Polish rail freight operator Olavion (Unimot Group), which specializes in the transportation of bulk and containerized cargo on the domestic market to border crossings, is purchasing four six-axle DC Dragon2 locomotives from Newag with an option for 16 more units.
Over the last fiscal year (from April 2022 to March 2023), rail freight turnover in the UK decreased to 15.73 billion ton-km (-7% compared to the same period in 2021-2022).
The supply of components or raw materials has been unstable in recent years due to a number of global factors (pandemic, congestion in the Suez Canal due to a container ship accident, the war in Ukraine, etc.).
As many as 312 wagons were transferred daily through the Chop – Čierna nad Tisou land border crossing point as of June 22
A total of 7,696 wagons were transferred through the Izov-Hrubieszów land border crossing point in the period started June 1 and ended June 21.
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
About 169 wagons per day were transferred through the the Vadul-Siret – Dornesti (Romania) land border crossing as of June 20 (down 6 wagons compared with the previous week).
The French company Ermewa has leased 40 units of 40-foot flatcars to LTG Cargo Polska.
As many as 1,205 wagons were transferred through the Chop – Zahony land border crossing point from June 1 to June 19, with the daily handling rate of 64 wagons (up 17 units per day compared with late May).
Bertschi, a Swiss company specializing in logistics services and cargo transportation for the chemical industry, is launching a new intermodal rail service between its terminal in Vila Seca (Tarragona province) and the port of Barcelona-Morro.