KTZ to use additional 2k wagons for grain transportation
Among the reasons for the shortage of wagons was a slowdown in the turnover of wagons. At the same time, the analysis shows that the turnover of cars this year increased by 10 days compared to the same period last year.
"Our main losses in the turnover of wagons occur at the initial and final operations carried out by consignors and consignees. To increase freight turnover and realize the export potential of the country, the Ministry of Agriculture submitted a proposal to build a Class-A terminal in Afghanistan, which will allow transportation of flour evenly throughout the year, especially in summer", JSC "KTZ" noted.
The issue of infrastructure restrictions is being solved in the port of Aktau, where a seasonal multimodal complex for grain transportation organized. This service consolidates in a single chain all participants of the transportation process: manufacturers, elevators, car operators, traders, brokers and others.
JSC "KTZ" finds the solution of the issue in the further development of container shipments of grain and flour. Thus, this year more than 8 thousand tons of grain cargoes in containers were transported. The delivery was made by destination to Vietnam, via the port of Lianyungang. The loading of containers with tare grain to Mersin (Turkey), through the new Kars - Akhalkalaki railway line, and also loading into the PRC (XUAR) is carried out. In 2018, JSC "NC "KTZ" plans to produce 5 thousand containers.
At the same time, the company proposes to tighten economic measures for shippers to implement the turnover of wagons in the adjacent territories of Kazakhstan at the points of unloading and loading.
In addition, according to the national company, it is planned to attract an additional fleet of 2000 wagons a market price of 15,000 tenge, which will increase the used grain storage fleet to 11,000 wagons. Although there is a possibility of turning wagons into "warehouses on wheels" under the existing restrictions on infrastructure in the countries of Central Asia.
Railwaymen proposed regulation by the Ministry of Agriculture represented by the Food Corporation of the volume of supplies in the context of export routes, state intervention on the purchase of grain by analogy with 2007 and 2009 to level seasonal and swap fluctuations.
