OREANDA-NEWS. October 28, 2011. Freight One’s traffic increased in January-September by 7% over the same period of 2010 to 221.5 million metric tons.

This figure includes 77.3 million tons of coal (+5.6%), 50.8 million tons of oil (-8.6%), 19.1 million tons of ore (+1.9), 22.2 million tons of construction materials (+88.5%), 15.1 million tons of ferrous metals (+6.3%), 3.8 million tons of chemical and mineral fertilizers (+1.7%) and 3.3 million tons of coke (+5.4%).

The company attributes the reduction in oil traffic to the decommissioning of worn-out tanks (about 3000 since the beginning of the year) and up to 1500 tanks that had been removed from service for repairs and were awaiting castings for the bogies.

The increase in overall traffic in Freight One cars was a result of the company’s balanced rate policy. Freight One’s rates are on average 8% lower than the total cost of using state-owned cars for the same purpose (the Price List 10-01 rate + fee for using cars during loading and unloading).