PKP CARGO’s application for funding for the purchase of 330 flat wagons for intermodal freight transport has been approved. The maximum amount of funds the company can receive from the European Union is PLN 41.4 million.
The Centre for EU Transport Projects has already published the ranking list of projects that will receive funding from the European Union. It also includes the PKP CARGO project, under which the company plans to purchase 330 80-foot flat wagons. This means that PKP CARGO will receive funding equal to a maximum of 30 percent of the value of the planned wagon purchase, i.e., up to PLN 41.4 million.
– PKP CARGO wants to develop intermodal transport, which is the fastest-growing segment of rail freight transport in Poland. We have therefore taken advantage of the opportunity to obtain EU support and are thus expanding our rolling stock with the most attractive flat wagons to strengthen the company’s position in this area – says Łukasz Boroń, CEO of PKP CARGO.
The final value of the EU funding will be known after the tender for the supply of wagons is settled and the contract with their manufacturer is signed. Currently, PKP CARGO is striving to finalize the tender procedures in order to increase its fleet of intermodal platforms within the coming months.
Currently, PKP CARGO owns 92 80-foot platforms. Increasing the rolling stock fleet by 330 such wagons will therefore be a significant strengthening of the company’s potential in the field of intermodal transport.
PKP CARGO is the largest rail freight carrier in Poland and the second largest in the European Union. On average, about 1,000 PKP CARGO trains are launched per day. In 2012, the company transported almost 117 million tons of cargo. PKP CARGO can perform independent transport not only in Poland, but also in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Germany, Belgium, and Hungary.