Continental bought another 100 railcars to support its trading business
Continental Farmers Group has purchased 100 new hopper railcars, increasing its owned rail fleet to 350 units.
All new railcars have a volume of 116 m³ and a payload capacity of up to 70.5 tons. The expansion of the railcar fleet marks the next stage of the company’s plan to develop its own rail logistics network, which Continental has been implementing since 2024, when it acquired its first 250 grain railcars.
According to Continental Farmers Group CEO Georg von Nolcken, the decision to expand the fleet was driven by the strong performance of the company’s logistics system over recent seasons.
“We purchased the first grain railcars with a clear understanding that further expansion of this business would depend on the efficiency of our management model and market conditions. The team’s results have demonstrated that combining Continental’s elevator facilities in Ternopil, Lviv, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions with our own rail fleet provides not only speed and flexibility, but also optimisation of operational processes and predictability of logistics costs, which is critical for business efficiency,” he said.
According to him, increasing the fleet to 350 railcars was a natural step given the growth of Continental’s proprietary trading operations. The total volume of grain transported by the company by rail within Ukraine and to the EU exceeded 1.5 million tons in 2025, with part of these shipments carried by the company’s own grain railcars.
- In September 2024, Continental Farmers Group announced the creation of its own rail fleet and the purchase of the first 250 grain railcars.
- In early 2025, the company announced the full launch of its proprietary trading business, with representative offices in Switzerland and Romania to work with global partners.
