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EVR Cargo's transport volume falls by 28% in April

BC, Tallinn, 13.05.2015.Print version
The cargo volume transported by the Estonian state-owned railway cargo transport company EVR Cargo reached 938,000 tonnes in April 2015, which is by 28% less than at the same time last year, LETA/Äripäev.ee reports.

In the first four months of the year, EVR Cargo transported 4.4 mln tonnes of cargo, by 24% less than at the same time last year.

 

EVR Cargo board chairman Ahto Altjõe said that the transport volumes of almost all cargo groups continued to fall in April. He said that they hope for recovery of the cargo volumes to some extent in the near future already since April results were affected by planned repair works among the biggest fertiliser and container cargo clients.

 

The volume of container traffic fell 61% to 2,556 TEUs in April year-on-year.

 

The cargo volume of liquid mineral fuels fell 39% to 356,000 thousand tonnes in April. 64% less bulk goods were shipped, or 22,000 tonnes, the volume of fertilizers fell 39% to 165,000 tonnes and that of chemical products 15% to 81,000 tonnes.

 

Only oil shale transport volume increased, by 26% to 206,000 tonnes.

 

Transit operations in April amounted to 541,000 tons, accounting for 58% of the total and decreasing 42% compared to April last year.

 

In four months, EVR Cargo's total cargo volume was 4.4 million tonnes, a decrease of 24% as compared to the same period last year. Mineral liquid fuels volume was 1.72 million tonnes, a decrease of 38% compared to the same period. The volume of fertilizers has increased by 10% to 1.17 million tonnes. Chemical goods transport decreased by 12% to 309,000 tonnes and oil shale by 9% to 765,000 tonnes.

 

Container transport volume in four months fell 40% from the previous year, amounting to a total of 15,040 TEUs.

 

First four months' transit totalled 2.87 million tonnes, accounting for 65% of the total volume.

 

 






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