In 1st quarter of 2010 (Q1, 2010) the Far East Railroad (Russian Railways’ Far Eastern branch) loaded 32.000 containers, a 50% surge over Q1, 2009, the press service of DVZD said.
This early year the Railroad handled 28.500 large containers, up 57% from the last year’s figures. Overall, in Jan.-Mar. the Railroad carried 535.000 tons of containerized cargoes, a 64-percent gain as compared with Q1, 2009.
Averagely, this year FE Railroad transported 6.000 tons of containerized cargoes a day, showing a 66-percent spike over the past year. The average container weight was at 16.7 tons (+9% from Q1, 2009).
An earlier report said that freight volumes by DVZD in January-March this year increased by 8.8% from the same period in 2009, up 9.7 million tons. In March the number settled at 3.6m tons, up 10.5% from Mar., 2009.
Far East Railroad passes through five Russian Federation regions (Khabarovsk and Primorsky Territories, Amur and Jewish Autonomous Oblast, the Republic of Sakha, Yakutia). The Far East Railroad’s assets include Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Komsomolsk and Tyndinskoe branches, 361 stations, 2 border crossings (Grodekovo, with China, Hasan, with North Korea). The Railroad statistics for 2009 showed the company had carried 38.219.000 tons of commodities.
This early year the Railroad handled 28.500 large containers, up 57% from the last year’s figures. Overall, in Jan.-Mar. the Railroad carried 535.000 tons of containerized cargoes, a 64-percent gain as compared with Q1, 2009.
Averagely, this year FE Railroad transported 6.000 tons of containerized cargoes a day, showing a 66-percent spike over the past year. The average container weight was at 16.7 tons (+9% from Q1, 2009).
An earlier report said that freight volumes by DVZD in January-March this year increased by 8.8% from the same period in 2009, up 9.7 million tons. In March the number settled at 3.6m tons, up 10.5% from Mar., 2009.
Far East Railroad passes through five Russian Federation regions (Khabarovsk and Primorsky Territories, Amur and Jewish Autonomous Oblast, the Republic of Sakha, Yakutia). The Far East Railroad’s assets include Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Komsomolsk and Tyndinskoe branches, 361 stations, 2 border crossings (Grodekovo, with China, Hasan, with North Korea). The Railroad statistics for 2009 showed the company had carried 38.219.000 tons of commodities.