Bunker fuel prices // Week 48
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
ORLEN Kolej to purchase 40 new Polish-made locomotives
According to ORLEN Group, Polish companies ORLEN Kolej, PESA, and Newag have signed an agreement to supply 40 locomotives in 2027-2028. Specifically, 20 units of the 304E Gama will be supplied by PESA, and 20 E6ACTadnb Dragon 2 units will be supplied by Newag.
Rolling stock price indices in Ukraine // Week 48
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Indices of rolling stock rental rates in Ukraine // Week 48
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
INTERPORT Servis and METRANS modernizing TIP Košice intermodal terminal in Slovakia
According to INTERPORT Servis, an agreement has been signed with METRANS (part of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG / HHLA) to modernize and expand the TIP Košice (Terminál Intermodájne Prepravy) intermodal terminal in Slovakia.
Uni-Laman Group: new logistics route via Kazakhstan’s Khorgos dry port
The Ukrainian company Uni-Laman Group (Odesa) has announced the start of cooperation with a warehouse complex in the dry port of Khorgos, which is one of the key transit hubs on the border between China and Kazakhstan. The company has already received its first shipments processed under the new scheme.
Freight indices // Week 47
Despite shipowners’ attempts to behave more aggressively when discussing deals for late November and December shipments, in fact they have only managed to raise rates in the Mediterranean Sea. This market is driven by fertilizer traffic from Egypt to European ports, which is supporting fairly high tonnage demand in EMed, with even some excitement… Read more »
Laude Smart Intermodal launches new route between Turkey and EU via Ukraine
Polish intermodal operator Laude Smart Intermodal has launched a new connection between Turkey and the EU via Ukraine (the port of Chornomorsk). The company announced this on its LinkedIn page. The first train with 50 specialized 20-foot containers departed from Chornomorsk on November 5 this year.
Vessel carrying US liquefied gas for Ukraine arrived in Klaipėda
On November 17, the LNG tanker GasLog Houston arrived at the Klaipėda LNG terminal (operated by the Lithuanian company KN Energies) from the United States (from Louisiana, departed on October 20).
CLIP Terminals: work on project to build new intermodal terminal in Zabrze
According to CLIP Group, CLIP Terminals and a consortium of companies comprising TorKol, Poleko Budownictwo, and GFS Engineering, an agreement has been signed to implement the project “Construction of an intermodal terminal in Zabrze, together with the reconstruction and modernization of the system of access and departure tracks and related infrastructure, on a design-build… Read more »