The first international conference «Ukrainian Railways: development and investment» took place in Kyiv back on 18 April 2017.
As promised, we brought together representatives of almost all sectors of rail freight market – LIST OF PARTICIPANTS.
- State operator of freight wagon
Center of Transport Logistics of PJSC “Ukrzaliznytsia”. The company manages more than 100,000 railcars, or 64% of a total number of freight cars in Ukraine! - The largest private operators of Ukraine’s rail market::
Lemtrans, Metinvest-Shipping, Ferrexpo Poltava Mining, Ukrros-trance, PVK Ukraine, First Logistics Company, and others. The above companies together own up to 26,500 railcars, or 39.2% of a total number of private freight cars in Ukraine! - About two dozen forwarding and logistics companies.
- Cargo owners who participated at the conference generate more than two-thirds of the overall cargo traffic by rail in the country. The one-third belongs to three of them, namely System Capital Management (SCM), Ferrexpo and ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih. Besides the above companies, the list of participants included the following industrial giants: Azovmash, Interpipe, Ostchem Holding AG, as well as grain traders: Bunge, Myronivsky Hliboproduct, GLENCORE, Kusto Agro Trading, Greenway Ukraine, and others.
- Owners of infrastructure – branches of PJSC “Ukrzaliznytsia”: Odessa Railway and Pivdenno-Zakhidna (Southwestern) Railway.
- Wagon builders – Azovmash, Amsted Rail, Kryukov Railway Car Building Works, Region.
- Repairers and builders, suppliers – Interpipe, Rembudtrans, and others.
- Government agencies , that shape policy and development strategy of both the transport industry as a whole and state-owned enterprises in particular, including PJSC “Ukrzaliznytsia”.
Reforming of Ukrainian railways – how to create a competitive market of rail services::
- dependence of Ukraine’s major commodity sectors on conditions of rail transportation
- effective tariff regulation of rail transportation market
- antimonopoly regulation of the activities of PJSC “Ukrzaliznytsia”, the independent regulator
- investment projects, anticipated volumes and sources of financing
Rolling stock – quantity and quality of the rolling stock required for implementation of the forward-looking model of development of Ukrainian railways:
- implementation of the program for upgrade of the railcar fleet in Ukraine
- pricing policy of car building and car repair companies
- safety of railcar fleet
- checkup of track facilities, railcar fleet and rolling stock as response to significant changes in cargo flows during the period of Ukraine’s independence
- modernization and renewal of traction rolling stock
Rail transportation market – importance of clear long-term cooperation rules between PJSC “Ukrzaliznytsia” and market operators:
- estimates of the required volume of railcar fleet based on the current and projected cargo base. Conditions for investing in specialized rolling stock.
- impact of fleet management on the required number of rolling stock, cooperation between Ukrzaliznytsia and dispatching departments of independent operators.
- assessment of the shortage of mainline and shunting locomotives
- improving the efficiency of empty fleet management through the construction of second tracks in busy traffic directions
- development of port railway infrastructure
Follow the link Конференція “Залізниці України. Розвиток та інвестиції” – 2017 to see the Conference Gallery.
Do not hesitate contacting a project manager Halyna Skvortsova for results of the conference.
tel./fax:+38 056 370 18 32 ext. 245
mob.: +38 (097) 963 28 71, + 38 (066) 222 66 48
e-mail: h.skvortsova@promgruz.com
