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January-October 2024 coal shipments on Russian Railways down 6.2% year-on-year
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2024-11-24 09:00
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According to the news reported by the press service of Russian Railways (RZD), the operational data of Russian Railways show that in January-October 2024, the cumulative cargo loadings on the RZD railroad network amounted to 986.6 million tons, down 4.2% compared to the same period last year.
Among them, the volume of cargo loaded on Russian railroads in the month of October was 96.9 million tons, down 6.2% from the same period last year.
In the first 10 months, Russian railroads shipped 273.4 million tons of coal, down 6.2% from the same period in 2023. At the same time, 9.9 million tons of coke were shipped (up 3.5% year-on-year); 172.5 million tons of oil and petroleum products (-0.8%); 90.7 million tons of iron and manganese ores (-2.6%); 51.1 million tons of ferrous metals (-10.2%); 9.5 million tons of ferrous metal scrap (-18.6%); 55.9 million tons of fertilizers and mineral fertilizers (+6.1%); cement 20.5 million tons (-3.8%); timber cargo 22.2 million tons (-1.5%); grain 25.8 million tons (-2.1); construction cargo 96.4 million tons (-13.9%); non-ferrous ores and sulphur raw materials 13.7 million tons (-8.4%); chemicals and soda ash 17.5 million tons (-3%); and industrial raw materials and molding materials 27.7 million tons (+3.4%) ; other cargoes include 99.7 million tons of containers (+1%).
In January-October, the cumulative volume of freight turnover on Russian railroads was 208.7 billion ton-kilometers, down 5.6% over the same period last year; taking into account empty train miles, freight turnover was 257.67 billion ton-kilometers, down 6.1% year-on-year.
In October, Russia's rail freight turnover was 20.7 billion ton-kilometers, down 8.6% over the same period last year; taking into account the same period of empty train miles, freight turnover was 251.2 billion ton-kilometers, down 9% year-on-year.
Far Eastern railroad coal traffic up 5.2% in first 10 months
In January-October 2024, freight traffic on Russia's Far Eastern Railway (FER) amounted to 63.2 million tons, up 2.4% compared to the same period last year. In October, the Far Eastern Railway shipped 6.6 million tons of cargo, up 3% year-on-year.
In the first 10 months, the Far Eastern Railway loaded 30.2 million tons of coal, an increase of 5.2% compared to the same period of the previous year, 7.1 million tons of oil and petroleum products (-1.6%), 2.7 million tons of building materials (-10.1%), 2.4 million tons of iron and manganese ore (+2.9%), 2.2 million tons of timber (-1.5%), 2.1 million tons of containerized cargo (+12.2%), 1.2 million tons of cement (+2.2 %), 744,700 tons of ferrous metals (-2.6 %), and 458,000 tons of industrial raw and formed materials (-4 %).
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