Rental rates for gondola cars dropped sharply in September 2024. According to market participants, one of the main reasons for a decrease is Russian troops attacking Pokrovsk – owners and operators of rolling stock are removing the empty wagons which were previously carrying clay from the local stations of Merzalove and Druzhkivka
The Polish operator Freightliner PL has expanded its fleet with 40 leased grain hoppers with a lifting capacity of 58 tons. The rolling stock will be used on domestic and international routes.
Railroad operator Lemtrans has completed the first stage of construction at its container terminal in Vinnytsia. In particular, a container yard with a capacity of 30,000 TEU per year and a warehouse with a capacity of 2,000 TEU were built.
In order to optimize its logistics, Interpipe has chartered a vessel for sea transportation for the first time (time-charter basis) instead of using traditional freight.
The output of large railway steel castings reached approximately 1,000 t at Kremenchuk Steel Works in July 2024. Meanwhile, the total production was almost 6,000 t in the period from January 1 to July 31, 2024.
In early September, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy together with grain market participants (the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, the UGA, the EBA, the Ukrainian National Agrarian Forum, and the Association of Farmers and Private Landowners of Ukraine) agreed on the maximum volume of wheat and meslin
Astarta-Kyiv received 40 new grain hoppers as part of the USAID Economic Resilience Activity (ERA).
Gondola car rental rate index, €/day*
Starting from September 5, the ban comes in effect on transportation of all cargo from Ukrainian railway stations to Poland (Cieszyn Marklowice station) and the Czech Republic via the Cieszyn Marklowice Gr. (PKP) and Cesky Tesin st. hr (CD) border crossings for all consignees.
On August 29, Alstom and Polish railway operator Captrain Polska signed an agreement for the supply of three Traxx Universal (third generation) locomotives.