RZD cuts oil cargo transportation by 6% to 57.275 mln t in Q1 09
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In the first quarter of 2009, transportation of oil cargo by Russian Railways network fell by 6%, year-on-year, to 57.275 million tonnes, RZD-Partner cites Aleksei Mironov, head of the company’s Transportation Management Department.
“In the same period of 2008, turnover of oil cargo amounted to 60.913 million tonnes,” he stressed.
“Export shipment amounted to 30.126 million tonnes (-938,000, or - 3%, year-on-year),” Mironov said.