Lemtrans
Lemtrans is a private operator of railway rolling stock in Ukraine. The company owns over 15,000 gondola cars (open wagons), which transport over 52 million tons of cargo annually.[1] It is fully owned by SCM Holdings.[1] Lemtrans is a member of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations and the European Business Association.[2]
In 2017 the company signed a three-year cooperation agreement with its SCM Holdings sister company Metinvest, a steel and mining company.[3]
In 2017 the head of Lemtrans, Volodymyr Mezentsev, explained that due to the War in Donbass, the company had control of 18,000 low-sided cars, with the other ones being blocked at the "ATO area".[4] Despite the war conditions in the eastern areas of Ukraine, according to its reports Lemtrans had increased its cargo transportation in 2015 by over 13%.[5]
Lemtrans carries out repair of rolling stock at rented depots at Volnovakha in Donetsk Oblast and Kamianske in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[6] Early in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, fighting took place in Volnovakha, with Lemtrans's depot suffering major damage. In March 2022, Lemtrans lost control of the depot to the Russians, who tried to restart operations there.[7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Company". Lemtrans. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ↑ "Power structure Lemtrans". Ukrainian rail freight company.
- ↑ Metinvest Group and Lemtrans agree on long-term cooperation. metinvestholding.com. November 15, 2017.
- ↑ Ukrainian railway infrastructure lost in the last century and requires serious financial investments. eba.com.ua. November 7, 2017
- ↑ Lemtrans Increases Cargo Transportation By 13.1% In 2015. THE CENTER FOR TRANSPORT STRATEGIES (cfts.org.ua). 12 February 2016
- ↑ "Operation". Lemtrans. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ↑ "Official statement by Lemtrans". Lemtrans. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
External links
[edit]- www.lemtrans.com.ua – Official website
- Profile at the European Business Association
- Profile at the Association of International Freight Forwarders of Ukraine (FIATA member)