Transcript Mr. Gennady I. Bessonov Coordinating Council on

Integrating the Transsiberian Mainline
into the European and global transport systems
Gennady Bessonov
Coordinating Council
on Transsiberian Transportation
Secretary General
Global Rail Freight Conference
New Delhi
March 22-23, 2007
International transportation of cargo:
an overview
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Globalization of industries
International, interregional and intercontinental trade growth
Harder competition for the new markets
Faster movement of capital
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Growing need of maximum reliable “door-to-door” delivery of cargo in
shortest time and for minimum costs
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Search for optimal delivery routes
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Cargo transportation via the International
transport corridors going through Russia
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Russia: three Pan-European transport corridors (#1, #2, and #9)
Main transit directions:
- West-East (Transsiberian mainline)
- North-South (the Caspian sea – the Persian Gulf –
South/South-East Asia)
Percentage of cargo volumes transported via the International
transport corridors in 2006
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Transsiberian mainline: 55%
Russian section of Corridor #9: 31%
Russian section of Corridor #2: 8%
Russian section of Corridor “North-South”: 6%
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Volumes of container cargo transportation –
an overview
Container cargo transportation volumes on Russian railway network
20 778 K tons
21 326 K tons
8 493 K tons
12 383 K tons
International
traffic
Inland traffic
2005
2006
Container cargo transported
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Volumes of container cargo transportation –
an overview
Growth of trade volumes between Asia-Pacific and European countries:
25-30% per year
Volumes of multi-tonnage containers transportation
in international traffic via the Transsiberian mainline
424 K TEU
208 K TEU
393 K TEU
Export
Import
Transit
176 K TEU
2005
2006
40 K TEU
Multi-tonnage containers transported
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Transsiberian transportation: the potential
Length of the Transsiberian Mainline:
9892 km
Transit potential of the Transsiberian Mainline
300,000 TEU per year
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The Baikal-Amur Mainline
=
1,000,000 TEU per year
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TSR vs. deep-sea transportation:
Short transit time
16 days
47 days
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Transsiberian transportation: the advantages
• Short transit time
• Powerful railway infrastructure
• Regular transportation
• Advanced IT infrastructure
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The Coordinating Council on Transsiberian Transportation:
the consolidation of efforts
137 members
25 countries
16 railway administrations
8 shipping companies
15 ports
5 associations of freight forwarders
60 freight forwarding companies
6 regional & municipal administrations
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Transsiberian service: steps to integration
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Establishing through intermodal services
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Creating an international integrated operator with an extended
agent network
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Cutting down transaction expenses and time losses
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Costs optimization of all components of the through service
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Ensuring balanced development of all components of the
transport chain
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Creating common legal and informational space
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JSC “Russian Railways”: ensuring
the Transsiberian transportation
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The fundamental link for all TSR transit cargo
carriers
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Ensuring the powerful infrastructure of the
Transsiberian route
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Constantly working on improving the conditions
for cargo transportation
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JSC “Russian Railways” and Indian
Railways: the cooperation
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August/October 2006: visits of Indian experts to Moscow
for getting acquainted with the activities and technologies
of the JSC “Russian Railways”
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March 2006: the Memorandum of Understanding signed
by the Ministry of Railways of India and the JSC “Russian
Railways”
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North-South International transport corridor:
15 406 multi-tonnage containers (TEU) transported by
railway in 2006 between Russia and India
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North-South International transport
corridor development
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Transport connection between Middle East, Asia and
Europe
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An alternative to the Suez Canal, reducing time and cost
of delivery
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North-South International transport corridor and PanEuropean transport corridor #2: creation of an effective
multimodal transport system connecting Europe, Persian
Gulf countries, and India
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Opportunities of cooperation within
the UIC
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New perspectives of adapting to the integration
processes in Europe
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Participation in the development of the common
European market of transport services
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More opportunities for Russian transport services
companies on the European market
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CCTT and N.E.W. Corridor
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Active cooperation between the CCTT and the
N.E.W. Corridor AS
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N.E.W. Corridor AS to become a Member of the
Coordinating Council on Transsiberian
Transportation in 2007
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Thank you for your attention.
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