According to our estimates, Ukrainian wagon building enterprises delivered as many as 21 freight wagons yo their customers in October 2025, including 20 hoppers and a flat car.
The production of large railway steel castings stopped at the Kremenchuk Steel Works in October 2025, while the overall production volume of such castings averaged some 2,700 t in the period from January 1 to September 30, 2025.
Prices for new freight wagons at some Ukrainian enterprises in November 2025 (million UAH, VAT excluding, EXW)
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
Liepaja SEZ’s November cargo turnover appeared the highest this year. The stevedoring companies all together handled a total of 680,000 t of cargo, exceeding the October turnover by 127,000 t.
Laude Smart Intermodal SA and Loconi Intermodal SA, in cooperation with Ukrzaliznytsia and PKP LHS, have launched regular intermodal service for Maersk from the Baltic Hub terminal in Gdańsk to Ukraine.
The Baltic & Continent coaster market remains somewhat buoyant, which market participants attribute to the traditional upturn ahead of the Christmas holidays in Europe. The market is mainly driven by grain cargoes, while the tonnage list stays limited.
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
LDZ Cargo, a subsidiary of Latvian Railways (Latvijas dzelzceļš), will hold an auction on December 9 to sell two locomotives of the TEP70-0267 and TEP70-0268 series. The starting price for each lot is set at €80,200 with a bid increment of €100.