In August the Federal Cargo Company transported 1.3 million tons of metal in gondola cars, up by 17% YoY.
“In Ural region MMK increased loading into gondola cars to 155 thousand tons. In North-West Izhorsky Pipe Works to 16.3 thousand tons. Rostov Electrometallurgical Works increased loading to 11 thousand tons”, the company director of department on gondola cars transportation Daniil Buyevich said.
In August the largest increase of loading into gondola cars was at the Oktyabrskaya railroad – 2-fold, to 19 thousand tons, Zabaikalskaya – by 24%, to 17 thousand tons and Yuzhno-Uralskaya – by 21%, to 301 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)