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UKRZALIZNYTSIA IMPROVES GONDOLA CARS SUPPLY TO METAL AND MINING COMPANIES IN SEPT – UKRMETALLURGPROM

6 October , 2017  

KYIV. Oct 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia in September 2017 improved average figure for supply of gondola cars to enterprises of the metal and mining sector of Ukraine – from 21% in August to 26%, President of the Ukrmetallurgprom association (Dnipro) Oleksandr Kalenkov said on Wednesday.
“Average supply to metal and mining companies was 26% of their total loading on gondola cars [21% in August], and in general the pace is good,” he said.
Kalenkov said that the situation with cars supply in October is sharply worsening, according to information of the association.
He said that Ukrmetallurgprom is trying to achieve the market share of cars supplies by the branch of Ukrzaliznytsia – Transport Logistics Center. Today the market share is 35-40%.
Earlier Ukrmetallurgprom criticized Ukrzaliznytsia for the absence of cooperation and ignorance of the interests of the key cargo dispatchers, in particular, metal and mining companies.