Magazines — RZD-Partner International — 1 (5) March-May 2006
1 (5) March-May 2006
"IF IT IS TRANSIT, WE'LL MAKE IT COMPETITIVE": "Russia hosts foreign airplanes, in the future we'll welcome trains (the Finnish "Sibelius" has already been calling) and, consequently, river vessels. We ought not to close, but, on the opposite, we should encourage the boost of transportation volumes", assures Igor Levitin, The RF Minister of Transport.DEPENDENT COAL: Lately Russian coal sector has been considered one of the most stable and fast developing, due to high coal prices on the world markets and investment activity of coal producers. Analysts evaluate coal produce at about 282 million tons in 2005.
TO SAVE RUSSIAN SHIPBUILDING: Russia is one of the leading sea powers in the world, historically in possession of a strong merchant, fishery and military fleet. However, by now it has almost lost its leading positions in the sphere of shipping and shipbuilding.
Transport sector strives for unity
LOGISTICS
One of the most serious problems of the transport complex of Russia remains the undeveloped infrastructure and lack of efficient cooperation between the participants of the transportation process that causes heavy logistic expenses (24% compared to 11.7% in developed countries). At present, the Ministry of Transport is getting ready to implement the programme of logistic network launch that would allow to join the sector resources into the unified system and solve the crucial issues in a more efficient way.