According to RZDL management, the company organised the transportation of 3.3 million tonnes of cargo in 2012 compared to 1.5 million tonnes in 2011.
The company agenda for the last year was devoted to sustainable development. In 2012 Russian Railways Logistics organised the transportation of goods both in Europe and Asia in cooperation with over 450 companies, including GEFCO, Inter Logistics Group, CARBO Ceramics, and other major shipping companies.
In 2012 the company introduced multimodal transportation in cooperation with Russian Railways subsidiaries and other partner organisations as well as domestic and international freight services with terminal and warehouse handling, truck forwarding, customs clearance and supply chain management.
Along with general cargo transportation Russian Railways Logistics actively developed the service of LCL transportation and introduced a consolidated service for the delivery of small cargo RZD Express. In 2012 small cargo was delivered to 579 destinations from 54 Russian cities. The company geography extended to 136 Russian cities and 7914 routes. The company started small cargo delivery to new regions of Russia such as the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and the cities of Norilsk and Dudinka in the northern part of the Krasnoyarsk region. The company plans to expand this service to commercially unpopular routes such as from/to Magadan and Sakhalin, Chukotka, Kamchatka.
Currently Russian Railways Logistics offers a single delivery service on the Europe-Asia route transiting through the Russian territory. RZDL also actively participates in the development of export-import transportation. For this reason in 2012 the company participated in two joint ventures – Euro Rail Trans in Latvia and YuXinOu in China, where RZDL owned a 16.3% stake along with Russian, Kazakh, Chinese and German partners.
The company strategy for 2012 was geographical expansion. The company opened branches and subdivisions in a number of new cities in Russia such as Zabaikalsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Yaroslavl, Kirov, Samara, Kazan, Voronezh, Saratov, Astrakhan, Novorossiysk, Perm, Chelyabinsk, Omsk and Tomsk. In addition, cooperation with Far East Land Bridge (FELB) allowed the company to use FELB offices in Europe and China.
The company objective for the forthcoming year of 2013 is to reach operational excellence in the logistics market. Moreover, the company aims to expand its portfolio of services, as well as to further develop the business of its subsidiaries and joint ventures, including YuXinOu in China, the company Euro Rail Trans in Latvia and Far East Land Bridge (FELB) in Austria.
(Source: RZD Logistics)
