Ukrainian wagon building enterprises sold 162 freight wagons in March 2025, including 78 hoppers, 58 gondola cars, 14 tank cars, 10 cement bunker-type wagons and two flat cars.
Prices for new freight wagons at some Ukrainian enterprises in April 2025 (million UAH, VAT excluding, EXW)
Kremenchuk Steel Works produced about 600 t of large railway steel castings in March 2025, while a total of 1,300 t were produced in January-March 2025.
According to Ukrzaliznytsia, UZ Cargo Poland, together with LTG Cargo Polska, transported oil products on the Lithuania-Poland-Ukraine route. For UZ Cargo Poland, this is the first delivery of oil products as an EU-licensed rail carrier on a specific route through Poland in combination with forwarding service provision using UZ-owned wagons.
The freight wagon rental market remains generally steady in Baltic countries in April 2025. The rental rates of boxcars with a body capacity of 161-175 cu m and fitting platforms were the only ones that saw some adjustments due to currency fluctuations.
In 2024, Astarta-Kyiv agri-industrial holding increased exports of its products compared to the year before. In particular, sugar exports surged four times to 197,000 tons, those of grains and oilseeds by 1% to 808,000 tons, and those of soybean products by 1% to 182,000 tons.
Lithuanian railway operator LTG Cargo (part of LTG Group) is expanding its intermodal transportation capabilities, in particular, a stop in Lodz (Poland) is to be added to the Kaunas (Lithuania) – Duisburg (Germany) route.
The Polish city of Chelm (Lublin Voivodeship) has launched a large-scale logistics project to build an intermodal dry port at the intersection of European (1435 mm) and wide (1520 mm) gauge railway lines connecting Poland and Ukraine.
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
Gondola car price index, €/unit*