The rental rates for gondola cars are climbing up in June. Although in May the increases in June rental rates were expected at about ₴20/day (hereinafter VAT excluding), the actual growth turned out to be more significant.
Prices for new freight wagons at some Ukrainian enterprises in May 2025 (million UAH, VAT excluding, EXW)
Ukrainian wagon building enterprises sold 61 freight wagons in April 2025, including 42 hoppers and 19 gondola cars.
Kremenchuk Steel Works produced about 800 t of large railway steel castings in April 2025, while the January-April output reached 2,100 t.
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Seaport and APM Terminals Poti (a division of Maersk), which owns the Poti seaport (Georgia), have signed a memorandum of cooperation within the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, or the Middle Corridor). This was announced by the port’s CEO Oksana Kiktenko.
Container Terminal Mostyska (CTM) has announced that it plans to resume regular piggyback services between Ukraine and Germany on the Mostyska-Forst route starting 1 July.
During the conference “Ukraine-Japan: Ukraine’s Economic Growth in the Context of War”, the countries agreed to further implement joint projects in the field of transport infrastructure through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Al Dahra (United Arab Emirates) and Getreide AG Ukraine (Ukrainian branch of the German Getreide AG) have entered into an exclusive agreement on grain purchases in Ukraine. The new partnership is expected to provide Al Dahra with direct access to Ukrainian wheat, corn and barley exports.
Gondola car price index, €/unit*