Loading of Northern Railway up 2.6% in Jan-May, 07, y-o-y

In January-May 2007 total loading of Northern Railway totaled 31,6 million tons (+2.6%, year-on-year), PR Department of Northern Railway reports. Cargo turnover of NR grew by 5.2 %, year-on-year to 63 341 million t/km (+2.6 % against plan).

In January-May the railway loaded 7.8 million tons of oil products (+4% against plan); 4.6 million tons of coal (+14.8%, year-on-year); 4.3 million tons of ferrous metal (+13.3%, year-on-year); 461 thou tons of chemical cargo (+21.3%, year-on-year and +8.2% against plan); 359 thou tons of cement (+25.1%, year-on-year and +1.7% against plan). Besides, NR loaded almost 3.3 million tons of construction materials, 5.1 million tons of timber, 722 thou tons of paper, 503 thou tons of metal scrap.  On average, the railway loaded 3,697 wagons and unloaded 3,246 wagons every day.