Ukrainian wagon building enterprises delivered as many as 205 freight wagons to their customers in August 2024, including 147 hoppers, 40 tank cars, 13 bunker-type wagons, 4 flat cars, and a gondola car.
Kremenchuk Steel Works produced about 1,100 t of large railway steel castings in August 2024. The total output averaged some 7,100 t during the period started January 1 and ended August 31, 2024.
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Cost of repairs of 22.5 ton-force freight wagons at private enterprises of Baltic countries in September 2024 (€, VAT excluded, bss FCA)*
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Continental Farmers Group has received the first batch of grain hoppers (50 units) under a contract for 250 hoppers with a body capacity of 116 cubic meters and a lifting capacity of 70.5 tons. Delivery of the remaining rolling stock under the contract is expected in several batches over the coming months.
This year, Volyn-Zerno-Product (VILIA) and Agroprosperis imported 27,000 tons of fertilizers from the Polish manufacturer Grupa Azoty, including 18 trains with 27,000 tons of UAN-32.
Gondola car price index, €/unit*
Alpha Trains, the largest private rolling stock lessor in continental Europe, and Siemens Mobility have signed a framework agreement for the supply of 70 Vectron locomotives, including an initial order for 35 units. The leasing company is expected to receive the first batch of Vectron locomotives at the end of 2026.
TEUS, a freight forwarding company, has purchased 10 grain hoppers with a loan from Raiffeisen Bank. The fleet was repainted by Novotrain LLC.