According to Deputy General Director for Commerce of JSC "FGC" Andrei Isayev, over three quarters of 2017 can be traced to the increasing traffic of several goods. "In the reporting period increased transportation of coal, steel, forest products. Loading of coal is growing mainly in the direction of the EU and the Asia-Pacific region. The timber is in high demand among consumers in China: growth is noted from landfills TRANS-Baikal, East-Siberian, far Eastern Railways. In turn, the metals show higher export prices on the world market, which has a positive effect on the increasing volume of export shipments of Russian steel," said Andrei Isayev.
In the reporting period increased by 11% the volume of export shipments in gondola cars of JSC "FGC", including: metals – 29% (to 3.1 million tons), coal – 18% (to 36.8 million tonnes), etc.
Transportation for export in covered wagons of JSC "FGC" increased by 15%: forest products – by 2 times (up to 1 million tons), chemicals and soda – by 19% (to 182 thousand tons), etc.
The volume of export shipments on platforms of JSC "FGC" increased by 29%: forest products increased by 31% (110,4 thousand tons), metals – 26% (to 77 thousand tons).
Export the transport in tanks of JSC "FGC" has increased 3.5 times to 2.5 million tons.
Joint stock company "Federal freight company" (subsidiary of JSC "RZD") is one of the largest cargo rail operators in Russia. JSC "FGC" is among the three leaders of the rating of operators INFOLine RAIL RUSSIA TOP.
The main activity of the Company is providing rolling stock for transportation of goods, and rendering of transport-forwarding services. Rolling stock in operation of JSC "FGC" has 156 thousand units of rolling stock (as of 12.10.2017).
On the Russian Railways has 7 branches and 8 agencies of transport services JSC Federal freight, as well as representative offices in Moscow and Kazakhstan.
The mission of the Company is guaranteed and quality supplies of rolling stock to shippers on the 1520 gauge.
Official site of JSC "FGC": www.railfgk.ru.
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