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2015 July 15   13:45

Freight One's Irkutsk branch hauled more than 134,000 tonnes of cargo for Russia's Northern territories.

An Irkutsk branch of JSC Freight One between April and July transported more than 134,000 tonnes of goods for consumers and industry sectors in the remote territories of Irkutsk Oblast. The contract is executed under the Russian Government's program of seasonal deliveries of stockpiles to the country's Far North (Northern Deliveries), the rail operator said in a press release.

The share of FO in this segment of freight traffic on the East Siberian Railway has reached 12%.

The cargo hauled to the Northern territories includes fuel and energy, petroleum products, metal pipes, food, construction materials and equipment, and concrete products.

The multimodal deliveries included freight transport from the regions of Russia to the railway stations Lena, Lena-East and Yakurim of East-Siberian Railway for further transfer to dry / liquid bulk inland vessels and shipping to the points of destination.

In the three months of navigation season railcars of FO hauled 67,700 tonnes in rail tank cars, 54,200 tonnes in gondola cars, 7,300 tonnes in flatcars and 5,000 tonnes in boxcars.

JSC Freight One (Freight One) was founded in July 2007 and is a leading railway operator in Russia. The Freight One comprises 14 branches operating in all regions of Russia. In Ukraine and Finland the interests of the Company are represented by Freight One in Ukraine and Freight One Scandinavia. Today, Freight One is a subsidiary of UCL Rail, the railway division of Universal Cargo Logistics Holding (UCL Holding), an international transport group.

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