OREANDA-NEWS. March 3, 2008. SIBUR has completed an investment project involving the purchase of 1 590 railway tank cars to transport LPGs, NGLs and liquid chemicals.

Over 3 billion roubles were spent on the new tank cars, which were manufactured by “Azovmash”, “Saransk Railcar Repair Works” and “Railcar Manufacturing Company of Mordovia”.

This investment will make it possible to expand annual shipments with own rail tank car fleet  by 1,7 mn tonnes and to mitigate the logistical risks of using railway tank cars belonging to third parties. Besides own rail tank car fleet will reduce transportation expenses by strategic management of relocation and by using schemes of trailing loading within transportation.