1 mln 441 thousand tons of cargo was loaded at 11 months of 2006 (+1% year-on-year), press center RZD OJSC reports. Loading of 20 – feet and 40-feet containers increased by 2% and exceeded 1 mln tons. 175 thousand containers was loaded at Sverdlovsk railway including 51.7 thousand 20-foot containers. 124 thousand tons of cargo was loaded at the containers in November including 88 thou of large-capacity containers.
TransContainer operates as a subsidiary of Russian Railways OJSC from July 2006. Branch of TransContainer OJSC provides its services to over 5 thou customers at Sverdlovsk Railway. The list of its permanent partners includes such companies as Russian chrome, Serov ferroalloy plant, Kamensk-Uralsk ironworks, Rosplast, Permtsvetmet etc. Sverdlovsk branch of TransContainer OJSC provides delivery of containerized cargo by the network of Russian railways.