RZD Logistics and Vietnamese operator Ratraco organised a test railway shipment from Russia to Vietnam. This shipment is part of a plan on performance of the agreement between Russian Railways and Vietnam Railways on bilateral cooperation and marks the launch of international transport corridor Vietnam-Russia-Vietnam.
Vietnam Railways owns 35 percent of Ratraco.
Container with cosmetic products of Russian company “Red Line” departed from Freight Village Vorsino (Kaluga region) as a part of container train and arrived in Hanoi on January 23, after 20 days.
Under the project, RZD Logistics was responsible for the general organisation of this multimodal transport, in short time provided auto and container (belongs to TransContainer), which was loaded with products in the warehouse of the consignor. RZDL also organized the transport of cargo to a railway station and freight forwarding across the territory of Russia. RZD Logistics’ subsidiary Far East Land Bridge received the cargo at Manchuria-Zabaikalsk border point and supervised the transportation across the territory of China. Ratraco operator controlled the final stage of the transportation across the territory of Vietnam.
“We have made the whole way from the idea to its implementation in a short time thanks to the efforts of our high-class specialists, who invested lots of their time and effort into this project even during New Year holidays. We are happy to make our contribution to the development of trade relations between Russia and Vietnam, especially in such important sphere as export of Russian goods with a high added value,”CEO of RZD Logistics Viacheslav Valentik said.
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