Russian Railways have reported a 13.1% year-on-year increase in rail container traffic for January-September 2023. All in all, 5.4 mn TEU was carried during the period under report.
Domestic container traffic grew by 16.6% up to 2.19 mn TEU.
Laden container traffic made more than 4 mn TEU, up 17.6% year-on-year.
Commodity-wise, containerized grain grew the most, up 2.8-fold to 77.8 thousand TEU. Vehicles and parts were up 2.2-fold to 341.9 thousand TEU, and chemical and mineral fertilizers up 2.1-fold to 194.9 thousand TEU.
Meal and flour increased 1.8-fold to 15.5 thousand TEU, potatoes, vegetables and fruit 1.4-fold to 11.4 thousand TEU.
Machinery, engines and equipment were up 24.2% to 317.2 thousand TEU, construction cargo up 22.7% to 164.6 thousand TEU, oil and products up 17.6% to 68.6 thousand TEU, and other food products up 29.3% to 229 thousand TEU.
Containerized chemicals and soda increased by 4.3% to 601.8 thousand TEU, timber and woodwork by 0.9% to 449.6 thousand TEU, consumer goods by 0.5% to 320.2 thousand TEU, hardware by 12.9% to 315 thousand TEU, ferrous metals by 9.6% to 192.9 thousand TEU, and other and LCL cargo by 0.15 to 136.3 thousand TEU.
Other commodities demonstrated a negative trend.
Paper declined by 1.1% to 272.7 thousand TEU, fish by 4.5% to 26.1 thousand TEU, meat and butter by 0.4% to 20.3 thousand TEU, non-ferrous metals by 2.1% to 100.1 thousand TEU, and non-ferrous ore and raw sulphur by 15.3% to 23.3 thousand TEU.
In September 2023, the total containerized rail traffic amounted to 627.6 thousand TEU, up 16.1% year-on-year.
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