Pridneprovskaya Railway - Your Success Way
Galina Nestvet
Ukraine - Kazakhstan: Such Far and Such Near
On December 23, 1991 one of the first the Supreme Soviet of Republic of Kazakhstans has recognized Ukraine as the sovereign independent state. Already more than ten years between two countries are established diplomatic relations.
Natalia Mjaken'kaja
It's Better Together
Not the least of the factors for investment appeal of region is the existing transport infrastructure. Therefore now, when investment activity began to grow, improvement of work of the Ukrainian transport-road complex is so important. Stage-by-stage improvement of the transport infrastructure condition not only gives new workplaces, but also raises investment appeal.
Vladimir Sen'kov
One head well, and three is better
On April 02-04, 2003 in Lvov the tripartite meeting of representatives of the State Administration of Railway Transport of Ukraine, joint-stock company "Hungarian state railways" and Ministry of Railways of the Russian Federation with participation of representatives of the foreign trade and forwarding organizations of three parties has passed. During this meeting participants have agreed the approximate volumes and conditions of export, import and transit cargoes transportations on railways of Hungary, Ukraine and Russia for 2003.
The Polish Railways: Less on 1100 Trains
In January, 2003 authority of the Polish railways (РКР S.A.) developed the program providing a number measures directed on improvement of financial condition of РКР Przewozy Regionalne (the branch of the Polish railways responsible for regional transportations).
Valentine Mogila
About Service Quality of Passenger Road Transport
Development and aggravation of a competition between passenger road transport operators create preconditions to improvement of service quality, which level is low today. One of the reasons is absence of the effective mechanism of estimation of service quality of passenger road transport on the certain parameters.
What a Tunnels
There is the review of safety problems in road tunnels and recommendations for drivers at realization of trips on roads with tunnels.
Anatoly Grjazev
Seaports: the First Year Quarter
Seaports of Ministry of Transport handled 27.3 million tons in the Q1 2003, almost 9.1% more than in the same period in 2002. It is indicative these optimistic results are achieved, despite of the extremely adverse weather conditions on the Sea of Azov and in mouth ports.
Anatoly Grjazev
Wheel Loaders of Container Terminals
The global statistics marks the stable increasing of volumes of sea container transportations - one of the most progressive means of delivery of many kinds of finished goods, and in some cases - raw material to the consumer. This process has caused the formation of new container terminals - both port, and "multimodal", serving combined means of transport. The overall performance of such terminals is basically determined by efficiency of use of its reloading equipment, the most mass representative of which are "container" loaders.
Shippers Prefer Medium-Sized Providers
A study recently presented in Berlin by the management consultancy Elmar Hertzog and Partner shows that medium-sized logistics providers have nothing to fear from their larger competitors. In any event, shippers often turn to medium-sized enterprises with their outsourcing projects and for supply chain management services.
Cargo climbing steeply
The freight volume at Munich Airport is growing continuously and is set to reach 725,000 t by the year 2015. With volumes of this magnitude, Munich is assured of a leading role in the South Germany, West Austria and East Switzerland regional economy.
Competition is coming to the French network
Speaking to Murray Hughes in Paris, Transport Minister Gilles de Robien dismissed the previous government's target of doubling tonne-km hauled by rail by 2010 as 'completely unrealistic'. Whether the advent of open access competition from March 15 will generate more rail freight business remains to be seen, but de Robien wants to see SNCF cut costs and change its culture.
Transport specialists are in demand
Romania, for a long time regarded as an economic basket case, is enjoying unaccustomed success. Of course the transport industry is profiting from the economic growth and increased trade between Romania and Western Europe.
"Visual route" launched
Sweden was among the pioneers of telematic technology, but its road carriers have not been as quick off the mark in exploiting the technologies as their colleagues in other European countries.
Julia Dobrovol'skaja
The Custom Service Informs
This article is about ports, sea, river transportations and customs problems.
Irina Kalinina
Keep Up With the Times
There is the review of Internet resources of conducting transport and logistical companies of the world.