At the request of the USAID’s Economic Resilience Activity (ERA), Research Mechanical Factory Karpaty will produce 300 grain hoppers this year (45% of the total annual volume that the company is to build for all customers).
Similarly to April, market participants expect another decline in rental rates for gondola cars due to a number of factors.
The EU Council has approved the extension of the duty-free trade regime for Ukraine for another year. The suspension of import duties and quotas for Ukrainian products will be effective from June 6 this year until June 5, 2025.
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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).
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, 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.
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.
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