Cost of freight wagon repairs at some private enterprises in Baltic countries in July 2025
Cost of repairs of 22.5 ton-force freight wagons at private enterprises of Baltic countries in July 2025 (€, VAT excluded, bss FCA)*
Bunker fuel prices // Week 29
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Slovenia reduces transportation to the Adriatic
According to a letter dated July 7 from Ernest Gortan, Director of the Freight Division of the Slovenian Railways (SŽ-Tovorni promet), the railway’s capacity on the section from the country’s capital Ljubljana to the port city of Koper will be reduced by 50% by the end of this year.
Odesa Commercial Sea Port switches to euro payments
The Odesa Commercial Sea Port has initiated a switch to calculating the cost of port services in euros to comply with the terms of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, adapt to European standards and harmonize macroeconomic policy.
Moldovan Government approves Romania’s request to acquire port of Giurgiulesti
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.
Rolling stock price indices in Ukraine // Week 29
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Indices of rolling stock rental rates in Ukraine // Week 29
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
Freight indices // Week 28
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
Freight rolling stock sales by Ukrainian enterprises in June 2025
Ukrainian wagon building enterprises sold 67 freight wagons in June 2025, including 35 hoppers, 17 gondola cars, 13 flat cars and two tank cars.
Ellerman City Liners: new domestic intermodal service between Lodz and Gdynia
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.