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ESTONIAN RAILWAYS. Container freight volumes 2000 - 2007. Container freight volumes 2007. Container freight volumes by destination countries. Wagon fleet for container transport. [email protected]. Tallinn - Moscow. [email protected]. Tallinn - Moscow – Tallinn container train. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
ESTONIAN RAILWAYS
Container freight volumes 2000 - 2007
25804195 4265 4402
54337025
10531
15500
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 prog
Container freight volumes 2007
568
1073
681
10751072
1348
1059
1404
967
1425
688
1312
803
1177
831
1104
867
1704
1027
1510
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20062007
Container freight volumes by destination countries
Russia42%
Kazakhstan25%
Uzbekistan6%
Kyrgystan7%
To Estonia16%
Other4%
Wagon fleet for container transport
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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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Tallinn - Moscow – Tallinncontainer train
• Since 18 May 2007 Estonian Railways has dispatched 15 fully loaded (90 TEUs in average in a train) container trains to Moscow.
• Loading in Tallinn takes maximum 36 hours, unloading in Moscow ~2 hours.
• Wagons are loaded on trains in both Muuga and Paldiski stations, trains are assembled either in Muuga or Ülemiste station.
• Trains are made up of flat cars, majority of which belong to Estonian Railways.
• Ca 40% of containers returning on a train are empty.• The train cycle from loading to loading is 10 days.• An additional train will be added to this line in December (i.e. in
total 2 trains a week).• 3 trains a week in 2008.• The trains can accommodate also private wagons.
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Baltic Transit
Baltic Transit II
• First direct train from Estonia to Kazakhstan was dispatched in October 2007.
• The scheduled time of travelling on Tallinn-Pechory-Iletsk-Almaty line or Tallinn-Pechory/Narva-Tobol-Almaty line is 7 days.
• The train will be initially operating once a week.• In 2008 the train will start making two trips a week.• Future prospect: loading train in Kazakhstan with
containers originating from China.• Baltic Transit container train will continue operating in
parallel.
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Baltic Transit II
• Train ferry project involving Estonia and Finland to be launched in cooperation with the Port of Tallinn, Finnish Railways and shipping companies.
• Freight from the Scandinavian countries carried by rail to Ukraine and further on to the countries of the Black Sea region and Central Europe.
• Possible to link it with the Rail Baltica project supported by the EU.
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North-South corridor
Container freight volumes 2000 - 2010
2580 4195 4265 4402 5433 702510531
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007prog
2008 2009 2010
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• Prioritise the development of different container train projects, including so-called single-train projects.
• Involve companies from abroad.
• Use the existing wagon pool as efficiently as possible and involve also private wagons.
• Maintain a stable and clear tariff policy and treat all our cooperation partners equally in setting the priorities.
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Main principles of the container freight policy of
Estonian Railways
