Due to heavy rainfall, the water level has gradually risen in the upper and then in the middle section of the Danube river. At present, water levels allow working throughout the Danube, and the fleet is being loaded at full draft of 2.5-2.7 meters.
According to Kateryna Kononenko, manager of Avalon shipping, there were less than 50 vessels in the Sulina and Bystre Canals as of November 7. However, the number of ships waiting to enter Romanian ports has recently increased; their idle time at the roadstead reaches five days.
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
LDZ Cargo has announced that it is now leasing 29 19-752 grain hoppers currently located in Ukraine.
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Medway, the Portuguese rail freight operator owned by MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company), has leased six E494 Alstom Traxx locomotives from Akiem leasing company.
Spain’s Ministry of Transport (MITMA) has allocated €36.2 million to upgrade sidings at seven stations between Zaragoza and Tarragona to accommodate 750 m long freight trains. This initiative should increase the capacity for international rail freight transportation along the Madrid-Barcelona route
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
Approximately 5,700 wagons with grain were found waiting for unloading at Ukrainian sea ports on November 2.
Since July of this year, the French leasing company Ermewa has delivered 102 new intermodal wagons to Mercitalia Logistics, which is part of the Italian state railroad (Gruppo FS Italiane). Tatravagonka has built four-axle Sgmmnss 40′ railcars in Poprad, Slovakia.