According to the Government of Moldova, on July 11, the request of the state-owned company Compania Nationala Administratia Porturilor Maritime Constanta (Maritime Ports Administration), which plans to invest more than €24 million in the development of infrastructure of the international port of Giurgiulesti (Moldova), was reviewed and approved.
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
Although owners are increasingly getting bullish, the overall sentiment has barely improved on the seagoing short-sea market. The number of vessels available in the Black, Marmara and Mediterranean Seas has not decreased by the end of the week
Ukrainian wagon building enterprises sold 67 freight wagons in June 2025, including 35 hoppers, 17 gondola cars, 13 flat cars and two tank cars.
On June 25, the British shipping company Ellerman City Liners launched an intermodal service between the cities of Lodz and Gdynia as part of the iPEX Polish Shortsea service. The project was launched in cooperation with the Austrian railway operator Bahnoperator.
According to COFCO International, the company has launched a new fleet of its own on the Danube River in Romania. It includes four towing vessels and 29 barges that can transport 1,000 tons of agricultural products, including corn, wheat and barley.
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
The June cargo turnover at the Riga Freeport dropped to the lowest since January 2021. Thus, port operators processed almost 1.2 million t of cargo, down 119,000 t from May.
Prices for new freight wagons at some Ukrainian enterprises in July 2025 (million UAH, VAT excluding, EXW)