BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 3
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
Russian Railways company is introducing discount on coal transportation in direction of the Russian ports of North West, as well as in direction of the Russian-Kazakh border stations, Trend reports with reference to the press office of Russia’s Kuzbass Administration.
The agreements were made as a result of negotiations held between Russian Railways, Governor of Kuzbass Sergey Tsivilyov and coal-mining companies.
Russian Railways made a decision to maximally decrease tariffs for export energy coal transportation from main coal extracting regions of Russia up until the end of 2020.
The discount will be 12.8 percent in direction of Russian ports of North West if the distance is over 3,000 km.
In turn the discount will be 25 percent in direction of Russian-Kazakh border stations with further transportation to border stations with China (Dostyk-Alashankou, Altynkol-Khorgos) if the distance is less than 3,000 km and 12.8 percent if the distance is over 3,000 km.
On the back of the global market conditions the special tariffs will be introduced without guarantee obligations provision.
Russian Railways company is Russia’s largest railway transportation operator. Some 46 percent of the Russian cargo turnover, as well as 26.4 percent of the passenger traffic account for the company.
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