TransContainer OJSC launches its new container train to link Saint-Petersburg-Tovarny-Vitebsky and Nakhodka-Vostochanya, the company’s press center says. On August 26, 2014 , the first train with consumer goods left the company’s terminal at Saint-Petersburg-Tovarny-Vitebsky station (Oktyabrskaya Railway) for Nakhodka-Vostochanya (Far East Railway).
The travel time is 9 days, the route is 9,700 km. The train is to be dispatched once in two weeks.
The service is intended for multimodal (railway-water) transportation of cargoes to Magadan, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Korsakov. It also lets have a discount for railway rates, the statement says.
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. With almost 60,000 ISO containers and over 25,000 flatcars, the company manages its fleet on more than 300,000 routes in Russia and abroad, providing a wide range of reliable and tailored container services. Additionally, TransContainer owns a network of rail-side container terminals located at 46 railway stations in Russia and operates one terminal in Slovakia. Through the joint venture with Kazakhstan Railways, TransContainer also operates 18 freight terminals in Kazakhstan, including the Dostyk border crossing with China. 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 2013, container transportation by the rolling stock of TransContainer OJSC declined by 2% to 1.45 mln TEUs.