The volume of containers hauled by rail operator JSC TransContainer in January-April 2014 on Far East Railways totaled 146,700 TEUs, a 7.2-percent gain from the same period last year, RZD said.
On the FER stations 1,619,000 tonnes of cargo were loaded into increased capacity containers (+6.4% compared to 2013).
Average daily loading in January-April reached 13,400 tonnes (+6.4%). Average weight of a container was 17.5 tonnes, similar to the same period last year.
In April 2014, TransContainer's container volume increased by 6% on last year's figure and reached 37,000 TEUs, or 433,000 tonnes of cargo.
TransContainer, a subsidiary of the state-owned Russian Railways (RZD), was formed on March 4, 2006 on the basis of a RZD’s arm – Center for Cargo Container Traffic. TransContainer is a leading rail container operator in Russia, providing a broad range of services for container shipments and logistics services. TransContainer has a network of terminals in Russia and Slovakia. The Company boasts the largest rail car fleet in Russia, CIS and Baltic countries: more than 25.500 flatcars, some 60.000 containers of various sizes and over 840 units of trucks, tractor-trailers, etc.