Kremenchuk Steel Works produced about 1,100 t of large railway steel castings in August 2024. The total output averaged some 7,100 t during the period started January 1 and ended August 31, 2024.
On October 1, a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, Alexandroupolis LNG, with an annual throughput capacity of 5.5 billion cubic meters, began commercial operation in the Greek port of Alexandroupolis.
The small-tonnage markets of the Black and Mediterranean Seas have seen a slight increase in the overall cargo flow, primarily thanks to a further gradual upturn in grain shipments from Ukrainian ports, as well as fertilizers from North African, Georgian and Russian ports.
On September 29, the Moldovan Railways (Calea Ferata din Moldova) received the second batch of P-65 rails in the amount of 1,400 tons from the Aktobe Rail and Section Works LLP (Kazakhstan) as part of an agreement signed earlier this year. The rails will be used for the overhaul of railways in Moldova.
Both sea and river traffic has been suspended in Romania due to adverse weather conditions such as strong winds. This was reported by the country’s General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations.
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Almost 4.8 million t of agricultural products were exported from Ukraine in August 2024 (down 3% or about 100,000 t compared with July). In particular, exports included 4.3 million t of grain (up 2% month-on-month or 100,000 t), 230,000 t of vegetable oil (down 51% month-on-month or 200,000 t) and 240,000 t of meal… Read more »
The railway traffic of rolled steel products, semi-finished products, pipes, pig iron and scrap of ferrous metals increased by 6% month-on-month to 950,000 t in Ukraine in August. In particular, exports surged by 21% month-on-month to 577,400 t, while domestic supplies fell by 10% month-on-month to 352,300 t. Imports plunged by 52% month-on-month to… Read more »
During the InnoTrans 2024 exhibition in Berlin, Ukrzaliznytsia and the European Union Agency for Railways signed a memorandum of cooperation to further integrate Ukraine into the European railway network.