More efficient freight transport and a significant improvement in railway traffic safety are the most important goals of the project, as part of the agreement signed in Warsaw by CARGOTOR Sp. z o.o. and SYSTRA S.A. for the execution of a feasibility study and construction design for the Małaszewicze Transshipment Area.
– This is a priority undertaking for us over the next few years. A project for which we have high hopes – says Jacek Rutkowski, President of the Management Board of CARGOTOR Sp. z o.o., the infrastructure manager and a company within the PKP CARGO capital group. – The Małaszewicze Transshipment Area is a key location on the logistics map of Europe, especially recently, as the New Silk Road project has moved from the planning phase to the actual implementation phase and is developing extremely dynamically. Modernization is necessary to ensure that rail transport times to and from Asia remain attractive – adds the President of CARGOTOR.
– The agreement with CARGOTOR is the second largest contract signed by the Polish branch of SYSTRA this year. For us, it will be a very demanding, but at the same time one of the most interesting projects implemented in recent years. We hope that our work will realistically contribute to increasing the importance of the Małaszewicze Transshipment Area – concludes Małgorzata Nowakowska-Cicio, Deputy Director of the SYSTRA Branch in Poland.
The agreement, worth over 6 million PLN, is being implemented as part of project 2015-PL-TM-0037-S “Modernization of railway infrastructure in the Małaszewicze Transshipment Area of freight corridor no. 8 on the EU border with Belarus”, co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility. The co-financing level is 85%, and the contractor has 670 days to complete the task.