The rental rates for gondola cars are climbing up in June. Although in May the increases in June rental rates were expected at about ₴20/day (hereinafter VAT excluding), the actual growth turned out to be more significant.
Prices for new freight wagons at some Ukrainian enterprises in May 2025 (million UAH, VAT excluding, EXW)
Ukrainian wagon building enterprises sold 61 freight wagons in April 2025, including 42 hoppers and 19 gondola cars.
Kremenchuk Steel Works produced about 800 t of large railway steel castings in April 2025, while the January-April output reached 2,100 t.
Container Terminal Mostyska (CTM) has announced that it plans to resume regular piggyback services between Ukraine and Germany on the Mostyska-Forst route starting 1 July.
During the conference “Ukraine-Japan: Ukraine’s Economic Growth in the Context of War”, the countries agreed to further implement joint projects in the field of transport infrastructure through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
No major changes were seen on the Baltic rental market of freight wagon in May 2025. They were only rental rates of boxcars with a body capacity of 161-175 cu m and fitting platforms which saw slight adjustments due to currency fluctuations.
On May 26, the Industrial Development Agency and Euroterminal Slawkow signed an investment agreement to modernize the infrastructure of the logistics hub in Slawkow, located in southwestern Poland. The total investment amount is zl180 million. This was reported by the Ministry of Infrastructure of Poland.