08.04.2019
Artikel Nummer: 27200
Coal shipment volumes surging in Russia
Russian Railway has reported that the volume of goods moving on its network to seaports in Q1/2019 was 5% higher than in the same period in 2018. The Q1/2019 tonnage exceeded 80.6 million t, due to an 11.7% increase in coal shipments, a 6.5% increase in oil, a 23.1% increase in ore, a 3.2% increase in paper, and a 4.4% increase in timber.
The export cargo traffic comprised 47% coal, 28.3% oil, 8% ferrous metals, 6.2% fertilizers, and 2.8% grain shipments.
Export cargo to Russia’s northwestern ports overshot the 33.7 million t mark, 1.3% more than in Q1/2018. Approximately 20.6 million t (+6.7%) was hauled to southern ports and over 26.3 million t (+8.8%) went to the country’s ports in the Far East. (ben)