Rolling stock price indices in Ukraine // Week 6
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Astarta-Kyiv agro-industrial holding stepped up its exports in 2024
Last year, Astarta-Kyiv Holding exported more than 1.2 million tons of products to 53 countries, up 18% compared to 2023.
Agroprosperis expands geography of agricultural exports and its logistics capabilities
Agroprosperis Group continues to expand its grain exports. The EU countries remain the key sales markets, but this season the company has been exporting agricultural products to Turkey, North Africa, the Middle East and the Far East.
Freight indices // Week 5
Despite timid signs of improvement on the grain export market, the small-tonnage freight segment remains extremely soft in the Black and Mediterranean Seas , with a minimum of firm grain offers.
Export deliveries of ferrous metals by railway from Ukraine in December 2024
The overall volume of railway transportation of rolled products, semi-finished products, pipes, pig iron and scrap of ferrous metals increased by 5% to 800,000 t in Ukraine in December compared with November. In particular, exports surged to 502,000 t (up 33% month-on-month).
Bunker fuel prices // Week 5
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Production and offer prices of large railway castings in Ukraine
Kremenchuk Steel Works produced about 400 t of large railway steel castings in December 2024. The total output of such products averaged some 10,700 t in 2024.
LTG Cargo announces successful test of new Stadler electric locomotives meant to run on Lithuania-Estonia routes
LTG Group continues to implement European rail transportation standards and replaces outdated infrastructure focused on Russian requirements. The company has successfully completed a test run of a train with a new electric locomotive across the Baltic States to the port of Muuga (Estonia).
Freight rolling stock rental rates in Baltic countries in January 2025
Gondola cars are standing idle in the Baltic countries in January over a seasonal decline in demand for rail transportation. This situation is quite typical for winter months when the activity is weakening noticeably in many sectors, including industrial and agricultural ones. Rolling stock owners keep wagons idle until the prospects for the new… Read more »
New floor warehouse to be launched at Mostyska Dry Port in April
Dmytro Kobzar, the General Director of the Mostyska Dry Port terminal, has announced at the Grain Storage Forum conference that a 4,000 sq m floor warehouse will be put into operation at the terminal in April 2025; the facility is designed to accommodate up to 10,300 tons of cargo.