UZ will lease wagons through ProZorro
Source：delo.UA
From：Taiwan Trade Center Kyiv
Update Time：2019/05/23
So far, 5% of the empty wagon fleet will be put up for auction at ProZorro.
The freight cars of PJSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" will be leased at ProZorro electronic auctions sales.
The relevant agreement on the implementation of the pilot project was signed by the heads of Ukrzaliznytsia and the state enterprise Prozorro.Prodazi, the press service of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade reports.
The pilot project will last a year, after which it can be extended.
The ministry hopes that the first auctions for the rental of freight cars may appear on ProZorro in November.
“Since November, our company begins to lease its own cars through an electronic platform. Thus, we provide a transparent and really effective mechanism for Ukrzaliznytsya to get the market value for the use of cars by our customers says Head of UZ Evgeny Kravtsov on Facebook.
According to him, a year ago, Ukrzaliznytsia sold its freight services 5-7 times cheaper. Thus, I received less millions. The difference between the fixed price and the market value was in the hands of intermediaries and provoked corruption in the railway itself, Kravtsov complained.
It is planned to put up 5% of the empty car fleet for electronic trading, and their results will determine the price for the entire car fleet by type and on a certain date.
According to the contract, the ProZorro system. The sales will also be used to conduct electronic auctions for the alienation, transfer for use and lease of property belonging to Ukrzaliznytsya.
As of September 1,61 thousand freight cars are located in the working park of Ukrzaliznytsia. Of these, almost 28 thousand gondola cars, 10.3 thousand grain-carriers, almost 3 thousand fitting platforms and other special rolling stock. The most demanded rolling stock is gondola cars and grain-carriers, says Head of UZ Evgeny Kravtsov .
Source：https://delo.ua/business/uz-budet-sdavat-v-arendu-vagony-cherez-prozorro-346883/