In general, no significant adjustments in freight wagon rental rates were reported in Baltic countries in November 2025 compared with the previous month. At the same time, rental rates of boxcars with a body capacity of 161-175 cu m and fitting platforms changed slightly due to currency fluctuations again.
The small-tonnage shipping market looks very uneven in the last week of autumn. Positive sentiment clearly prevails in North Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, while negative trends dominate the Black, Azov and Caspian Seas.
According to the EU, a tender for technical assistance services (CPV 71356200) announced on May 22 this year is currently underway as part of the Ukraine FIRST (Ukraine Facility for Infrastructure Reconstruction) program.
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
According to ORLEN Group, Polish companies ORLEN Kolej, PESA, and Newag have signed an agreement to supply 40 locomotives in 2027-2028. Specifically, 20 units of the 304E Gama will be supplied by PESA, and 20 E6ACTadnb Dragon 2 units will be supplied by Newag.
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
According to INTERPORT Servis, an agreement has been signed with METRANS (part of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG / HHLA) to modernize and expand the TIP Košice (Terminál Intermodájne Prepravy) intermodal terminal in Slovakia.
The Ukrainian company Uni-Laman Group (Odesa) has announced the start of cooperation with a warehouse complex in the dry port of Khorgos, which is one of the key transit hubs on the border between China and Kazakhstan. The company has already received its first shipments processed under the new scheme.
Despite shipowners’ attempts to behave more aggressively when discussing deals for late November and December shipments, in fact they have only managed to raise rates in the Mediterranean Sea. This market is driven by fertilizer traffic from Egypt to European ports, which is supporting fairly high tonnage demand in EMed, with even some excitement… Read more »