In May 2025, Mediterranean Shipping Company took a major step forward in its expansion into Eastern Europe. Through its Swiss subsidiary Medlog, Msc acquired significant stakes in two strategic hubs for Ukrainian logistics: intermodal operator N'Unit and the Mostyska rail terminal, located in the Lviv region near the Polish border. These transactions, estimated to be worth between 15 and 30 million dollars, strengthen the Group’s presence in a strategic area for trade flows between East and West, confirming the growing interest in Ukraine’s logistics infrastructure despite the ongoing conflict.
Medlog acquired 50 per cent of N'Unit’s shares directly from Egor Grebennikov, co-founder of the company and a key figure within the Tis group. At the same time, it purchased a 25 per cent stake in the Mostyska terminal, while the remaining ownership is divided between Lemtrans, a company belonging to Rinat Akhmetov’s Scm group, and Grebennikov himself. N'Unit, founded in 2020 by Grebennikov, is a private company established by a team with extensive experience in container rail transport and intermodal logistics, both domestically and internationally.
Active in various regions of the country, N'Unit operates intermodal terminals in Vyshneve (Kyiv), Kharkiv, Dnipro and Lviv, as well as logistics facilities for the storage of pallets and grain. The company’s offer covers the entire logistics chain, providing services ranging from customs clearance to transhipment, from stuffing to packaging, last-mile road transport, and the handling of dangerous, refrigerated or overweight goods, as well as cargo maintenance and insurance. Operations run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, supported by its own rail fleet with a total handling capacity of 3,520 teu.
In 2024, N'Unit recorded significant revenue growth, with an increase of 2.5 times compared to the previous year, reaching 2 billion uah (around 43 million euros). The Mostyska terminal also saw an 18 per cent rise, with revenues of 388.9 million uah (approximately 8.36 million euros). The company is aiming for sustained expansion in container transport within Ukraine, forecasting growth of four to five times current levels. Msc’s entry marks one of the most important international logistics operations in Ukraine since 2022 and further strengthens N'Unit’s position as a key player in intermodal links between Ukraine, the European Union and Asia.
The Mostyska container terminal, also known as Mostyska Dry Port, is located near the Shehyni–Medyka border crossing, a position that makes it a vital node for the exchange of goods between Ukraine, the European Union and Asia. It was developed through a collaboration between Lemtrans and Rail Trans Investment, with the active contribution of N'Unit and Levada Cargo in developing the container segment. In addition to its function as a dry port, it is also a multimodal logistics centre, thanks to a direct link between the Ukrainian and European rail networks, made possible by the simultaneous presence of Russian-gauge (1520 mm) and European-gauge (1435 mm) tracks.
The terminal covers an area of over 36 hectares and has an estimated capacity of up to 100,000 teu per year in its first development phase. It includes a container warehouse with a capacity of 4,000 teu, eight rail tracks for loading and unloading operations extending over a total of 7.7 km, three private locomotives for shunting and independent train management, seventy truck bays and cross-docking services. The grain elevator has a capacity of 4,000 tonnes, and the entire facility operates continuously, 24 hours a day. Among the services provided are the transhipment of containers between different gauge wagons and between trains and trucks, the handling of general cargo, grain, liquids and bulk goods, as well as customs operations, stuffing, warehousing, packaging and vehicle handling.
In 2023, Mostyska handled over 72,400 teu and 286,000 tonnes of general, grain and liquid cargo. In the same year, more than 100 million uah (around 2.5 million euros) were invested to expand and modernise infrastructure. Also in 2023, the terminal began handling electric vehicles, unloading 36 containers containing 108 cars. Further investments are planned to enhance operational capacity and develop new direct rail connections with the European Union, including the project for a European-gauge railway line between Mostyska and Lviv, supported by Usaid. Medlog’s entry into the capital further strengthens the project’s international dimension, integrating it into major European logistics networks and contributing to the transformation of the terminal into a key freight transport hub between Asia and the European Union.
Also in May 2025, Msc obtained approval from the Ukrainian authorities to enter the capital of logistics operator Hhla, acquiring a 49.9 per cent stake. Hhla manages the Container Terminal Odesa (Cto) in Odessa, which before the war was the country’s most important container terminal. The transaction was authorised by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, given its significance for the national port market. The Cto is a vital maritime hub on the Black Sea, and its control strengthens the integration of port, rail and road services offered by Msc.
