Coronavirus restrictions do not impede the growth of rail container transit through the territory of the Russian Federation and in part it is supported. In April, transit container route China—Europe—China has doubled, the TRANS-shipment of containers in General — 40%. The government intends to support this growth, introducing incentive measures for container transit.Russian Railways in April recorded an almost double increase in the transport of loaded containers on the route China—Europe—China, the company said. The volume of transit containers on this route amounted to 45.4 thousand TEU (growth by 1.7 times by April 2019), of which Laden to 44 thousand TEU, 99,3% higher than a year earlier. In General, container transhipment in April rose by 39.9%, to 65.1 thousand TEU container transport — by 10.4%, to 461 thousand TEU. He grew up in February—March (see “Kommersant” on March 24). After the closure of enterprises in Europe in March fell sharply, the empty container flows from Europe to China, Russian Railways introduced discounts up to 40% on the return of containers from third countries to China through the territory of Russia (see “Kommersant” on April 8). Some contribution to the popularity of container transit introduced quarantine measures, negative impact on transboundary movements of trucks that, in turn, led to outflow of goods on the railway.For development of container transit plans to introduce a subsidy rate for transportation. At the meeting of may 7, Vladimir Putin’s Minister of transport Eugene Dietrich said to align the tariff with neighbouring countries should be about 1 billion rubles, which can be found in the funds allocated to national projects (see “Kommersant” on may 8). The President has proposed measures to stimulate container traffic in the national action plan for the normalization of business life.In General, the transport of containers through the network of OJSC RZD (not just transit) is also growing. From January to April, they climbed to 12.4%, reaching 1.8 million TEU.Natalia Skorlygina offers until the summer of 2021 to enter for the Railways a special mode where freight rates for the export of unpopular areas — the ports of the South and the North-West — can be lowered significantly below current thresholds to equalize the economy of delivery for these lucrative routes in the East. According to calculations of the service, it will have to give discounts from 16% to 55% when current limit is 12.8%. Lost profit of Russian Railways proposed to compensate in the 2021-2025 years due to the increased rate or additional volumes.Read more
