Kovalskaya purchased 100 new wagons in Belarus

The Kovalskaya production and construction group acquired 100 hoppers produced by the Mogilev Carriage Works (part of the BelAZ group). This is reported by the railway magazine Railway Supply with a link to the company’s Facebook page.

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Picture: www.facebook.com/PBGKovalska

The new hoppers will serve mining enterprises in the Zhytomyr region. 75 units have already been delivered to Yemelyanovskiy quarry, another 25 – to TNK Granit. The rolling stock will supply crushed stone from the quarry to the group’s production facilities in Kyiv and Chernihiv.

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Due to the new batch of rolling stock, the company’s own wagon fleet has increased by almost 30%.

The new hoppers have a maximum lifting capacity of 72.5 tons each and are designed for the transport of bulk cargo.

In total, the group will now operate 480 wagons and 5 locomotives.

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