Rusmet reported that negotiations with Lithuanian and Belarusian railways have resulted in discounting railway tariffs for pig iron and other ferrous metals transportation to Kaliningrad region port complex. This agreement makes it possible to increase flow of cargo up to 1 million tones till the end of 2009.
Mr Vladimir Grents chief of department for transport development of the Government of Kaliningrad region said to break further decrease trend in cargo transportation at Kaliningrad direction which leads directly to drop of transportation by Lithuanian and Belarusian railways, we offered Lithuanian party to consider a possibility of discounting its tariffs in proportion to tonnage and kilometers as follows
1. Petroleum residue by 50%
2. Fuel by 40%
3. Vacuum gas oil by 40%
4. Petrol by 50%
5. Grain from Russia & Kazakhstan by 40%
6. Aluminum by 30% and a number of other positions.
In Belarus the agreement has been reached for additional increase of ferrous metals transit flow upto 1 million tones to Kaliningrad region. The management of Kaliningrad Sea Port assured that it will imply minimal tariffs for pig iron and ferrous metals transshipment taking into account maximum permitted discounts according to the Russian law.
Belarusian railway in its turn sets transit tariffs for Russian metallurgical cargo on the same level as in Russia. In Mr Vladimir Grents’ opinion, more competitive tariffs for transit transportation enable to provide competitiveness of Kaliningrad ports at Russian North-West background.
