Throughput of TransContainer down 5.3% to 1.03 mln TEUs in 9M’15

In January-September 2015, Public Joint Stock Company “TransContainer” carried 1.03 mln TEUs (+5.3%, year-on-year), the Company says.

TransContainer’s domestic transportation volumes increased by 2.2%, year-on-year, to 574,200 TEUs due to the growth of the Company’s market share.

Transit cargo transportation fell by 25.1% to 65,900 TEUs amid general decrease of transit cargo flow from the Far East to the Central Asia.

Exports fell by 13.2%, handling of containers at TransContainer terminals fell by 8.5% to 900,000 TEUs.

In the 9-month period of 2015, the Company’s share in Russia's rail container transportation market increased to 47.3% from 45.5% in the same period of 2014. 

Incorporated in 2006, TransContainer is Russia’s leading intermodal container transportation and logistics company, providing comprehensive container transportation and freight management services. With about 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, the Company owns a network of rail-side container terminals located at 46 railway stations in Russia and operates one terminal Dobra in Slovakia. Through its joint venture with Kazakhstan Railways, TransContainer also operates 18 freight terminals in Kazakhstan, including the Dostyk border crossing with China.