Magazines — RZD-Partner International — 3 (11) September-November 2007
3 (11) September-November 2007
To WTO with new services: OAO RZD is deeply involved into services improvement and launching the system of international standards. This strategy became more crucial in the view of forthcoming joining the WTO and necessity to develop the transit potential of the country, believes OAO RZD Vice-President, CEO of First Cargo Company Salman Babayev.Outsourcing in retailing sector: The experience of developed states proves that retailing is very interested in partnership with external providers of transport and logistic services. According to the money turnover, Russian retailing will reach the international level in two or three years: its volume will be comparable with the one of German and French networks. Still, cooperation between Russian retailers and logisticians falls behind the world tendencies. Retailers are not satisfied with the quality of logistic providers’ services, although they consider them their future strategic allies.
1520 Gauge Goes to Europe: ÎÀÎ RZD initiated the project of 1520 gauge railway construction in Europe. This line will cross several European states and join Russia and Austria. In the opinion of its developers, this project will allow to increase the railway transportation volume between Europe and Russia having turned the route into an attractive opportunity for cargo owners.
Predictable victory
PRODUCTION AND SERVICES / High-Speed Operation
Oy Karelian Trains Ltd, operator of the high-speed line St. Petersburg – Helsinki, which is to open in 2009, announced that the winner of the tender on trains supply is Alstom company. The French producer presented its famous Pendolino train, which has been successfully used in Finland for a long time. According to the scale of works completed and the activeness of the sides, the project will be launched on time. Only the most pleasant «problem» remains, i.e. choosing the name for the train.
