The Container Terminal Mostyska (CTM), located on the Polish-Ukrainian border and connected to both standard and broad gauge railways, has completed a warehouse expansion. The upgrade signals confidence in future traffic growth, which is underlined by an earlier investment by shipping giant MSC.
CTM now has a new covered warehouse, with a total area of over 4,000 square metres. It provides for a freight turnover of at least 100,000 tonnes annually. With the new warehouse, CTM gets a considerably larger capacity for storage and transshipment of various types of bulk freight. That includes grist, grain and fertilisers, but also goods such as pvc and steel.
“All these cargoes are transshipped at our terminal directly or with minimal accumulation”, explains a representative of CTM. “The lack of a covered warehouse was a limitation that did not allow us to provide a covered storage service for deferred shipment of cargo.”
CTM expects the new warehouse to attract new types of freight, and has confidence in future growth. “We expect that the amount of these cargoes via CTM will increase, both for shipment directly from Ukraine to the EU and for transportation by sea through the port of Gdańsk”, the representative adds.
An earlier acquisition of terminal shares by shipping giant MSC’s subsidiary Medlog too signals a growth in traffic in the future. Alongside a stake in Mostyska, Medlog purchased shares in three other terminals in Ukraine.
Container tipper
The new warehouse is equipped with a specialised A-Ward container tipper, which can put containers at a 90-degree angle. That enables quicker and more efficient loading compared to earlier tech, “allowing for an additional two to three tonnes of bulk cargo to be loaded”, the terminal explains.
“The launch of the covered warehouse will not only increase transshipment efficiency, but also help our partners reduce logistics costs by providing stable conditions for cargo storage”, concludes Dmytro Kobzar, the terminal’s director.
