News International container traffic from "Marine-Trans Ltd"

A transport container does not save discount granted "Ukrainian railways"

February 26, 2009.

According to opinion in Marchenko, (marketing and logistics sea commercial port Ilyichevsk) discounts rates up to 20% by "Ukrainian railways", for the carriage of import-export goods on railway transport in containers, conducted through Ukrainian ports including Odessa region and ports (International Odessa Sea transport and Ilyichevsk sea transport) will not have a large effect, due to contraction in international container shipping.

But, any lowering of tariffs for container transport, notes it gives great positive moment for our customers, and, generally, discounts will most stabilizing role to increase the volume of cargo containers over the rail.

According to the words in Marchenko, freight containers, port Ilyichevsk, the world economy has started to decline, and receiving information on traffic from clients, hope that in the near future, the situation on the market of container services to improve. In Marchenko, analyzing the external economic situation, expressed the hope that, depending on recovery in the development of the world economy, the increase in the transport of goods in containers may increase by the end of 2009.

A similar opinion about lowering tariffs for container transport, and the first Deputy Chief of the Odessa Sea port j.maciuviene Vas?kova. He also believes that its rates on railway transport of maritime containers will be, but because of the decline of the world economy to a serious change, the situation on the market of container services will not result.

J.maciuviene Vas?kov noted that at the moment through railway in Odessa container terminal depend only 20% of marine-cube containers. The remaining imported at container terminal in Odessa port trucks because road carriers, previously also got its tariffs on container transport.

For information. In early February 2009 the Office of "Ukrainian railways" announced the demotion until 30 June 2009 their tariffs of 20%, import and export of goods in large marine containers through the Ukrainian trading ports, to the Odessa region-the transport of goods in containers station Odessa-Liski.