Freight rolling stock sales by Ukrainian enterprises in January 2024
Ukrainian wagon building enterprises delivered as many as 222 freight wagons to their customers in January 2024, including 128 hoppers, 68 flat cars, and 26 tank cars.
Freight indices // Week 8
Activity has increased slightly on the Black Sea small-tonnage market due to the recovery of grain shipments from Ukraine.
Bunker fuel prices // Week 8
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Production and offer prices of large railway castings in Ukraine
Kremenchuk Steel Works produced about 700 t of large railway steel castings in January 2024.
Rolling stock price indices in Ukraine // Week 8
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Ventspils Freeport cargo turnover in January 2024
The cargo turnover increased by 122,000 t to 834,000 t in the Ventspils Freeport in January 2024 compared with December 2023.
UDP proposes alternative routes for barge caravans to redirect cargo from western border
Given the blockage of checkpoints on the western border due to strikes, Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company proposes to reorient cargoes that were transported to the EU by truck to river transport. For example, river transportation by the UDP fleet is an alternative for 2-5,000 trucks.
LTG Cargo can now provide transportation services in all Baltic States
After obtaining the necessary safety certificates to provide international transportation services in the Baltic States, LTG Cargo has completed a pilot direct run from Lithuania, transiting Latvia to Valga station in Estonia.
Freight rolling stock rental rates in Baltic countries in February 2024
According to our information, one of the companies raised rental rates for tank cars for light petroleum products as well as for grain hoppers in February. At the same time, the rental rates for gondola cars with a body capacity of 161-175 cu m and 80-foot fitting platforms changed only due to fluctuations in… Read more »
Container Terminal Mostyska offers new service for transshipment of mineral fertilizers
Container Terminal Mostyska offers a new service for transshipment of mineral fertilizers. The customs zone allows fertilizers to be received and unloaded to the warehouse immediately after crossing the border, even before customs clearance is completed.