Last week, the European Commission awarded grant agreements for the financing of transport infrastructure in Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine, and Moldova. These intentions were announced in early July this year.
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Global Ocean Link (GOL) and Timac Agro Ukraine are implementing a joint project to build a specialized complex for processing, packaging, and storage of mineral fertilizers, which will be located 20 km from Odesa, on the Kyiv highway.
Rental rates for gondola cars are going up gradually in November. As expected in October, problems with rolling stock turnover have even sharpened this month.
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Railtrans International (Richardi Transport, Slovakia) announced that it has acquired a 50% stake in Romania’s EP Rail Group as of October 8. By entering the Romanian rail transport market, the company is expanding its activities in Central and Eastern Europe. It already operates in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia.
According to a press release from GATX Rail Europe, Sggrs(s) 9480A container flatcars, which were leased to Croatian freight carrier ENNA Transport this summer, are already in operation on routes through Croatia, Hungary, and Serbia.
A total of 18.6 million t of various goods were transported by railway in Poland in September 2025, up 3.4% year-on-year.
Kremenchuk Steel Works did not produce large railway steel castings in September 2025. At the same time, the company manufactured up to 2,700 t of such production in the period from January 1 to September 30, 2025.