In the summer of 2024, Interpipe fixed a vessel on a time-charter basis for the first time in its history. This approach proved to be not only economically feasible but also significantly increased the manageability of logistics, – Oleksiy Yanovsky, Director of Procurement and Logistics at Interpipe, told GMK Center.
This year’s first coking coal vessel from the United States chartered by Metinvest Group arrived in Ukraine. The Bison bulk carrier delivered 80,000 tons of metallurgical coal from United Coal Company (UCC), Metinvest Group’s US asset.
The state-owned enterprise Moldovan Railways (Calea Ferată din Moldova) has announced a series of auctions for the sale of rolling stock, equipment and scrap metal. The auctions will be held in April 2025.
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
A total of 16.7 million t of cargo were transported by railways in Poland in February 2025, down 1.1 million t or 6.4% compared with February 2024 and down 900,000 t or 5% from January 2025.
Perhaps, this week can be called the most disappointing one on the small-tonnage freight market this year, while the owners’ sentiment can be described as “dashed hopes”.
UZ Cargo Poland, a subsidiary of Ukrzaliznytsia, has published information on tariffs for transportation on its main routes in April.
A few days ago, operation of the Chornomorsk-Varna ferry crossing, which is part of the Chornomorsk-Varna-Batumi line, was partially restored (traffic on the route was suspended with the start of Russian full-scale invasion).