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Sunday, 11.05.2025, 14:49
Freight flows of Estonian Railways drop by 6.2% in H1
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In June, the company carried 880,000 tons of goods, spokespeople for
Estonian Railways (Eesti Raudtee)
said.
Fertilizers were the leading category of commodities in the first half-year
with 2.2 million tons handled in the six-month period, 12.4% more than in the
same period last year. The carriage of oil products fell 43% year-on-year to
1.4 million tons. Oil shale carriage grew 23.3% to 1.2 million tons and the
carriage of chemical products increased 12.5% to 530,000 tons.
Container carriage fell 15.2% on year to 15,900 twenty-foot equivalent
units (TEU).
Transit shipments declined 15.8% to 3.9 million tons. Local shipments
meanwhile grew 30% to 1.6 million tons. Freight carriage of import shipments
fell 8.7% to 620,000, while the carriage of export shipments remained on the
same level as last year, totaling 100,000 tons.
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