Halmeu

Cross-Border Rail Hub on the Romania–Ukraine Border

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

Overview

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Unicom Halmeu terminal was built by Unicom Group in 1999 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 Halmeu, 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 about 150km from the A2 (Bucharest – Bors) highway and 40km from the future M3 motorway that will connect Romanian and Hungarian highway systems.

Infrastructure

Land area: 110,195 m²

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Utilities

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Electricity (own transformer station and generator)
Water (own well)

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Facilities

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Industrial railway lines total built length 3,416m, of which:
- Standard gauge length 1,744m
- Wide gauge length 1,672m
Three covered warehouses with a total storage area of 900m²
Railway scale for standard and wide gauge wagons
Scale for trucks
Rail access (3 gates)
Road access (2 gates)
Terminal security 24/7
Video surveillance system
Lighting system

Services

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Transshipment and storage of oil products
Transshipment and storage of grains
Transshipment and storage of bulk goods
First-mile/last-mile truck transport of bulk goods 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. 1,000 t/24hrs.
Loading of trucks
Loading rate: approx. 24 trucks/24hrs.

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Infrastructure

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Liquid storage tank for vegetable oil, capacity 7,000m³
Two liquid storage tanks for diesel oil, capacity 13,000m³ each
Standard gauge line length: 238m, operating front length: 100m (approx. 12 wagons)
Wide gauge line length: 238m, operating front length: 100m (approx. 12 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 mobile RVM180 system:

Unloading of grains from wagons into trucks/wagons
Standard gauge useful line length: 90m
Operational front: approx. 6 wagons
Transshipment rate: 1,100t (16 wagons)/24hrs

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Transshipment of grains with mobile EMD augers:

Standard gauge useful line length: 15m
Operational front: approx. 1 wagon
Wide gauge useful line length: 15m
Operational front: approx. 1 wagon
Transshipment rate: 700t (10 wagons)/24hrs

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Transshipment of grains via bunker with fixed elevator and a 15m conveyor belt:

Unloading of grains from wide gauge wagons into trucks
Wide gauge useful line length: 15m
Operational front: approx. 1 wagon
Transshipment rate: 1,200t (16 wagons)/24hrs

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Transshipment of grains in a covered warehouse:

Storage of grains in covered warehouses
Operational front length: 4 wagons of which one positioned in the covered area
Transshipment rate: 1,100t (16 wagons)/24hrs
Storage capacity: 560t (8 wagons)

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Products

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Corn, rapeseed, wheat, soybeans, soybean meal, etc.

Bulk Goods

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Operations

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Transshipment of solid goods from almost all types of uncovered and covered wagons
Storage of solid goods in open and covered warehouses

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Infrastructure

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2 Gantry Cranes: 12.5t hooks each
Telehandler Manitou 3.5t
Wheel excavator Liebherr A902 Litronic equipped with a wood grapple
2 lifting beams (12t, 6m) with 2 chain arms and hook for long and heavy goods
Lifting beam (15t, 8m) with 2 chain arms, hook, and a handling system with three attachments with an opening of 6m and 8m
Lifting device with chain (with 2 arms)
Electro-hydraulic grapple for bulk goods with a capacity of 5m³
Standard gauge useful line length: 90m
Wide gauge useful line length: 90m
Cranes operating front: 90m: approx. 6 wagons
Bulk goods transshipment rate: approx. 960 t/24hrs