Ukrzaliznytsia intends to build 4,000 gondola cars and around 200 fitting platforms at its production facilities in 2018, Interfax reports. Ukrzaliznytsia’s production facilities concerned in the project are Paniutyne, Stryi and Darnytsia car repair plants.
1,676 gondola cars were built at Ukrzaliznytsia’s production facilities until now this year, and 800 or 900 more cars will be built by the end of the year, Head of the car department at Ukrzaliznytsia Oleh Motin said. Ukrzaliznytsia’s enterprises started producing 360 gondola cars a month, he explained.
The company plans to buy 700 grain carriers in 2018. Some 2,500-3,000 gondola cars will be bought using funds from the increase of freight tariffs in 2018. In addition, it is planned to buy 6,000-6,500 gondola cars using a loan of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). First contracts will start to be implemented in the second half of 2018. This year, the company didn’t buy any gondola cars, since tenders for 2,500 gondola cars did not take place over permanent appeals.
“There is a hope that still another tender will be successful for 250 gondola cars. However, there is also a claim filed to the business court, and there is no understanding whether we will see Ukrainian gondola cars. According to the results of hearing the claim, we will see whether we conduct the tender this year, or in 2018,” he said.
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