TransContainer has launched a new block train on the route Saint Petersburg – Khabarovsk, the rail operator said in a press release.
The first train with consumer goods departed on July 17, 2014 the company operated terminal of the St. Petersburg-Tovarniy-Vitebskiy station to the Khabarovsk-2 station of the Far Eastern Railway.
The average travel time on the 8,827km-long route is 10 days.
Next train on this route is schedulled for July 30, 2014.
The biweekly service will allow customers not only to significantly reduce the transit time and to ensure cargo safety, but also give them the opportunity to get a discount on rail fare, the company said.
Russia’s leading intermodal container transportation and logistics company TransContainer OJSC operates as a subsidiary of Russian Railways (RZD) as of July 2006. The company owns 46 terminals in Russia’s major freight centres, with its branches covering the entire Russian railways network. The company’s major shareholder is Russian Railways (RZD) with 50% +2 shares. FESCO holds a 23.7% stake, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development owns 9.25% of shares and Transfingroup CJSC - 5.1%. In 2013, container transportation by the rolling stock of TransContainer OJSC dropped by 2% to 1.45 million TEUs.