Fees for transporting a 40-foot container from China’s main ports to Moscow by rail dropped from $12-13k in 2021 to $8-9k in early 2023. In this respect Wrote newspaper “Kommersant”, which refers to the assessment of the international carrier ModernWay.
According to Nikolai Olshansky, the general director of this transport company, until May, tariffs were further reduced – to $ 6 – 6.5 thousand.
As Alesya Kuveko, head of the railway transportation department at the Stalogistic logistics company, stated, since the beginning of this year, the rates have decreased from 9.5-10 thousand dollars to 6.5-7 thousand dollars, depending on the location and transportation conditions.
Dmitry Sukhoversha, head of multi-modal transport at FM Logistic, attributed the cost reduction to the decline in overall shipment volume after the Chinese New Year and the launch of new long-distance ocean freight services (Deeep sea) from China. Ports to St. Petersburg and Novorossiysk.
The previous day, Bloomberg WroteThat the extremely hot weather in Asia is “playing on the hand” of Russia, which has significantly increased the fuel supply to the region.