Wagon queues at land border crossings*
Almost 10,100 wagons were waiting for unloading at Ukraine’s western land border crossing points on December 20 (down 858 wagons compared with November 29).
Railway transportation
Grain exports from Ukraine by railways hit 1.7 mmt in December 1-20
Grain exports from Ukraine reached more than 1.73 million t in December 1-20, 2023 compared with 2.43 million t during entire November 2023. About 1.32 million t of grain were shipped through Ukraine’s ports in the period under review (against 1.7 million t in November)
Indices of rolling stock rental rates in Ukraine // Week 51
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
Freight rolling stock rental rates in Baltic countries in December 2023
Rental rates have held steady in the Baltic countries in December compared with November. The changes in some rental rates can be explained exclusively by currency fluctuations.
Iron ore exports from Ukraine by railways
A total of 3 million t of Ukrainian iron ore were carried by railways in November (up 17% compared with October). Export iron ore traffic increased by 19% month-on-month to 2.3 million t in November, while domestic deliveries rose by 10% month-on-month to 700,000 t.
Rolling stock price indices in Ukraine // Week 50
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Adif to upgrade railway infrastructure at Seville cargo terminal
Adif, a railway infrastructure operator, has announced the start of repairing the railway infrastructure at its La Negrilla cargo terminal in Spain. In particular, rails, concrete sleepers and ballast are to be replaced on eleven tracks. This railroad section includes two public tracks, three are receiving and sending tracks, five are in the warehouse…… Read more »
ÖBB sets up duty-free rail freight corridor Italy-Austria
The Port of Trieste (Italy) and the Rail Cargo Group (part of Austrian Federal Railways / ÖBB) are implementing an initiative to speed up customs procedures.
USA cancels anti-dumping measures against certain steel products from Ukraine
Following an administrative review of anti-dumping measures against imports of prestressed concrete steel wire strand originating from Ukraine, the U.S. Department of Commerce set the dumping margin at 0% on November 16. Note that previously the tariff of 19.3% had been in effect since 2021.
Grain exports from Ukraine in MY 2023/2024
A total of 15.29 million tonnes of grain and legumes were exported from Ukraine from the beginning of the current marketing year (July 1) to December 15, 2023, which is 23% below the result of the same period of MY 2022/2023. In particular, exports included 7.7 million t of corn (down 29% y-o-y), 6.5…… Read more »