On April 10, a new intermodal service was launched between the PKP Cargo Zduńska Wola terminal (Karsznice, Poland) and the seaport of Rotterdam. The first trip from the Netherlands to Poland took three days.
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
According to a representative of Ferrexpo at a meeting between Ukrzaliznytsia and Hungarian carriers, the producer will redirect the entire supply volume of iron ore from the Batiovo-Eperjeske border crossing to Izmail port at the request of a Serbian consignee.
A total of 17.58 million tonnes of various goods were transported by railway in Poland in February 2024, down 1% month-on-month and down 8% year-on-year.
Almost 7 million t of agricultural products were exported from Ukraine in March 2024 (down 5% or about 350,000 t compared with February). In particular, exports included 5.89 million t of grain (down 5% year-on-year or 300,000 t), 660,000 t of vegetable oil
March deliveries of iron ore by railway reached 4.4 million t in Ukraine, exceeding the February result by about 8%. Iron ore exports showed an 8% monthly increase to 3.6 million t, while traffic within the country surged by 10% month-on-month to 800,000 t.
Cost of repairs of 22.5 ton-force freight wagons at private enterprises of Baltic countries in April 2024 (€, VAT excluded, bss FCA)*
The market participants we interviewed expect gondola car rental rates in Ukraine to decline in the coming months as a result of the recent massive shelling of Ukrainian infrastructure.
METRANS, a member of the European logistics company Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG, has launched a new rail connection between its terminals in Dabrowa Gornicza (Poland) and Mostyska (Ukraine) for the further transportation of goods to Europe and Ukraine.