Russian rail operator First Cargo Company (FCC/PGK, a Russian Railways’ subsidiary), running a new multimodal transportation service, plans to raise traffic volumes this year to 3.2 million tons of various cargoes, including coal, metals and ore, to be doubled in 2011, the Company’s press office reported citing Salman Babayev, Director General of FCC.
The company, implementing the FCC’s multi-modal project ‘From the dispatch station to the vessel’s FOB,’ has loaded 22 tons of coal shipment onto Pomerania bulker at the central port of Riga (Latvia). The coal cargo owned by Mechel Group, is being carried to the Baltic ports from the Kiyzak station of West-Siberian Railroad (Kuzbass). FCC as a single logistics operator takes full responsibility for the transshipment of coal at the port. FCC jointly with Mechel projected to transport about 100,000 tons of cargoes a month.
The Company believes the project could be an important step in a bid of FCC to integrate into the port infrastructure. "We are considering different directions and will be offering our services wherever there are free port facilities. Our next step is the provision of freight services", Mr. Babayev was quoted as saying.
First Cargo Company is the largest Russian rail transport operator. Russian Railways who founded FCC in July 2007 holds major ordinary stocks in the Company. Since November, 2007 the First Cargo Company has been managing and maintaining its own rolling stock of over 200.000 units. The company's rail cars make up 21% of overall Russian railroads’ car fleet. The FCC’s 2009 statistics showed the Company had transported more than 230 million tons of cargoes.
The company, implementing the FCC’s multi-modal project ‘From the dispatch station to the vessel’s FOB,’ has loaded 22 tons of coal shipment onto Pomerania bulker at the central port of Riga (Latvia). The coal cargo owned by Mechel Group, is being carried to the Baltic ports from the Kiyzak station of West-Siberian Railroad (Kuzbass). FCC as a single logistics operator takes full responsibility for the transshipment of coal at the port. FCC jointly with Mechel projected to transport about 100,000 tons of cargoes a month.
The Company believes the project could be an important step in a bid of FCC to integrate into the port infrastructure. "We are considering different directions and will be offering our services wherever there are free port facilities. Our next step is the provision of freight services", Mr. Babayev was quoted as saying.
First Cargo Company is the largest Russian rail transport operator. Russian Railways who founded FCC in July 2007 holds major ordinary stocks in the Company. Since November, 2007 the First Cargo Company has been managing and maintaining its own rolling stock of over 200.000 units. The company's rail cars make up 21% of overall Russian railroads’ car fleet. The FCC’s 2009 statistics showed the Company had transported more than 230 million tons of cargoes.