The volume of goods traffic on the territory of Latvia has increased / Diena

In addition, in the last three months, it is unusual for the summer season, when freight volumes are generally reduced, to increase cargo volumes: it carried 4 million tons in June, 28.5% more than last year. A particularly strong increase this semester was observed in the rail link with Belarus.

Traffic growth in six months was observed in all transport groups – domestic, export, import and transit. An increase of 35.7% in minerals, 42.6% in wood and 28.4% in chemical transport. In the last month, compared with June of the previous year, the volume of coal transport (+ 49.5%), transportation of petroleum products and transport of ores, wood and ores has increased 7.2%

. The share of Belarussian cargo in the total volume of imported goods and transit transit – from 15.7% last year to 25.5% this year. The total volume of goods traffic in the railways between Belarus and Latvia amounted to 14.7 million. tonnes, of which 5.75 mln.

"The cooperation with the Belarusian railways has always been successful, but in recent years we have improved it considerably, including last year we discovered the representation of the LDZ in Belarus Together with our colleagues in Belarus, we have created a new offer for freight owners – the Minsk-Riga express train – and we are improving the process of delivering goods to our customers more quickly. opportunity to increase the volume on this route, including cooperation with the terminals, to ensure the unloading of goods and the movement of the wagons as quickly as possible ", explains Edvins Bērziņš, President of the LDZ [19659002] In the first half of 2018 there was an increase – 82.2 thsd.tonnes or 19.1% more compared to the badogue period of 2017. The structure of u export freight mainly consists of food products, metals and ferroalloys, as well as other goods. In turn, the transit of land freight between the two countries amounted to 1.38 mln. tons, 2.1 times more than in 2017.

In the first half, 2,842 TEUs were transported in containers, or 13% more than at the same time last year.

Since October 2017, in the bilateral traffic between Latvia and Belarus the use of an electronic consignment note has been launched as part of the treatment of private wagons, which greatly accelerates and facilitates the car traffic between the two countries, allowing customers to recover their rolling stock more quickly.