Bikram vi, Deputy General Director for Procurement, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih
- We are prompted by several factors to decide on a large purchase of new cars. Now we are increasing shipments of products for export. At the same time, we are not quite satisfied with the technical condition of the carriage base in Ukraine. The renewed wagon fleet will ensure safe and efficient transportation of our products to Ukrainian ports. We will be able to plan our logistics regardless of the situation on the rail transport market and the availability of wagons. This will help reduce shipping costs for outbound and inbound shipments. In addition, own wagons are cheaper - the approximate payback period is 3-4 years.
According to our estimates, initiatives to write off gondola cars that have exceeded their standard service life, submitted by governments, could lead to a shortage in the market and a large jump in transportation prices. Also, some manifestation of the shortage of wagons can traditionally be expected in summer-autumn due to the revival of the construction cargo market. Therefore, we would like to count on our own modern wagons and be more flexible in terms of working with Ukrzaliznytsya and freight operators.
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The rolling stock of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih is intended for the export of metal products and iron ore raw materials, as well as for the supply of raw materials to the enterprise. The main logistic directions are transportation of sinter ore and metal products, as well as return raw materials - limestone, coal, coke, coke breeze. In addition to gondola cars, the company also uses dump cars, platforms, tanks, pellet carriers, coke and cement carriers in cargo transportation.
