Russian rail operator Unicon 1520 and KuibyshevAzot, UWC subsidiary, signed a long-term cooperation agreement for the provision of transport services. Under the contract, UNICON 1520 will transport 600,000 tonnes of oleum, a raw material used by KuibyshevAzot to Unicon caprolactam and its derivatives.
“To implement this project, we have ordered, jointly with Eurotainer, new specialized T20 tanks, the order being the largest ever placed in the Russian railcar industry. The shipper and the recipient acting together with local branches of the Kuibyshev and Moscow Railway, subsidiaries of Russian Railways, have developed and are now introducing practical solutions aimed to reduce railcar turnaround times and the number of railcars involved in the shipping process, which will relieve the parties’ shipping infrastructure,” Victor Ivanov, the Executive Director of Unicon 1520 said.
The minimum monthly delivery volume guaranteed by UWC’s transport subsidiary is of a at least 17,500 tonnes of oleum using specialized tank containers carried by container flatcars with increased load capacities built by UWC’s manufacturing subsidiary, TikhvinSpetsMash.
“The improvement of transportation and logistics processes is among our priorities. Better transport and logistics will allow us to lower costs, which will eventually reduce the price of finished products offered to our customers, making our company and our partners more competitive,” Andrey Bylinin, Commercial Director of KuibyshevAzot, said.
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