Railway freight

The main operator of transit traffic from China to Europe, UTLC ERA, said that freight rail traffic from China to the EU grew by 36% in the first 9 months of 2021.

Russian metallurgists complain about delays in the transportation of products due to the lack of locomotives. This was stated by representatives of the Russian Steel Association.

The branch "Center for Transport Logistics" JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" has not yet published the base rates for the use of wagons, which will be relevant from November 1.

Before the celebration of "Golden Week" (October 1), the price of a container in China dropped by 22%.The rental price for a container is $ 6,898, the lowest one since the beginning of the year, informs Railway Supply magazine, citing Railfreight.

Transportation of containers causes losses to Ukrzaliznytsia at the level of 40-60%. This was announced during the Rail Expo 2021 conference by Valery Tkachev, Deputy Director of the Commercial Department of Ukrzaliznytsia JSC.

State Secretary of Slovakia Jaroslav Kmel said at an official meeting with representatives of Chinese railway carriers that subsidies will be introduced in the form of discounts on railway transportation organized along the so-called New Silk Road.

The new DB Cargo Polska flat wagon can be adjusted in length and can carry almost anything.At Trako 2021, DB Cargo Polska presented an innovative freight car.

In early September, China imposed regular restrictions on the reception of goods from Kazakhstan, except for container trains on the route China-Europe.

JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" needs to launch a program to renew the freight car fleet due to critical deterioration.Deputy Director of the Department of Commercial Work of Ukrzaliznytsia Valery Tkachev wrote about this on his Facebook page, informs Railway Supply magazine.

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Polish PKP Cargo Connect announced that it will increase its activity on the Polish food export market.Picture: PKP CARGOTo increase the transportation of export goods, the company is in dialogue with the Ukrainian side.

In Ukrzaliznytsia, the working fleet of freight cars continues to decline. The biggest drop concerns grain carriers -32.