The Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg and Freight One have signed a liaison protocol for planning the supply of loaded railcars and arranging their handling on the rail network of the port. The document has formalized the long experience of cooperation between the two companies and provided the regulation for data exchange. As a result, Freight One is provided with live data on approaching vessels and availability of storage space while the Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg is informed about the traffic of railcars loaded with cargo bound for the port.
“In January-February, the Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg handled 17,800 railcars, 37% more as compared with the same period in 2017. About 57% of them are railcars of Freight One. The newly signed document has already brought the first results: new patterns of interaction facilitate handling of railcars at the port. Our joint efforts have thus demonstrated a synergetic effect in terms of growing volumes and improving the quality of cargo transportation”, said Vladislav Zhukov, Managing Director of the Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg.
“The protocol development began in autumn 2017, a traditional period of seasonal peak when the port handles the maximum number of railcars. Having applied certain measures we managed to decrease the time of a railcar unloading from 3 to 2.5 days. On the average, that made available 2,500 additional gondola cars per month. As a result, the flow of Freight One railcars to the Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg grew by 17% between November 2017 and February 2018”, Pavel Sitalo, director of the Saint-Petersburg branch, said.
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