About 9,800 wagons with various goods were waiting for a transfer through Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on November 30 compared with 11,600 wagons in late October.
Ukrainian wagon building enterprises all together sold 96 freight wagons in October 2023, including 73 hoppers, 20 flat cars and 3 tank cars.
Approximately 1,200 t of large railway steel castings were produced at the Kremenchuk Steel Works in October 2023. The total production averaged some 9,200 t during the period started January 1 and ended October 31, 2023.
Zaporizhstal produced about 262,700 t of pig iron in November 2023, achieving a 83% hike year-on-year but showing a 2% decrease month-on-month. The enterprise also produced 240,800 t of steel (up 181% year-on-year but down 4% month-on-month) as well as 195,600 t of rolled products (up 161% but down 6%, respectively).
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
LDZ Cargo, a subsidiary of Latvian Railways, will auction 47 freight cars that were excluded from the company’s inventory. The auction is scheduled for December 12, and the starting price per unit of rolling stock is €220,000.
According to the protocol between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Moldova on amendments to the Agreement between the Governments of the countries on railway transport, which entered into force on October 17, the actual passage of organized freight trains without stops has begun on the section…… Read more »
In November, truck traffic expectedly showed the decline due to the blockade of the Polish-Ukrainian border. Exports by road decreased by 27% to 783,000 t compared to October, while imports decreased by 24% to 967,000 t.
Siemens Mobility, a German manufacturer, and European Locomotive Leasing Group (ELL), a Vienna and Munich-based company, have signed an agreement for the additional supply of up to 200 Vectron locomotives. This is the fourth agreement between ELL and Siemens Mobility.