The Container Block Train “Ust-Luga Express”: A Year Older

26 October 2014

A year ago our freight forwarding company Navigator Logistic with the assistance of the October Railway and Sungate launched a container train on the route Ust-Luga Port – Moscow. This ambitious project was made possible through the support of the October Railway and our partner forwarding company Sungate.

Freight container train from Ust-Luga port to Moscow reduces the cost of shipping each container in the amount of 100 euros for 40-foot containers and 270 euros for the 20-foot. It has already saved our customers more than 350 thousand euros!

However, the advantages of a container train not only in its relative cheapness, but also in its regularity. Not depending on the driving situation and weather conditions, it allows the cargo to accurately predict the time of arrival in Moscow.

For the year, thanks to the October railway, transit time was reduced from 39 to 21 hours – this allows to compete with the car delivery not only on cost but also on time delivery.

In addition to container train can carry heavy loads – up to 30.48 tons (including the weight of the container) when the standard weight of the load that can be transported by road without obtaining additional permits – up to 25 tons (including the weight of the container).
For the first year, thanks to the constant efforts to improve and develop services, “Ust-Luga Express” became affordable, reliable and regular way delivery of goods from the port of Ust-Luga in Moscow.