Dornești

Cross-border Railway Access Point between Romania and Ukraine

Dornești

Located in Dornesti, a railway border station and customs entry point between Romania and Ukraine

Overview

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Unicom Dornești Terminal was built by Unicom Group in 2003 as a link between former CIS countries using wide gauge and European countries operating on standard gauge railways.

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The terminal is located in Dornești, the border station and railway customs entry point between Romania and Ukraine. Unicom Terminal has rail access on both standard and wide gauge railways, as well as road access for heavy vehicles. The terminal is only a few km away from the future A7 highway that will connect Bucharest to Siret.

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Infrastructure

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Land area: 56,560 m²

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Utilities

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Electricity (own transformer station)
Water (own well)

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Facilities

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Industrial railway lines total built length 2,893m, of which:
- Standard gauge length 1,467m
- Wide gauge length 1,426m
Two covered warehouses with a total storage area of 1,900m²
Railway scale for standard and wide gauge wagons
Rail access (1 gate)
Road access (3 gates)
Terminal security 24/7
Video surveillance system
Lighting system

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Services

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Transshipment and storage of oil products
Transshipment and storage of grains
Transshipment and storage of bulk goods and containers
First-mile/last-mile truck transport of bulk goods and containers from the terminal to the point of loading/unloading and return
Carrying out customs import/transit formalities
Weighing of standard and wide gauge wagons
Weighing of trucks
Standard gauge and wide gauge shunting services
Connected railway transportation of the cargo from the point of origin to the final destination

Oil Products

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Operations

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Transshipment of oil products from standard to wide gauge tank wagons and vice versa
Unloading/loading of standard/wide gauge tank wagons to/from storage tanks
Transshipment rate: approx. 1,500 t/24hrs.
Loading of trucks
Loading rate: approx. 10 trucks/24hrs.

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Infrastructure

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Liquid storage tank for vegetable oil, capacity 3,000m³
Two liquid storage tanks for diesel oil, capacity 1,000m³each
Standard gauge line length: 305m, operating front length: 270m (approx. 20 wag
Wide gauge line length: 295m, operating front length: 270m (approx. 20 wagons)

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Products

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Diesel oil, gasoline, vegetable oil.

Grain

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Operations

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Transshipment of grains with 2 mobile augers

Standard gauge useful line length: 280m, operational front: approx. 16 wagons
Wide gauge useful line length: 285m, operational front: approx. 16 wagons
- Transshipment rate: approx. 1,500 t/24hrs

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Transshipment of grains via bunker with fixed elevator and a 25m conveyor belt

Standard gauge useful line length: 320m, operational front: approx. 20 wagons
Wide gauge useful line length: 225m, operational front: approx. 15 wagons
- Transshipment rate: approx. 1,000 t/24hrs.

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Products

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Corn, rapeseed, wheat, soybeans, etc.

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Note: On wide gauge we can unload grain from specialized grain wagons, mineral wagons and open top wagons.

Bulk Goods & Containers

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Operations

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Transshipment of solid goods from almost all types of uncovered and covered wagons, as well as containers of different sizes and weights
Storage of solid goods in open and covered warehouses

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Infrastructure

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Gantry crane: Hook 1 - 50t, Hook 2 - 12.5t

Lifting beam for containers of 6 - 12m, working load 34t
Lifting beam (20t, 8m) with 2 chain arms and hook for long and heavy goods
Device for steel coils and wire rod with 25t capacity type "C25-1500" for handling goods with a length of up to 1,500mm
Electromechanical grapple for bulk goods with capacity of 5m³
Standard gauge useful line length: 305m
Wide gauge useful line length: 298m
Crane operating front: 180m: approx. 12 wagons.
Bulk goods transshipment rate approx. 1,000 - 1,600 t/24hrs