A few days ago, operation of the Chornomorsk-Varna ferry crossing, which is part of the Chornomorsk-Varna-Batumi line, was partially restored (traffic on the route was suspended with the start of Russian full-scale invasion).
Prices for new freight wagons at some Ukrainian enterprises in March 2025 (million UAH, VAT excluding, EXW)
Ukrainian wagon building enterprises sold 170 freight wagons in February 2025, including 122 hoppers, 33 gondola cars, 12 flat cars, and three cement bunker-type wagons.
Kremenchuk Steel Works produced about 700 t of large railway steel castings in February 2025. It is worth noting that the enterprise did not produce large railway castings in January 2025.
Ukraine and Latvia will deepen cooperation in the development of the railway sector. In particular, it is planned to integrate the Ukrainian railroad into the Rail Baltica project on a 1435 mm gauge.
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
The fact that Turkey issued the quota for imports of 1 million tons of corn with a reduced 5% import tax and lifted import taxes for wheat has undoubtedly become the main news – and for once a positive one – for the small-tonnage shipping market this week.
During the conference “Logistics as a Driver of Economic Growth” held by the independent think tank “We Build Ukraine”, Deputy Minister of Finance Oleksandr Kava said that the construction of a 1435 mm track to Romania on the Chernivtsi-Suceava route will begin in 2026. A feasibility study for this project is currently being prepared.
Cost of repairs of 22.5 ton-force freight wagons at private enterprises of Baltic countries in March 2025 (€, VAT excluded, bss FCA)*
UZ Cargo Poland in cooperation with MSC Poland and its logistics operator Medlog Poland launches a new direct container service between the ports of Gdynia/Gdansk and Ukraine.