Indices of rolling stock rental rates in Ukraine // Week 1
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
Railway transportation
Rolling stock price indices in Ukraine // Week 1
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Handling of grain wagons at Ukraine’s sea ports
About 7,900 wagons with grain were found waiting for unloading at Ukrainian sea ports on January 4, 2024. Taking into account that approximately 1,100 wagons per day are accepted at the stations
Polish farmers finish blocking freight traffic at Medyka-Shehyni checkpoint
According to the information received by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine from the Border Guard of the Republic of Poland, on January 6 at 21:00 (Kyiv time), the protest action in front of the Medyka – Shehyni checkpoint ended.
Polish company Olavion buys four more Dragon2 locomotives from Newag
Polish rail freight operator Olavion (part of the Unimot Capital Group) is purchasing four more six-axle DC Dragon2 locomotives from Newag. The total value of the order is PLN 75 million.
CTL Logistics sells 37 freight wagons
Polish company CTL Logistics has announced a tender for the sale of 37 freight wagons. The first stage of the tender will last until January 10, after which the shortlisted companies will be invited to the second stage.
Romania building transport corridor between Ukraine and EU, bypassing Poland and Hungary
Romania is building a new highway to the border with Ukraine – the 450-km-long Autostrada Moldovei (Moldovan Expressway). The new infrastructure is expected to provide Ukraine with additional access to the EU bypassing Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia, while Romania will boost economic development in the east of the country.
Wagon queues at land border crossings*
Almost 9,500 wagons were waiting for unloading at Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on January 3 (down 531 wagons compared with December 27). In particular, as many as 1,203 wagons were standing loaded with grain on January 3 (down 63 units compared with December 27)
Grain exports from Ukraine in MY 2023/2024
Ukraine exported almost 19 million tonnes of grain and legumes in the period from July 1, 2023 when the current marketing year started and up to January 15, 2024, showing a plunge of 23% compared with the same period of the MY 2022-23.
TEN-T: Moldova and the EU sign a memorandum of understanding
The European Union and the Republic of Moldova have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the mapping of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) in Moldova.The indicative maps of the Trans-European Transport Network include European rail and road transport corridors to Moldova and Ukraine.