Russian Railways subsidiaries RZD Logistics and TransContainer will cooperate in a joint venture to offer shippers express container trains.
The express service is being tested on the route between Yekaterinburg and St. Petersburg.
Fast container trains will offer a convenient and reliable shipping service to Urals-based steel exporters, said According to RZD Logistics Director General Pavel Sokolov. “We’re reducing travel time by eliminating the need to sort carriages en route.”
Russian steelmakers to benefit from the service include:
• Russian Chrome 1915, a supplier of chromium alloys to India, China and France.
• SELL and K, a major producer of non-ferrous metals, which supplies its products to Japan.
• Klyuchevskii Ferroalloy Plant, which produces and exports ferroalloys to the Netherlands.
• Ural Nonferrous Casting Plant, an iron and steelmaker that ships non-ferrous alloys to the United States and Japan.
“These companies periodically have difficulty shipping their products; however, thanks to the launch of the regular shuttle train, they will leave these difficulties in the past,” said TransContainer Director Sergei Vasiliev in Yekaterinburg.
Russian Railways offers express trains
