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EVR Cargo's transport volume decreased by 18% in January y-o-y

BC, Tallinn, 05.02.2015.Print version
The cargo volume transported by the Estonian state-owned railway cargo transport company EVR Cargo reached 1.3 mln tonnes in January 2015, which is by 18% less than at the same time last year, the company reported LETA.

EVR Cargo board chairman Ahto Altjõe said that in January, the volumes of all key goods groups fell besides fertilizers, while the transport of mineral liquid fuels fell the most. "Hopefully the causes of the large drop in oil products volume are of temporary nature and the volume of this important for the Estonian transit corridor cargo group will recover in the future," said Altjõe.

 

The decrease is mainly attributable to the weak state of the Russian economy and the difficult situation in the currency market and highway transport is increasingly competing with rail freight for volumes.

 

Mineral liquid fuel transport fell by 32% to 0.517 mln tonnes. Oil shale transport fell by 4% to 0.238 million tonnes; fertiliser transport grew by 19% to 0.359 million tonnes and chemical goods transport fell by 20% to 76,000 tonnes.

 

Container cargo transport fell by 31% to 4,068 TEU.





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