait-and-see attitude to air travel have sent the industry into a steep nosedive. The passenger traffic of domestic airlines fell by 15% in the first eight months of this year, and such a figure will mean more than a million fewer tickets at the end of the year. 16 September 2014, 11:23

The biggest losses as a result of the military operations in the Donbass have been incurred by the largest industrial groups in Ukraine: Metinvest, DTEK, ISD, and state-owned coal mines. The daily loading of railcars fell by 59 percent in August, which represents monthly losses of more than UAH 0.5 billion in revenues. 1 September 2014, 13:06

Ninety percent of the goods handled by the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky port are round timber and the factor hampering its development is its water depth of less than three meters. Does the port have a chance of survival? Only with dredging and involvement of major private investors. 28 August 2014, 13:40

We put the same seven questions to Dmytro Kiva and Serhii Merenkov in a bid to determine who is right in their struggle for power at the Antonov state enterprise and what awaits the enterprise if either of them wins 22 August 2014, 08:27

Instead of sanctions, the State Aviation Service imposed only restrictions on the transit flights of two Russian carriers - Aeroflot and Transaero - through Ukraine’s airspace. What will be the impact of this step on the industry: declarative or ample room for machinations? 15 August 2014, 14:33

The general director of Wizz Air Ukraine airline company Akos Bus discusses Ukrainian aviation market return to six years ago, new routes and ways of survival in crisis. 30 July 2014, 15:09

The general director of the TIS (Transinvestservis) group, Andrii Stavnytser, discusses the prospects for the group’s participation in a concession tender for the Yuzhny port, interest in the group’s industrial park, dredging, agrarians, filling stations, and railways. 22 July 2014, 10:44

The crash of the Malaysian Airlines’ Boeing 777 airplane has cast doubt on the safety of flights over the territory of Ukraine. The world’s largest airlines have decided to stop flying through Ukrainian territory. What could be the consequences of the disaster for the long-suffering Ukrainian aviation industry? 21 July 2014, 09:55

In an interview with the CFTS, the Brooklyn-Kiev company’s Managing Director Yurii Hubankov discusses the progress of the construction of a grain terminal at the Odessa port, funding from the EBRD, and the outcome of the company’s cooperation with one of the world's largest grain traders, Louis Dreyfus. 11 July 2014, 15:17

Director of Economic Research at Antitrust division of the US Department of Justice Russell Pittman shares his point of view on Ukrainian railways reforming and discusses the ways of development of competition and investment attraction. 7 July 2014, 12:38

The new high-speed trains manufactured by the Kryukov Railcar Building Works have begun operating on regular routes. Will the Ukrainian-made trains succeed in winning the difficult market of passenger rolling stock 3 July 2014, 12:35

Dmitry Chornenky, the head of the Integrated Transport Systems Department at the Siemens Ukraine company, discusses the reform of the State Railway Administration (Ukrzaliznytsia), ways of increasing the speed of freight delivery, and the capabilities of transport engineering in an interview with the CFTS. 23 June 2014, 12:10

Dredging work at the Yuzhny port is nearing completion, and cargo owners are already analyzing its benefits. Enhancing the capabilities for working with Capesize vessels will significantly increase the flows of export, import, and transit cargoes. 18 June 2014, 15:19

As a result of the dredging of the approach channel and waters of the Yuzhny port, it will be possible to accommodate Capesize vessels with a draft of 18.5 meters. The port administration’s head Maksym Shirokov announced this in an interview with the CFTS. 11 June 2014, 15:06