Container shipping rates from central Russia to the east began to rise sharply in March, in some cases by up to 30 times. This has been reported”for merchant» In Gazprombank Price Index Center (PIC).
“Prices for railway container transportation from Central Russia in the eastern direction increased many times in March,” the publication explained.
TsCI analyst Roman Shagalov told the publication that rates increased the most on transportation from Moscow to cities in Eastern Siberia. Thus, tariffs for sending cargo to Krasnoyarsk with a 40-meter container owned by one operator increased from 5-7 thousand rubles to 160-180 thousand rubles in February.
The authors of the material noted that operators explained the situation by a serious decrease in the number of container trains heading east. In contrast, the shortage in container shipping is associated with the need to transport export coal.
Before that, freight rates for sea transportation of containers in the Russian Federation decreased.
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