Open Joint Stock Company “TransContainer” has announced today its preliminary operating results for the fourth quarter and full year 2013.
The Company’s rail container transportation volumes for the full year 2013 amounted to 1,454 thousand
TEU, compared to 1,484 thousand TEU for 2012, down 2.0% year on year.
This decrease was mainly driven by a 8.3% drop in domestic transportation volumes, partly compensated by a 5.3% growth in international transportation.
The Company’s rail container transportation volumes in Russia for the fourth quarter of 2013 decreased by 0.3% to 380 thousand twenty-foot equivalent units (“TEU”), compared to 381 thousand TEU in the corresponding period of 2012.
TransContainer’s estimated share of Russia’s rail container transportation for the full year 2013 decreased to 47.0% compared to 50.4% in 2012.
TransContainer OJSC operates as a subsidiary of Russian Railways OJSC from July 2006. The company owns 46 terminals in Russia’s major freight centres, with its branches covering the entire Russian railway network. The company’s major shareholder is Russian Railways with 50% +2 shares. FESCO holds 23.7%, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 9.25%, Transfingroup CJSC 5.1%. In 2012, container transportation by the rolling stock of TransContainer OJSC increased by 8.9% to 1.48 mln TEUs.