This year the share of import cars accepted by RTL Group via VAT will not exceed 10% of the Group’s total volume. However this is a promising route comparable to the existing supply chain via North-West region (terminals of Sea Fishing Port in Big Port of St. Petersburg and Novaya Gavan in Ust-Luga) and the Southern Russia (port Kavkaz and Novoshakhtinsk terminal).
The Far Eastern route provides a possibility to save time and cost when delivering automobiles to their end users in Urals region, Siberia, Primorje and Far East.
Russian Transport Lines LLC was set up in 2004 as a full service logistics company. From 2005 RTL works with the leading manufacturers of automobiles under direct contracts holding the leading position at the market of customs clearance. It specializes in search for optimal logistics solutions as regards import of transport, specialized equipment, components and auto plant equipment. In 2006, the first Russian terminal for acceptance of vehicles was opened in St. Petersburg by RTL under partnership with Sea Fishing Port.Leningrad region. From May 2009, Novaya Gavan is included in the limits of Ust-Luga port by the order of RF Government. In 2009, RTL completed establishment of its own transport company RTL-Auto with the fleet of 100 car carriers. From 2008, RTL Group operated in the third and the forth districts of the Big Port of St. Petersburg under agreement with Sea Port of Saint Petersburg OJSC. On July 25, 2008, RTL Group opened a terminal in Novoshakhtinsk. In the seaport of St. Petersburg RTL services such brands as Nissan, Peugeot, Citroen, Infiniti, Renault, Ford etc. As of today, the Group implements an investment project on construction of a specialized terminal Novaya Gavan in the