Delo Group launches regular container service from Moscow to Kazakhstan

KRASNODAR. April 27 (Interfax) - Multimodal transport operator Ruscon (part of the Delo group of companies) has launched a regular railway service for the delivery of cargo in containers from Moscow to Kazakhstan, the Delo Group press service said.

The transport solution is selected based on the client's needs and could include Silikatnaya, Kresty, or Selyatino stations in Russia and Alma-Ata-1 or Sorokovaya (Astana) stations in Kazakhstan, respectively. Travel time by rail is four days. Frequency of departures is two trains per month with the possibility of increasing to four.

The service is focused on a wide range of goods. The first train delivered containers with goods from major pulp producers, construction materials, metals, furniture products and perfumes.

"The launch of a regular route to Kazakhstan is an important stage in the development of trade turnover with Central Asia. As part of the service, our clients can use the service of transportation of groupage cargo. This will significantly reduce delivery time, as well as optimize costs," Ruscon CEO Sergei Berezkin said.

Ruscon operates three container terminals located in Novorossiysk (capacity 110,000 TEU), Moscow (80,000 TEU) and the Volgograd region (30,000 TEU).

Delo Group of companies manages sea container terminals in the Azov-Black Sea, Baltic and Far Eastern basins, a network of railway container terminals, and a fleet of containers and fitting platform rail cars. Founder Sergei Shishkarev owns 51% and 49% belongs to Rosatom state corporation.

Delo Group's transport and logistics business includes intermodal container operator Transcontainer and multimodal transport operator Ruscon, as well as a stevedoring business which includes the DeloPorts holding and leading operator of container terminals, Global Ports.