Indices of rolling stock rental rates in Ukraine // Week 19
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
Railway transportation
Cooperation agreement on Klaipeda-Kyiv route via Poland between LTG Group and Ukrzaliznytsia inked inVilnius
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed in Vilnius by Yevhen Lyashchenko (CEO of Ukrzaliznytsia), Vyacheslav Yeryomin (member of the Board of UZ), Egidijus Lazauskas (CEO of LTG Group), and Eglė Šimė (CEO of LTG Cargo).
New intermodal connection between Italy and Serbian terminal on the Danube
On May 11, a new intermodal service between the Interporto di Cervignano terminal in Italy and the DPT Pancevo terminal in Serbia, both on the Danube, is to be launched. At the initial stage, trains will run once a week in both directions
ČD Cargo Poland wins tender for transportation of 1 mmt of coal
ČD Cargo Poland, a subsidiary of the Czech national freight carrier, has won a tender to transport 1 million tons of coal from Silesian coal mines to the Polanec thermal power plant in Zawada. This is approximately nine loaded trains per week.
LTG Cargo to purchase 200 gondola cars
Lithuanian carrier LTG Cargo has announced its intention to conduct a public procurement of 200 new 1520 mm gauge gondola cars for the transportation of bulk and other weather-resistant cargo.
Rolling stock price indices in Ukraine // Week 18
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Hannibal: new connection Italy – Hungary – Romania
Hannibal, a multimodal transportation operator (part of the Contship holding), has announced its plans to launch a new transportation route connecting Budapest (BILK terminal), Curtici (Arad terminal) and Milan (Melzo railway junction) by the end of 2024. The transit time is expected to be 48 hours. Two round trips per week are planned.
Freight rolling stock rental rates in Ukraine in May 2024
Rental rates of gondola cars stopped growing in May. Market participants explain this by destruction of infrastructure of the Chornomorskyi Sea Port, Trypilska power plant, as well as by shelling of the Kharkiv region and infrastructure of the Kryvyi Rih ore mining and processing enterprises
Five new freight rail connections announced in Europe by end of April 2024
VTG: Germany – Ukraine VTG started a new cooperation with Lion Logistics to use T3000 wagons and r2L containers for its operations.
Poland: Almost 18.7 million tons of cargo carried by rail in March 2024*
A total of 18.68 million t of various goods were transported by railway in Poland in March 2024, up 5% compared with February but 11% below March 2023.