Rolling stock price indices in Ukraine // Week 42
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Bunker fuel prices // Week 42
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Indices of rolling stock rental rates in Ukraine // Week 42
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
New railroad operator Carpatica Feroviar created instead of CFR Marfa in Romania
Following the bankruptcy of the state-owned railway carrier CFR Marfa, the Romanian government announced the creation of a new state-owned railway freight company, Carpatica Feroviar. It will play a key role in commercial rail freight transportation and crisis logistics, especially amid the war in Ukraine.
Export deliveries of Ukrainian ferrous metals by railway in September 2024
The railway traffic of rolled steel products, semi-finished products, pipes, pig iron and scrap of ferrous metals decreased by 4% month-on-month to 900,000 t in Ukraine in September. In particular, exports dropped by 11% month-on-month to 512,000 t, while domestic supplies rose by 5% month-on-month to 370,900 t. Imports surged by 49% month-on-month to… Read more »
Budamar Logistics modernizing its wagon fleet for grain transportation
Given increased demand for transportation of European and Ukrainian grain, Slovak logistics company Budamar Logistics plans to put into operation 60 new Tagnpps railcars designed for transportation of agricultural products by the end of the year. Tatravagonka Poprad (owned by the Budamar Group) is the manufacturer of the rolling stock.
Maersk: new weekly feeder service between Egypt and Ukraine
Shipping company Maersk is launching a new weekly feeder service to the port of Chornomorsk (Ukraine) from its hub in Port Said (Egypt). This service significantly reduces transit time to and from Chornomorsk compared to the barge service between Constanta and Chornomorsk.
Iron ore railway deliveries from Ukraine in September 2024
A total of 3.2 million t of iron ore were carried by railways in Ukraine in September, showing an increase of 1% compared with August. Iron ore exports rose by 2% month-on-month to 2.4 million t, while home deliveries sagged by 2% month-on-month to 900,000 t.
LTG Cargo Ukraine delivers first grain hoppers produced by KRCBW to Lithuania
LTG Cargo Ukraine, a subsidiary of LTG Cargo (Lietuvos geleћinkeliai), has delivered the first batch of grain hoppers (20 units) manufactured by Kryukov Railway Car Building Works to Lithuania. These cars were sent from Ukraine in late August.
Freight indices // Week 41
Another uneasy week on the small-tonnage shipping market has brought radically opposite emotions to owners of sea-river and sea-going tonnage.