According to the operational data provided by “Russian Railways” (RZD), in May this year there was a decrease in the volume of cargo in the company's networks. The total amount of transportation amounted to 94.6 million tons. This is 9.4% less than was recorded in the same period of 2024. The downward trend in the volume of loading was also observed in April 2025. Then the indicators amounted to 92.9 million tons. This is 8.6% lower than in the previous April. In the first five months of the ...

A total of 5.1 million tons of iron ore was exported from January to April 2025. Including 2.9 million tons shipped in the eastern direction (+22.3%), 1.3 million tons in the southern direction (+7.9%), and 921.4 thousand tons in the western direction (+18.2%). The leading regions in terms of export loading volume are: - Belgorod Region (1.4 million tons) - Transbaikal Territory (1.2 mln tons) - Jewish Autonomous Region (919.6 thousand tons) Subscription to news

Major Russian exporters including Rusal and Gazpromneft have cut the planned volume of commodities like metal and oil products they send by rail, a Russian Railways document seen by Reuters showed, the latest sign of subdued demand as the country's war economy slows. The state-owned rail monopoly intends to reduce 2025 spending by an additional 32.5 billion roubles ($408 million), or around 3.5%, to 858.4 billion roubles, due to the revised cargo forecast, according to the document dated March ...

In January-April 2025, 2,558,000 loaded and empty TEU containers were transported through the Russian Railways (RZD) network in all modes of transportation. The year-on-year decrease in the indicators is 0.4%. “Including, more than 1 million TEU were shipped in domestic traffic (-2.3%). The number of loaded containers shipped in all types of traffic exceeded 1.8 million TEU (-2.4%). They transported 26.9 million tons of cargo, (+0.6%), including ..metalware - 139.2 thousand (-3.1% to the level ...

“Iron ore loading for export via the Russian Railways network increased by 13.3%. A total of 3.7 million tons of iron ore was loaded for export in the first quarter of 2025,” the press service of RZD reported. Including 2.1 million tons shipped in the eastern direction (+20.5%), 706.8 thousand tons shipped in the western direction (+9.6%), and 907 thousand tons shipped in the southern direction (+2.1%), the report said. The leading regions by volume of loading for export: - Belgorod region (1.1 ...

Metallurgical raw materials loading for export via the RZD network increased by 9.6%, according to an official announcement on RZD’s Telegram channel. "In January-February 2025, 2.5 million tons were loaded. This includes 2.3 million tons of iron ore (+9%) and 155.7 thousand tons (+18.6%) of scrap metal," the statement noted. In the eastern direction, 1.3 million tons (+12.4%) of metallurgical raw materials were shipped for export, while 656 thousand tons (+8%) were transported westward and ...