Lemtrans

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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. It is fully owned by SCM Holdings.{{cite web |url= https://www.lemtrans.com.ua/en/company |title=Company |publisher=Lemtrans |access-date=1 June 2023}} Lemtrans is a member of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations and the European Business Association.{{cite web|url=https://opendatabot.ua/c/30600592 |title=Power structure Lemtrans |publisher=Ukrainian rail freight company |date=2023-07-06 |access-date=2023-08-25}}

In 2017 the company signed a three-year cooperation agreement with its SCM Holdings sister company Metinvest, a steel and mining company.[https://web.archive.org/web/20210112200832/https://metinvestholding.com/en/media/news/7484 Metinvest Group and Lemtrans agree on long-term cooperation]. metinvestholding.com. November 15, 2017.

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".[https://eba.com.ua/en/ukrainian-railway-infrastructure-lost-last-century-requires-serious-financial-investments/ Ukrainian railway infrastructure lost in the last century and requires serious financial investments]. eba.com.ua. November 7, 2017 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%.[https://en.cfts.org.ua/news/lemtrans_increases_cargo_transportation_by_131_in_2015 Lemtrans Increases Cargo Transportation By 13.1% In 2015]. THE CENTER FOR TRANSPORT STRATEGIES (cfts.org.ua). 12 February 2016

Lemtrans carries out repair of rolling stock at rented depots at Volnovakha in Donetsk Oblast and Kamianske in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.{{cite web |url= https://www.lemtrans.com.ua/en/activity |title=Operation |publisher=Lemtrans |access-date=1 June 2023}} 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.{{cite web |title=Official statement by Lemtrans |url= https://www.lemtrans.com.ua/en/press-center/news/lemtranz-zayava-30032022 |date=16 March 2022 |publisher=Lemtrans |access-date=1 June 2023}}