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InterRail Newsflash
No. 4-5 / 2013
// NEWs from the InterRail group
InterRail at the TransRussia 2013
The 18th TransRussia Fair was held
in Moscow from 23 to 26 April. On an
area of 18.000 sqm, 500 companies
from 27 countries were represented,
including the InterRail Group and its
subsidiaries.
For the first time this year the Fair
took place where the Exhibition of
Economic Progress of the former Soviet
Union (VDNKH) had been held.
The area is bright and pleasant. According
to the organizers, they sold
10% more of the exhibition area than
in the previous year.
We asked three colleagues who
attended the Fair to give us their
feedback:
and the other CIS countries. To
participate also means that we are
a well-established and financially
sound enterprise. TransRussia offers
a great opportunity of getting in touch
with other important market participants,
meeting and becoming better
acquainted with existing partners and
customers, and exchanging information
with one’s own colleagues from
other offices.
Apart from that, it provides the opportunity
of sharing professional
opinions and finding new solutions.»
Lyubov Shepeleva, Sales & Pricing
Manager, InterRail TSES, Moscow
«We have noticed that TransRussia
increasingly draws the attention
and interest of Chinese forwarding
agents and that they actively participate
in this event. This is a very
positive development.» Fan Cia,
Chief Delegate, InterRail Delegation
China
«TransRussia was a great opportunity
to connect with our customers
and partners. Our stand was well
designed to meet our needs, was
supported with full commitment by
our colleagues from both Russia
and abroad and, most importantly,
was well visited. We have presented
ourselves convincingly to the market
and enhanced our stature and credibility
as a reliable and knowledgeable
partner in the Europe - CIS - Asia
markets. I look forward to seeing a
further strengthening of our position
in our key markets over the coming
months.» Howard Lamb, CEO, InterRail
Holding AG
«Our booth was well arranged.
Particularly thanks to the catering,
customers felt more comfortable
and at ease when visiting our booth.
TransRussia is the biggest and most
valuable logistics event in Russia
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InterRail Newsflash
No. 4-5 / 2013
// Portrait
TransRail Ukraine LLC
TransRail Ukraine was founded in
1996 as a Ukrainian-Swiss jointstock
company in Kiev and was later
changed to LLC TransRail Ukraine.
Headed by Valeriy Barulenkov, the
company has 25 employees based
in Kiev and Chop.
The offer of services includes endto-end
freight rates, reloading and/
or changing axles from European
normal to Russian broad gauge,
multimodal traffic as well as block
trains and container traffic in particular,
both in import/export as well
as in transit. This also includes the
container block trains “Czardas” and
“Carpathians” from Eastern Europe
to Moscow and the train “Odessa”
from the harbours Odessa and Ilichevsk
to Moscow. TransRail Ukraine
offers the provision of private and
State-owned 20’, 40’ and high cube
containers, but also rail transport
with shipping containers.
Thanks to its good reputation and
direct agreements with the Ukrainian
Team Kiev:
Railways, TransRail Ukraine controls
approx. 1500-2000 covered freight
wagons, depending on seasonal
fluctuation and market conditions,
and these wagons are used for customers
of the InterRail Group.
At the same time, TransRail Ukraine
has long-term agreements with
providers of private wagons and can
therefore provide open and covered
wagons as well as special wagons
and platforms.
This offer is complemented by various
additional services such as
customs formalities, obtaining authorizations
and necessary papers with
respect to phytosanitary and veterinary
inspections as well as tracking
& tracing.
TransRail Ukraine successfully cooperates
with other companies of the
InterRail Group. Some of its customers
are important West-European
companies as well as big Ukrainian
companies exporting food and building
materials.
TransRail Ukraine is a member of
FIATA and of the Association of International
Freight Forwarders of Ukraine
(АМЭУ).
Contact:
TransRail Ukraine LLC
7-A, Kiyanovskiy Per.
04053 Kiev
Ukraine
Phone: +38 (044) 272 52 37
Fax +38 (044) 279 89 98
Email: office@transrail.kiev.ua
Team Chop:
Leon Komarnitsky, Inna Fronoschuk
Back row from left: Vladimir Ivanov, Nikolay Mironenko, Marina Bezverkhaya, Dmitriy Vishnyak, Alla Zaika, Vyacheslav Vozny,
Alla Alekseeva, Mikhail Korensky, Anna Barulenkova, Galina Palivoda, Tatiana Grigorenko, Sergey Banin, Larisa Tkacheva.
Front row from left: Vladislav Savchuk, Polina Potapenko, Valeriy Barulenkov, Vladimir Yaroshevsky, Vasiliy Grabina
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InterRail Newsflash
No. 4-5 / 2013
The Ukrainian Railway Sector
Ukraine is one of the most important
transit countries in Europe. Four international
transport corridors lead
through its territory, namely:
- Pan-European Corridor no. 3 (Berlin
/ Dresden-Wroclaw-Mostyska-
Lvov-Zhmerinka-Kiev)
- Pan-European Corridor no. 5
(Triest-Ljubljana-Budapest-Chop-
Lvov Zhmerinka-Kiev-Kharkov-Kupjansk-Topoli)
- Pan-European Corridor no. 9 (Helsinki-St.
Petersburg-Moscow-Kiev-
Chisinau-Bucarest-Dimitrovgrad-
Alexandroupolis)
- the junction to the International
Transport Corridor TRACECA (Gd-
ansk-Jagodin-Kovel-Zdolbunov-
Razdelnaya-Odessa-Ilichevsk)
Apart from these, there are connections
via the Ukrainian harbours Ismajil
and Reni to Pan-European Corridor
no. 7 along the Danube.
With about 80% of freight transportation
of the country (basis: tons-km),
the Railway is the most important
means of transport of the country.
It also is dominant when it comes to
transit traffic. The freight is mostly
export goods from Russia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan (iron ore, coal, oil),
which are transported to Slovakia,
Hungary, Austria, Czechia, Rumania
as well as harbours in other countries.
As far as the volume of freight transport
of the Ukrainian Railways is
concerned, this ranks in 4th place on
the Eurasian continent and thus only
slightly behind the railways of China,
Russia and India. The Ukrainian Railways
is currently being restructured.
This process should create organizational
and economic management
models for railway transport, enhance
the effectiveness and quality of
the service system, and improve the
tariff system.
// News from the railway market
Container traffic flows via Transsib are on the increase
// More news
More Events 2013
The volume of transporting container
goods via the Trans-Siberian railway
line has increased by 5% during the
1st quarter of 2013 compared to the
corresponding previous quarter year
and is now at 370.743 TEU. Import
carriages with +36% showed the
strongest increase. Transit increased
by 8%.
Final conditions are currently being
created for faster container trains to
reach a speed of 1.500 km per day
on the Transsib line. By 2015, solutions
regarding some technical questions
will allow an even greater speed
of up to 100 km per hour, which will
make the Transsib even more attractive.
As mentioned by RZD, it should be
possible now, within the framework
of the project “Transsib in 7 days”, to
place orders for the container block
train between Nakhodka-Vostochny
and Moskva-Tovarnaya Paveletskaya
via the internet. RZD, its subsidiary
Transcontainer and VICS
Vostochny Stevedoring Company,
part of the Global Ports Group, are
working together on this project.
„transport logistic“ Munich / Germany
4 - 7 June 2013
TransCaspian, Baku / Azerbaijan
13 - 15 June 2013
Transit Kazakhstan, Almaty / Kazakhstan
18 - 20 September 2013
The 8th China International Logistics and
Transportation Fair, Shenzhen / China
14 - 16 October 2013
TransUzbekistan, Tashkent / Uzbekistan
12 - 14 November 2013
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InterRail Newsflash
No. 4-5 / 2013
// More News
GETO for more rail traffic on the East-West axes
„In order to achieve competitiveness
for goods transported by rail
on the East-West axes to Russia
and onwards to Central Asia as well
as the Far East, we urgently need
better conditions,” Hans Reinhard,
Chairman of GETO (Association of
European Transsiberian Operators
and Forwarders), said at its General
Assembly held in May in Frankfurt.
In the short term, the GETO member
companies will therefore present a
common catalogue of requirements
for the development of rail traffic between
Western Europe and Russia
and/or the other CIS states, and
will forward same to the relevant
responsible bodies. Key issues will
be questions such as the need for
competitive pricing, more cost transparency
and reduced costs, for a
comprehensive introduction of endto-end
freight documents, as well as
stronger enforcement of simplified
customs procedures.
“By having close relationships to the
International Coordinating Council
for Transsiberian Transport (CCTT)
in Moscow and the Management
of RZD and other CIS Railways, it
is possible for us to elevate both
the problems encountered by our
members as well as the resulting
requirements to the correct address”,
Reinhard underlined. He further
explained that the urgency for more
pressure for improved competitive
conditions for rail traffic on the East-
West axes was a result of the current
signs of stagnation on the Russian
freight transport market and the increasing
competition of heavy goods
vehicles on long distances. In his
analysis of the general developments
on the railway market of the CIS and
in particular of Russia, the GETO
Chairman addressed in detail the
changing conditions, which are due
to a large number of private wagon
operators, and the lack of clear legal
instructions in Russia, which should
regulate fair relations between forwarders,
operators and consigners
of goods.
At the General Assembly, all members
agreed that the availability of
wagons for rail traffic going East had
improved considerably during the
past few months. There were enough
wagons available at the border crossings
and interfaces, given that the
number of transported goods had
decreased compared to the previous
year, and since there had been some
improvements in the wagon management
of the Russian railway sector.
Considering some types of wagons
such as Open top wagons, there had
even been a real surplus capacity of
privately owned rolling stock.
GETO was founded in Basel in
1978. Its goal was to safeguard the
interests of European Trans-Siberian
operators and to support traffic on
the most important Eurasian railway
corridor. Meanwhile, the Association
has broadened its profile. With its
interest in East-West railway traffic
and the relevant operators and forwarders,
GETO not only looks at big
transit traffic through Russia, but also
strongly considers bilateral rail traffic
with Russia as well as the other CIS
countries. The interest in this respect
has increased, which is reflected by
six new member companies that joined
GETO at this year’s GA.
Hans Reinhard, GETO Chairman, and
Günter Heindl, Far East Land Bridge
Ltd., Vienna
Thanks to its new website and own
chat forum for members, the Association
created better conditions for
information and communication.
“By using modern IT within the framework
of GETO itself, we want to reiterate
our demands for stronger usage
of electronic data exchange for quicker
handling and an end-to-end IT
supported tracking and tracing,” said
Werner Albert, longstanding Chairman
of GETO and today Honorary
Chairman, thus commenting on this
development. Alongside the Assembly,
Albert, who is also Vice Chairman
of CCTT in Moscow, firmly pointed
out and opposed the danger emanating
from a monopoly of the East-
West railway traffic: “As much as it
may sound positive that there is a
growing number of goods transports
between Western Europe and China,
this almost exclusively refers to a few
large-scale operators and big customers.
To develop these traffic routes
sustainably, we need offers that are
attractive and open to a broad range
of customers, especially also from
the medium-sized economy. This is
an important realm of functions for
GETO in its further development“.
www.geto.ch
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InterRail Newsflash
No. 4-5 / 2013
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