According to Latvian Transport Ministry, Russia will apply discounts on rail container freight forwarding from Russia to Latvian ports as of January 1, 2009.
According to the Ministry, apart from Latvia, also Finland and Germany are entitled to special discounts on container rail freight forwarded from Russia. An advisor to Latvian Transport Minister, said the special tariff was an exception as the rail freight tariff policy was to grant preferential rights to Russian ports. According to the advisor, Latvian authorities were initially negotiating for discounts on any rail freight, Logistic Finland reports according to RZD-Partner.
All news