The rail operators of Belarus and Latvia have signed an agreement on cooperation, BelTA agency informs following the meeting between Director of the Belarusian Railways Vladimir Morozov and Chairman of the Board, President of the Latvian Railways Edvins Berzins. The agreement sets the transfer of cargoes, freight and passenger cars, containers between the Belarusian Railways and LDZ CARGO (a branch enterprise of the Latvian Railways). The parties discussed the current issues of bilateral cooperation: freight and passenger transportation and prospects of their development in H2 2016. The parties considered draft agreements on cooperation in the organization of train services and the state of railway infrastructure, the order of transferring cargoes, freight and passenger cars and containers. The meeting also discussed joint work in transport and logistics, tariff and marketing sectors. The parties took note of the appropriateness to continue cooperation in order to attract additional cargo flows, including ZUBR hauls, and also the organization of cargo transportation from Latvian seaports with the use of the refrigerating rolling stock of the Belarusian Railways.
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