Magazines — RZD-Partner International — 1 (13) February 2008
1 (13) February 2008
OAO RZD: Export Services to India: Lately, OAO RZD has actively been promoting its developments in the international transport market and shown much interest in participation with foreign infrastructure projects.Russian Ports Are Losing Metallurgical Cargoes: Russian portmen will have to think over how they can keep ferrous metallurgy production from being re-directed to competitors and onland border crossings; and rolling stock operators will have to decide on how to use universal and special parks more efficiently.
There Are No Rules, But The Game Is Going On: In OAO RZD a new department has been created – the Department of Freight Transportation Marketing and Tariff Policy. It is headed by a famous specialist in transport circles, Evgeny Mikhailov, who used to be Deputy Director of the Tariff State Regulation and Infrastructure Reforms Department in the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. In his exclusive interview with The RZD-Partner International magazine, Mr Mikhailov talked about the targets of the new department and about his vision for tariff reform.
Special Canal for Caspian Oil Transportation Estimated at USD 5 Billion
ECONOMICS / Transport Corridors
Russia and Kazakhstan initiated construction of a navigation canal connecting the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. The new waterway, "Eurasia", is supposed to be used to transport oil extracted at the Caspian oil fields and, perhaps, containers. Experts say that the effect of the project, estimated at USD 5.4 billion, will be first of all political, not economic.
