Production and offer prices of large railway castings in Ukraine
As many as 800 kg of large railway steel castings were produced at the Kremenchuk Steel Works in June 2024, while the January-June production amounted to 5,000 t.
Railway transportation
Moldova receives first batch of rails from Kazakhstan for railroad overhaul
On July 28, the Moldovan Railways (Calea Feratã din Moldova) received the first batch of P-65 rails from the Aktobe Rail and Section Works (Kazakhstan) as part of an agreement signed earlier this year. They will be used for the overhaul of railways in Moldova.
Cost of freight wagon repairs at some private enterprises in Baltic countries in July 2024
Cost of repairs of 22.5 ton-force freight wagons at private enterprises of Baltic countries in July 2024 (€, VAT excluded, bss FCA)*
Freight rolling stock sales by Ukrainian enterprises in June 2024
Ukrainian wagon building enterprises delivered as many as 368 freight wagons to their customers in June 2024, including 236 hoppers, 128 flat cars, and four tank cars.
LTG Cargo: Grain rail transportation may grow as new season in full swing
LTG Cargo reported that this year’s grain season started earlier than usual. It is expected that the transportation volumes of the new harvest will be stable or even higher than last year.
Lemtrans to open container terminal in Vinnytsia this year
Railroad operator Lemtrans has announced that it intends to commission another container terminal, this time in Vinnytsia.
Rolling stock price indices in Ukraine // Week 30
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Indices of rolling stock rental rates in Ukraine // Week 30
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
Export deliveries of ferrous metals by railway from Ukraine in June 2024
The overall volume of railway transportation of rolled products, semi-finished products, pipes, pig iron and scrap of ferrous metals increased by 1% to 900,000 t in Ukraine in June compared with May. In particular, exports totaled 445,700 t of the commodities (up 5% month-on-month), the domestic supplies averaged 381,400 t (down 6% month-on-month)
EU allocates almost €43 million to Ukrzaliznytsia for implementation of European integration projects
On July 16, the Steering Committee of the European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) approved a project to integrate Ukraine’s railway infrastructure into the EU transport system. The project envisages the modernization of the railway network and the development of a 1435 mm gauge to ensure technological compatibility and increase capacity.