The railway traffic of rolled steel products, semi-finished products, pipes, pig iron and scrap of ferrous metals increased by 8% month-on-month to 700,000 t in Ukraine in March. In particular, exports dropped by 5% month-on-month to 385,800 t, while domestic supplies surged by 29% month-on-month to 312,000 t.
Rental rates remained unchanged in the Baltic countries in April compared with March. The changes in rental rates for box cars with a body capacity of 161-175 cu m were only caused by currency fluctuations.
Polish operator PKP CARGO has signed a memorandum of intent to build a multimodal terminal in Radomsko. The project is aimed at developing a terminal that will combine rail and road transport, reorienting train and truck traffic from the center of Radomsko to its outskirts.
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Since the launch on August 8, 2023, 1,300 vessels have used the temporary corridors for merchant ships sailing to/from Ukrainian ports. This was announced by Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Sergiy Kyslytsya, during his speech at the roundtable “Political Dialogue – Overcoming Global Food Insecurity and the Risk of Hunger: Strengthening Collective Impact”.
Ukrainian wagon building enterprises delivered as many as 110 freight wagons to their customers in March 2024, including 54 hoppers, 30 flat cars, 22 tank cars and 4 bunker-type wagons.
The output of large railway steel castings averaged some 900 t at Kremenchuk Steel Works in March 2024. In the period from January 1 to March 31, the enterprise produced about 2,800 t of such castings.
The situation for small-tonnage owners working in the Black and Mediterranean Seas has worsened significantly after April 22. Now it can for sure be called critical. An already weak cargo flow has shrunk noticeably. This primarily applies to shipments of Ukrainian grain from the Danube ports.
On April 22 and 23, the Moldovan Railways (Calea Ferată din Moldova) announced several tenders for the sale of its property, including freight cars, tank containers, locomotives, etc.
In the period from April 30 to May 6, the convention will be in effect, which will restrict transportation of mixed fodder (ETSNG 54) from Ukrainian railway stations via the Izov-Exp border crossing (PKP) to Hrubieszow, Szczebrzeszyn and Wola Baranowska stations in Poland for all consignees.