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Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK) continues to develop Vanino Bulk Terminal (Bay Muchka, the Khabarovsk Territory). The new investments will provide an opportunity to increase the capacity of the terminal along with the increase in the capacity of the Far Eastern Railway and the commissioning of a new tunnel through ...
211 000 tons of coking coal of mega-deposits of Tuva was transported by Freight One in 2010. In 2009, the coal shipments amounted to 8000 tons. Coal transportation was provided by Freight One to the enrichment and coke plants of the Kuzbass and Urals regions. The increase in traffic in ...
Freight One started to transport concrete structures necessary for equipping Vankor field - one of the most promising oil & gas fields in Russia developed by Rosneft. Shipment of reinforced concrete piers needed for the construction of power lines and the pipeline is carried out from two plants of Bashbeton. ...
In 2010, 21 467 cars of Freight One were damaged, or 10.9% of the company's operating fleet. Volumes of damages are consistent with the size of fleets of medium-sized operators and exceed the amount of new cars purchased last year by almost two times. The main share of the damaged ...
Alliance-Leasing has financed the acquisition of gondola cars and loaders for Pskovvtormet. The amount of leasing is 116 million roubles. The newly-acquired equipment includes 22 gondola cars 12-132 and 2 modern loaders FUCHS MHL-340 D and MHL-350 D designed for handling scrap iron in the technological areas. Development of its ...
The shipments of Freight One have increased by 30% in the Tomsk region over the past three months. The growth was achieved due to the increase in the company's cargo base in the construction and timber industries. Since early 2011, the client list of Freight One was enlarged by such ...
Transmashholding is working at developing a new hybrid shunting locomotive with AC induction motors TEM35. The first pilot prototype TEM35 will be manufactured in late 2011 and the serial production will be launched by the end of 2012. ...
Under the current agreement on cooperation in implementation of innovation railway equipment, Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant (TVSZ) delivered the first freight cars to Freight One. The railcars have passed through tests and certification. The batch of six hopper cars designed for the transportation of mineral fertilizers of the model ...
Russian Railways and DKRS-Sochi (an affiliate company of RZD) completed the contruction of the railway tunnel N5 which is a part of the combined road and railway Adler - Alpika-Service in Sochi. The tunnel construction which is over 2.8 km long, diameter - 10 m, started in April last year. ...
The company's investment budget for the current year is 349 billion roubles, including the activities related to the preparation and organization of the Olympic Games in Sochi, will amount to 62.2 billion roubles, the company's own projects - 286.8 billion roubles. In 2011, the company will continue to implement projects ...
Investments of Russian Railways into the project "Comprehensice reconstruction of Mga - Gatchina - Veimarn - Ivangorod and railway approaches to the ports on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland" have been estimated at 14.1 billion roubles. ...
Russian Railways signed a trilateral memorandum of understanding with Azerbaijan Railways and Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI). The document was signed in Tehran within the framework of the business visit of the president of RZD Vladimir Yakunin to Iran. The parties agreed to implement joint projects on railway construction ...
850,000 tons of coal was transported by Freight One in January 2011 from the coal mines of the Krasnoyarsk territory and Khakassia which is 2.12 as much as in the same period last year. 58% of traffic of Freight One included the deliveries for the housing and communal sector. Daily ...
ContRail has obtained the license of a customs broker. Now, ContRail has obtained the right to provide customs clearance, from consulting services to filling of documents on international cargo. ...
The train has been launched on the international railway China - Kazakhstan - Russia from the city of Chongqing (Southwest China). The route of this international rail traffic passes through Ankan (Shaanxi Province, Northwest China), Urumqi (Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Northwest China), Alashankou on the Sino-Kazakhstan border, Kazakhstan, and then ...
Spetstransgarant Ltd. (STG) shipped 320 000 tons of LHCG and liquid petrochemicals in tank containers twofold in 2010 compared to 2009. In 2010, the tank container fleet of Spetstransgarant totaled 1540 units which is 1.5 times as much as in 2009. In 2010, the company was actively developing the transportation ...
Euroweek, a magazine about the international debt capital markets, summed up the annual competition of the best deals in January 2011. The winners in various categories are determined by editors by the results of voting among the leading investment banks operating in international markets and foreign capital. The debut issue ...
The second stage of testing of the only Russian prototype has completed at Moscow Railway. The gas turbine locomotive consisting of 101 freight cars on the route Vekovka - Bekasovo and home was tested by the locomotive crew of the depot Bekasovo-Sortirovochnoye (Moscow Railway). The gas turbine locomotive GT1-001 with ...
Freight One increased the alumina shipments from Krasnoyarsk and Sayanogorsk Aluminium Smelters by 22.5% in 2010 compared to 2009. In 2010, Freight One shipped 735 000 tons of alumina to the ports of North Western, Far Eastern and Azov-Black Sea regions. The growth in transportation is attributed to the use ...
JSC Russian Railways in 2011, will invest 1.2 billion roubles in the development of railway infrastructure on the route Tobolsk - Surgut. In 2011, it is planned to implement the following projects: - Completion of construction of 2 spans Karmyshev - Chumbulut, Ingair - Slinkina; - Implementation of construction projects ...
Since the beginning of the year, Pipe Transport Company has been demonstrating the stable and dynamic development, which is confirmed by the significant increase of traffic volume and rolling stock. According to the results of 10 months of the year 2010, the traffic volume was about 8 million tonnes, which ...
In 2011, JSC Russian Railways will spend 21.6 billion roubleson the construction and reconstruction of engineering structures. In 2011, the company is going to launch the projects to strengthen and reconstruct the engineering structures on the railway route Tuapse - Adler. In 2011, the company is going to complete the ...
In January 2011, Freight One shipped 490 000 tons of thermal coal from the coal pits of the Krasnoyarsk territory and Khakassia for the housing and utility sector. The coal transportation increased by 2.2 times against the same period of 2010. The transportation was mainly provided to the regions of ...
Shipment of Russian Railways in January 2011 was 97 million tons, exceeding the same period of last year by 10,6%. In January 2011, the company loaded 25.6 million tons of coal (10.3% compared to January 2010), 10,500,000 tonnes of coke (10.7%), 22.0 million tons of petroleum and petroleum products (10.5%), ...
The investments of Russian Railways in the project of comprehensive reconstruction of Trubnaya - Baskunchak - Aksarayskaya will make 900 million roubles ($30 million) in 2011. In 2011, the company will perform the construction work on the routes Trubnaya - Zaplavnoye and Zaplavnoye - Leninsk, as well as planning and ...
The restrictions of Russian Railways (RZD) on container shipment to Eurosib have been lifted. As of today the terminal operates as normal. The restrictions of Russian Railways on container shipment were imposed in early January 2011 until January 20 and, then, extended until February 1, 2011 inclusive. The reason for ...
Russian Railways (RZD) will spend 540 million roubles ($18 million) on the development of the railway infrastructure of Sakhalin in 2011. ...
The investments of Russian Railways in the project on reconstruction of Karymskaya - Zabaikalsk railway route have been estimated at 5.6 billion roubles ($186.6 million) in 2011. The estimated cost of the second stage is 29.3 billion roubles ($976.6 million). ...
Russian Railways, RZD imposed a ban on shipment of chemical and mineral fertilizers for an indefinite period for their transportation to Novy Port-Export (Saint-Petersburg) towards Saint-Petersburg Seaport. The restrictions were imposed on January 26 due to insufficient unloading of railcars to avoid their wasteful delay. ...
Cherepovetz Steel Mill (a part of Severstal Russian Steel) will deliver 400 tons of coiled stock to Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant (TVSZ) in February 2011. The first batch of coiled stock has been shipped in January 2011. The relevant document between the companies provides for the supply of products ...
