Railway freight-hauling in Russia up 4.2% at 799.9 mln tonnes in Jan-July
MOSCOW. Aug 11 (Interfax) - Freightage by rail in Russia increased 4.2% year-on-year to 799.9 million tonnes in the first half of 2011, according to OJSC Russian Railways (RZD) materials obtained by Interfax.
However, the increase in transportation continues to slow: it was 4.4% in the first half, 4.7% in January-May, 5.5% in January-April, 7% in the first quarter, 9.7% in January-February, and 15.6% in January.
Rail shipping along internal routes grew 3.2% (3.5% in H1, 4.4% in January-May, 5.3% in January-April, and 6.5% in Q1). It grew 5.7% along international routes (5.8% in H1, 5.3% in January-May, 5.9% in January-April, and 7.7% in Q1).
RZD reported not long ago that the freight load on Russia's rails increased 3.7% in January-July to 713.7 million tonnes.
Rail freightage in Russia in January-July 2011/2010 (1,000 tonnes):
| Type of shipping | January-July 2011 | January-July 2010 | January-July 2011 / January-July 2010 | January-June / January-June 2010 | January-May 2011 / January-May 2010 |
| Internal | 486 129.8 | 470 946.3 | +3.2% | +3.5% | +4.4% |
| International | 313 797.6 | 297 005.3 | +5.7% | +5.8% | +5.3% |
| - through ports | 134 730.4 | 128 476.1 | +4.9% | +4.5% | +3.7% |
| - through border crossings | 179 067.2 | 168 529.1 | +6.3% | +6.8% | +6.5% |
| Imports | 64 591.2 | 55 181 | +17.1% | +18.1% | +19.2% |
| - through ports | 8 307.5 | 7 174.6 | +15.8% | +12.3% | +14.3% |
| - through border crossings | 56 283.7 | 48 006.4 | +17.2% | +19% | +19.9% |
| Transit | 16 877.3 | 15 860.3 | +6.4% | +8.5% | +8.5% |
| - through ports | 804 | 376.5 | +2.14 |