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- PKP Cargo S.A. (WSE: PKP) operates as Poland's largest rail freight carrier and one of the leading operators in the European Union, providing comprehensive logistics services including rail freight transport, intermodal solutions, forwarding, transshipment, warehousing, and rolling stock maintenance; core offerings encompass coal and coke shipments for mining, energy, and steel sectors, aggregates and construction materials such as gravel, stone, sand, cement, and lime, metals and ores for steel producers, chemical products and liquid fuels for petrochemical companies, timber and agricultural products, automotive transport including cars for multinational corporations, as well as emergency, military, and NATO logistics projects. The company maintains a fleet exceeding 2,300 locomotives and 62,500 wagons, operates 25 transshipment terminals with 1.2 million TEU annual capacity including key intermodal facilities in Poznań-Franowo, Zduńska Wola-Karsznice, Małaszewicze, and Medyka-Żurawica, and runs over 30 railway sidings for major industrial clients. Founded in 2001 as a spin-off from Polskie Koleje Państwowe and headquartered in Warsaw at ul. Grójecka 17, PKP Cargo functions through seven regional divisions in Poland—Northern (Gdynia), Southern (Katowice), Eastern (Lublin), Central (Warsaw), Western (Poznań), Silesia (Tarnowskie Góry), and Lower Silesia (Wrocław)—and extends operations across Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Hungary, Lithuania, and access to major seaports like Gdańsk, Gdynia, Rotterdam, and Hamburg; it serves thousands of customers in mining, metallurgy, power, construction, and automotive industries as part of the PKP Group, with PKP S.A. holding a 33.01% stake. The PKP Cargo Group includes key subsidiaries such as PKP Cargotabor for rolling stock repairs, Cargosped for intermodal logistics, PKP Cargo Service for siding management, PS Trade Trans for international forwarding and customs, and others like Cargotor and PKP Cargo Connect providing infrastructure, forwarding, and fleet services. Recent developments include ongoing restructuring proceedings with submission of a restructuring plan in June 2025, collective redundancies and organizational reorganization starting in 2025, decisions to sell non-core assets such as shares in subsidiaries including Cargotor to PKP PLK S.A. and the Locomotive Repair Section in Czerwieńsk, framework cooperation and wagon rental agreements with Azoty Group companies in March 2025, management changes with new CEO Agnieszka Wasilewska-Semail appointed in early 2025, and optimization of group structure through asset disposals and operational cost reductions targeting recovery in H2 2025.