The stevedoring companies operating in the Riga Freeport handled almost 1.6 million t of various types of cargo in March 2024, showing a 123,000 t hike compared with February. The increase is due to brisker transshipment of general cargo
March deliveries of iron ore by railway reached 4.4 million t in Ukraine, exceeding the February result by about 8%. Iron ore exports showed an 8% monthly increase to 3.6 million t, while traffic within the country surged by 10% month-on-month to 800,000 t.
Cost of repairs of 22.5 ton-force freight wagons at private enterprises of Baltic countries in April 2024 (€, VAT excluded, bss FCA)*
Activity has expectedly declined to a minimum on the small-tonnage shipping markets of the Black, Mediterranean and Azov Seas amid holidays in Muslim countries. Given extremely slow cargo traffic, ship owners are forced to make concessions
The market participants we interviewed expect gondola car rental rates in Ukraine to decline in the coming months as a result of the recent massive shelling of Ukrainian infrastructure.
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
This year, Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company plans to modernize five vessels at the ÖSWAG shipyard in Linz, Austria. Preparations are underway to replace the engines on the first vessel, Captain Antypov.
METRANS, a member of the European logistics company Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG, has launched a new rail connection between its terminals in Dabrowa Gornicza (Poland) and Mostyska (Ukraine) for the further transportation of goods to Europe and Ukraine.
On April 11, the first link of the rail and sleeper grid of the new European gauge railway connecting Uzhhorod and Chop was solemnly laid. Thus, Uzhhorod will become the first regional center to have a 1435 mm gauge connection to Europe.
The Liepaja SEZ cargo turnover did not change much in March compared to February. The port operators all together handled about 637,000 t of cargo (up 2% month-on-month or up 13,000 t against February).