Problems with rail transport, traction and cargo rolling stock are enough for the organization of transportation to the Far Eastern ports. This at a meeting with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin said the head of the Ministry of Transport of Russia Vitaly Savelyev, RIA Novosti reports.
Answering the president’s question about whether there are enough rolling stock and locomotives now, Saveliev said that there are no problems with the railway. Everything works, the ports of the ports are enough. “
The head of the transport department said that the key problem in the region remains the lack of ships. According to him, due to high demand, freight costs increased 2.5 times. “As a result, the coastal companies lost the opportunity to attract additional vessels to relieve peak loads in the work of the lines. This problem, as we revealed today, consists in a shortage of ships,” said Saveliev.
The loadability of Far Eastern ports mainly by imported goods from the countries of the Asia-Pacific region has increased due to an increase in transit transport from China. The current situation can lead to problems in neighboring regions – Cames, Kamchatka, Sakhalin and Magadan region, because there is a risk that goods are stinking in a way for a long time.
“Export cargo goes from China, South Korea, Japan and there are many of them. But these containers go along the Transsib towards Europe, and we are talking about where the cargo is delivered to the ports of the Far East and then we must From the port of Vladivostok to deliver. And this is the problem. Companies that Sasco and Fesco should take on the peak periods of the court to freight. I hope we will solve this question and find the decision ourselves, “said Saveliev.
In Russian Railways reported that the company interacts with Russian ports on the operational bridge of priority cargo to remote regions.