ArcelorMittal Kryvy Rih, the nation’s largest steel producer, is expanding its fleet of railroad cars to 1,500 units

ArcelorMittal Kryvy Rih, the nation’s largest steel producer, is expanding its fleet of railroad cars to 1,500 units due to a sharp shortage of rolling stock, the company says. With 1,500 cars, the steel company will provide for one third of its needs – 4,500 cars. Andrey Moroz, head of logistics, says: “We are forced to build our fleet. The shortage of cars in Ukraine, according to some estimates, reaches 10,000 and will increase in the coming years. One can speak of a deficit of up to 18,000 cars by 2021 in the whole country.”