Ukrainian wagon building enterprises delivered as many as 205 freight wagons to their customers in August 2024, including 147 hoppers, 40 tank cars, 13 bunker-type wagons, 4 flat cars, and a gondola car.
Kremenchuk Steel Works produced about 1,100 t of large railway steel castings in August 2024. The total output averaged some 7,100 t during the period started January 1 and ended August 31, 2024.
On September 29, the Moldovan Railways (Calea Ferata din Moldova) received the second batch of P-65 rails in the amount of 1,400 tons from the Aktobe Rail and Section Works LLP (Kazakhstan) as part of an agreement signed earlier this year. The rails will be used for the overhaul of railways in Moldova.
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Almost 4.8 million t of agricultural products were exported from Ukraine in August 2024 (down 3% or about 100,000 t compared with July). In particular, exports included 4.3 million t of grain (up 2% month-on-month or 100,000 t), 230,000 t of vegetable oil (down 51% month-on-month or 200,000 t) and 240,000 t of meal…… Read more »
The railway traffic of rolled steel products, semi-finished products, pipes, pig iron and scrap of ferrous metals increased by 6% month-on-month to 950,000 t in Ukraine in August. In particular, exports surged by 21% month-on-month to 577,400 t, while domestic supplies fell by 10% month-on-month to 352,300 t. Imports plunged by 52% month-on-month to…… Read more »
During the InnoTrans 2024 exhibition in Berlin, Ukrzaliznytsia and the European Union Agency for Railways signed a memorandum of cooperation to further integrate Ukraine into the European railway network.
During the InnoTrans 2024 exhibition in Berlin, UZ Cargo Poland, a subsidiary of Ukrzaliznytsia, and Rail Cargo Hungaria Zrt (ÖBB), a Hungarian railway operator, signed a memorandum to increase the volume of intermodal and conventional rail freight transportation between Ukraine and Hungary.
Alebor Group intends to expand the capabilities of its terminal on the border with Romania (built in the first year of the full-scale war) to actively work with soybeans. While in the last marketing year, the company mostly worked with corn and wheat at Vadul-Siret Terminal LLC
During the InnoTrans 2024 exhibition in Berlin (September 24-27), Ukrzaliznytsia and PKP Group agreed to develop intermodal routes between Asia and Europe. The companies plan to work on increasing the capacity and efficiency of border crossings and expanding the border railway infrastructure.