The railway traffic of rolled steel products, semi-finished products, pipes, pig iron and scrap of ferrous metals decreased by 9% month-on-month to 700,000 t in Ukraine in February. In particular, exports dropped by 11% month-on-month to 406,800 t, while domestic supplies decreased by 6% month-on-month to 242,000 t. Imports dropped by 8% month-on-month to…… Read more »
A total of 4.1 million t of iron ore were carried by railways in Ukraine in February, showing an increase of 9% compared with January. Iron ore exports rose by 11% month-on-month to 3.3 million t, while home deliveries remained at the level of the previous month, still averaging some 800,000 t.
Almost 7.3 million t of agricultural products were exported from Ukraine in February, exceeding the January result by 15% or almost 1 million t. Thus, local traders exported 6.2 million t of grain (up 15% year-on-year or 800,000 t), 620,000 t of vegetable oil (up 13% year-on-year or 70,000 t) and 500,000 t of…… Read more »
The Board and management of the Latvian Railways (VAS Latvijas dzelzceļš, LDZ) urge its subsidiary LDZ Cargo not to take on new obligations to transport goods that could potentially be included in the sanctions lists through Latvia.
Cost of repairs of 22.5 ton-force freight wagons at private enterprises of Baltic countries in March 2024 (€, VAT excluded, bss FCA)*
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
Siemens Mobility has recently completed the first overhaul of Vectron MS locomotives for the Polish company PKP Cargo; the locomotives were in operation from 2015 to 2022. In particular, the first two electric locomotives have already resumed operation after the overhaul.
On Wednesday, March 20, the EU Parliament and Council reached a preliminary agreement on the extension of trade liberalization measures for Ukraine. It is expected that the temporary suspension of import duties and quotas on exports of Ukrainian agricultural products to the EU will be extended for another year – until June 5, 2025.
The operator Rail Cargo Logistics (part of the Rail Cargo Group) has recently received 50 new Tagnpps grain carriers (with a body volume of 95 cubic meters) from the French leasing company Ermewa. The rolling stock was delivered from the Tatravagonka Poprad plant in two batches