Cargo, Estonia, Railways, Transport

In the first nine months of the year, EVR Cargo transported 8.7 mln tonnes of cargo, by 23% less than at the same time last year.

EVR Cargo board chairman Ahto Altjõe said that they expect some improvement of the situation in the autumn and winter months but recovery of cargo transport volumes to former levels cannot be expected in the near future.

The cargo volume of liquid mineral fuels fell 58% to 151,000 tonnes in September while the volume of fertilizers fell 10% to 266,000 tonnes. Oil shale transport volume fell by 51% to 136,000 tonnes. The volume of container transport fell by 48% to 3,466 TEUs in September year-on-year.

Transit operations in September amounted to 427,000 tonnes, accounting for 56% of the total and decreasing 44% compared to September last year.

In nine months, EVR Cargo's total cargo volume was 8.7 million tonnes, a fall by 23% in a year. Mineral liquid fuels' volume was 2.99 million tonnes, a decrease of 34% compared to the same period last year. The volume of fertilizers has increased by 7% to 2.7 million tonnes. Container transport volume in nine months fell 41% from the previous year, amounting to a total of 33,963 TEUs.

First eight months' transit totalled 5.69 million tonnes, accounting for 65% of the total volume and falling by 25% in a year.