In the first half of 2024, Laude Smart Intermodal transported more than 53 thousand TEU in Ukraine, which was an important step in the development of intermodal transport in the region. This was stated by Pavel Kalasko, General Director of Laude Smart Intermodal SA in Ukraine, in an interview with Intermodalnews.pl.
On October 31, the Estonian railway operator AS Operail, according to its press service, entered into an agreement to sell its business to AS Tiigi Keskus RailProject OÜ (part of AS Tiigi Keskus).
The Austrian leasing company GREEN Mobility Partners has reached an agreement with Siemens Mobility to supply 50 Vectron locomotives. The first contract provides for the purchase of eight Vectron MS multi-system electric locomotives, as well as maintenance support (with the option of corrective and preventive maintenance on demand).
Rental rates of freight cars remained unchanged in October compared with September. Only the rental rates of box cars with a body capacity of 161-175 cu m and fitting platforms changed insignificantly due to currency fluctuations.
Ukrainian wagon building enterprises delivered as many as 277 freight wagons to their customers in September 2024, including 195 hoppers, 46 tank cars, 28 flat cars, seven bunker-type wagons and a gondola car.
Kremenchuk Steel Works produced a total of 1,200 t of large railway castings in September 2024. The overall production of this type of railway castings in the company averaged some 8,300 t in the period from January 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024.
During the conference “Production, Operation and Repair of Rolling Stock”, Oleg Yakovenko, Director of the Strategy and Transformation Department at JSC Ukrzaliznytsia, reported on main stages of the development of European TEN-T transport corridors in Ukraine.
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Approximately 4.6 million t of agricultural products were exported from Ukraine in September 2024, down 3% or almost 100,000 t compared with August. Thus, local traders exported 4 million t of grain (down 7% year-on-year or 300,000 t), 360,000 t of vegetable oil (up 61% year-on-year or 100,000 t)
The general contractor ATLAS WARD POLSKA has completed the modernization of the Loconi intermodal terminal in Radomsko (Poland) after 18 months of work.