A rise in export-import operations allowed substituting completely lower transit traffic
PJSC TransContainer (part of Delo Group) reports an increase of its loaded traffic using the managed fleet by 5.1% to 1.8m TEUs in 2022.
Growth in this indicator was driven by exports risen by 11.3% to 0.7m TEUs. Imports grew by 9.5% to 0.4m TEUs. Domestic traffic grew by 1.1% to 0.5m TEUs.
However, the company’s transit operations fell by 15.8% to 200 thousand TEU.
The company’s market share in the total loaded container traffic in the Russian railways network increased by 1.7 percentage points for the full year – from 36% to 37.7%. The statistics ignores all third-party wagons and containers engaged in the company’s transportation.
That said, trends in loaded transportation with the use of TransContainer-managed fleet in 2022 exceeded the growth rates of total loaded shipments across Russian railways network, the latter grew by 0.4%.
“In 2022, TransContainer responded promptly to geopolitical and macroeconomic changes by increasing its container fleet and offering its customers a whole range of new routes, and also by leveraging vigorously the synergistic effects of cooperation with the other assets of Delo Group. A rise in export-import operations allowed substituting completely lower transit traffic,” the company’s First Vice President Victor Markov noted.
PJSC TransContainer is among the largest intermodal container operators in Eurasia. Its fleet numbers about 120,000 containers of about 180,000 TEU and about 41,000 flatcars. The company owns 40 railway terminals in Russia and operates three more terminals through its subsidiaries and joint stock companies. TransContainer holds 58.51% of Sakhalin Shipping Company (SASCO). Delo Group is the only shareholder of the company.