Magazines — RZD-Partner International — 4 (4) December-February 2005/2006
4 (4) December-February 2005/2006
BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA: The Mission of the state-run railway company Russian Railways (OAO RZD) is aimed at satisfying the transportation market, increasing efficiency and services quality and deep integration into Eurasian transport system. The international aspect of the latter target is becoming more and more significant day by day.CONTINENTAL BRIDGE: Russia reached its maximum volume of container transportation in the 1980ies. Then it amounted to 31 mln tons. Up to now there have been no results shown that could compare to or exceed this figure. This year some 19.5 mln tons are planned to be made. Surely, it won't break the record mentioned, but obviously the sector is getting closer and closer to it...
TRANSPORT ENGINEERING: FROM DUSK TILL DAWN: After the Soviet Union disintegration the Russian engineering industry had suffered a long stagnation, largely conditioned by the break-up of the economic interrelations system that used to exist between individual enterprises during the planned economy era. At the same time, the geography of the engineering industry that had been formed under the communist rule underwent no notable changes, which indicated the preserved potential of the industry that can become the sound basis for further progress.
"Eurotransit 2005" brought Russiacloser to Europe
INTEGRATION INTO EURASIAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM
On November 20, the first block-train "Eurotransit 2005" arrived in Moscow, having covered the route Berlin-Warsaw-Minsk-Moscow in just 80 hours. This record was made thanks to intensive cooperation of railway and customs authorities of Russia, Germany, Poland and Belarus, who managed to unite for this project implementation. The major target of the new block train launch was an opportunityto re-rout a significant part of cargo flows following between Russia to Europefrom motor transport to railways.