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Russia’s Freight One sees haulage increase of 45%

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Freight One has hauled more than 830,000 metric tons of ferrous metals from smelters in Sverdlovsk region and Perm territory.

The haulage increased by 45% in the first half of the year in comparison to last year.

Nizhnetagil Smelter showed the greatest increase at 70% when compared to 2010.

The factors contributing to growth include a ‘favorable market situation abroad, higher domestic demand and the fact that the company accounted for a higher percentage of the haulage from the smelter than before’, the freight company said.

Freight One hauled a total of 10.2 million metric tons of ferrous metals in the rest of  Russia in the first half of the year, an increase of 15.7%.

Freight One owns over 200,000 units of rolling stock of different types and 21% of the total fleet in Russia.

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