Russian rails carry 9.3% more freight in Jan-Oct - RZD
MOSCOW. Nov 8 (Interfax) - Railways in Russia hauled 9.3% more freight year-on-year in January-October, increasing volume to 1.002 billion tonnes, Russian Railways (RZD) reported.
Freightage increased 8.5% to 1.665 trillion tonne/kilometers.
It increased 6.7% to 106.8 million tonnes year-on-year in October. Four percent more coke was transported by rail, 19.2% more oil and oil products, 3.3% more iron and manganese ore, 6% more ferrous metals, 13.2% more chemical and mineral fertilizer, 14.2% more cement, 14.2% more construction cargo, 14.3% more goods in containers, and 4.9% more chemicals and soda.
Russia's rails carried 1.5% less coal year-on-year in October, 4.3% less ferrous metal scrap, 4.1% less timber, and 27.6% less grain and milled goods.
Monthly RZD results for Jan-Oct:
| 2010 | Freight, mln tonnes | Freight relative to same month in 2009, % | Freight turnover, bln tonne/km | Turnover relative to same month in 2009 % |
| January | 87.6 | +17.2 | 149 | +16.6 |
| February | 88.4 | +11 | 145.9 | +12 |
| March | 103.1 | +10.7 | 171.1 | +10.6 |
| April | 101.1 | +13.3 | 169.3 | +15.5 |
| May | 103.2 | +12.7 | 171.7 | +12.4 |
| June | 101.3 | +9.4 | 162.9 | +6 |
| July | 103.5 | +6.5 | 169.0 | +1.1 |
| August | 105 | +5.3 | 172.4 | +1.7 |
| September | 102.1 | +3.2 | 168.3 | +2.3 |
| October | 106.8 | +6.7 | 173.3 | +3.8 |