TransContainer to supply auto parts from Italy to Tatarstan via Slovakia terminal
TransContainer (a subsidiary of Russian Railways) has mapped out a container train route for Fiat auto parts shipments from Italy to Russia. The container trains will run via Dobre, a TransContainer’s terminal in Slovakia. Monthly traffic volume via the route is projected at 500 TEUs.
The first container train arrived on May 29 at the Dobre terminal to follow a new logistics scheme: from the Fiat’s warehouses in Villanova D'Asti and Mozzagrogna to Tikhonov of Kuibyshev Railroad, to Sollers Yelabuga, the car assembly complex. Since 2007 the Fiat’s auto parts had been imported to Russia through the port of Novorossiysk, and then by rail to Tatarstan’s Yelabuga, the transit time of the cargo delivery was about a month.
The delivery time by container trains is 9 days shorter, TransContainer said.
TransContainer, a subsidiary of the state-owned Russian Railways (RZD), was formed on March 4, 2006 on the basis of a RZD’s arm –Center for Cargo Container Traffic. TransContainer Company is a leading rail container operator in Russia, providing a broad range of services for container shipments and logistics services. As of now the company operates the largest cars fleet, in Russia, CIS and Baltic countries, over 24.000 flatcars, some 60.000 containers of various sizes, as well as more than 840 units of trucks, tractor-trailers, etc.
The first container train arrived on May 29 at the Dobre terminal to follow a new logistics scheme: from the Fiat’s warehouses in Villanova D'Asti and Mozzagrogna to Tikhonov of Kuibyshev Railroad, to Sollers Yelabuga, the car assembly complex. Since 2007 the Fiat’s auto parts had been imported to Russia through the port of Novorossiysk, and then by rail to Tatarstan’s Yelabuga, the transit time of the cargo delivery was about a month.
The delivery time by container trains is 9 days shorter, TransContainer said.
TransContainer, a subsidiary of the state-owned Russian Railways (RZD), was formed on March 4, 2006 on the basis of a RZD’s arm –Center for Cargo Container Traffic. TransContainer Company is a leading rail container operator in Russia, providing a broad range of services for container shipments and logistics services. As of now the company operates the largest cars fleet, in Russia, CIS and Baltic countries, over 24.000 flatcars, some 60.000 containers of various sizes, as well as more than 840 units of trucks, tractor-trailers, etc.