OREANDA-NEWS. August 10, 2012. The meeting devoted to the results of KTZ in the first half of 2012 and goals for the rest part of the year was held in the central office of JSC “National Company “Kazakhstan temir zholy”. The meeting was chaired by the company President Askar Mamin and was attended by the heads of regional departments of the rail road, the backbone network and its subsidiaries.

In his speech, Askar Mamin said that the tasks set by the Head of the state Nursultan Nazarbayev, primarily on the development of logistics potential of Kazakhstan, necessitated a new level of company development, a fundamental change in business philosophy and ideology.

KTZ works systematically on the implementation of its commitments.

In the first half of 2012 tariff freight turnover was 116 187 million ton-kilometers, which is 12% above the fact of the same period of the last year. In the first half of the year was transported 143.5 million tons of cargo which is higher than in the same period of the last year by 6.8%. The passenger turnover was 7418 million passenger-km., which is 13.1% higher than in 2011.

The results of the first half of the year show a steady increase in loading on the network. Shipping on the whole company has exceeded the plan by 1.4% and amounted to 127 million tons. By the same period of the last year loading increased by 7.5 million tons, or 6.2%. Unloading increased by 6.7% and in average amounted to 7,587 cars per day.

Security issues are of the great importance in the company. In order to improve work in this direction in the first half of the year were held month-long road safety events, efficient work was carried by the cars inspectors, who revealed 56 potentially defective side frames.

Work on the creation of the new productions to ensure the needs of KTZ in the spare parts, rolling stock and exports was continued in the first part of the year. Among them - the production of large car casting by JSC "Vostokmashzavod", where production equipment is being installed at the moment. The plant will start the production process in December 2012, its design capacity is more than 4,000 car sets a year. To be launched in 2013 and other companies for the production of a large car casting: LLP "Format Mach Company" (Pavlodar) and LLP "Simpleksmash" (Temirtau). The production of whole-rolled wheels and the switch sets on the basis of LLP “Prommashkomplekt” in Ekibastuz was started in July of this year. Annual production capacity - 6,000 sets of switch sets and 72,000 wheels.

Work to create projects with General Electric, LLC “Transmashdizel”, LLP “Transportation Technologies”, a French company "ALSTOM" and other companies is under way.

According to the task set by the Head of the state, the company launched a new strategic projects - construction of two railway lines “Zhezkazgan - Beineu” and “Arkalyk – Shubarkol”.

Company also develops its human resources. Qualification requirements for employees were improved. In the framework of new integrated system of competency assessment and performance, that has no analogues in Kazakhstan, has already been evaluated more than 500 employees of the company central apparatus. Employees in 11 branches and subsidiaries were certified. During the first half of the year more than 10,000 railway workers improved their skills.

Following the meeting the head of the company Askar Mamin pointed out the necessity of the performance improvement in the second part of the year. The measures to implement the plans for the loading and other operational indicators achievement already developed in the company; heads of departments of the road and highway network received all necessary instructions. Accepted by the company management measures aimed at ensuring smooth and secure transport and further improvement of the railway, so that all planned for the 2012 goals were achieved.