UZ will increase the cost of transporting oil by rail by 20% for those who do not have specialized tanks.
JSC UZ has approved a new procedure for the transportation of vegetable oils by rail, according to which oil will need to be transported only in specialized tanks or, in the absence of such, UZ will pay 20% more than the current tariff for transportation.
This is written by TTS with reference to Mind.
It is reported that all regional branches of JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia” received the letter approving the new order of oil transportation by rail on June 24.
“Essentially, (this is) an increase in tariffs. But such an increase in tariffs does not require the approval of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Cabinet of Ministers. This is an internal order of the railway management, which prescribes new requirements for transportation in tankers. In particular, tankers must receive the specialization of a “food car” “. If this is not done, then it will be necessary to pay 20% more for transportation in tanks than now. The UZ now says that the maintenance of transportation in non-specialized railroad tanks is more expensive than in specialized, food, because for such transportation, railways need to create special conditions… In fact, the owner of the tank does not receive any additional services or special conditions. The range is enough for the tank to have a universal draining device,” explained the general director of the company “Amadeus Marine”, which is the owner and operator of the tanks, in a comment to Mind.
He is sure that bringing the wagons into compliance with the stated requirements will lead to serious financial costs, but in fact nothing will change in the wagon itself or the transportation process. He also added that all such wagons, which are almost 6,000 units, must be brought into compliance by July 20, that is, in less than a month. At the same time, the decision to transfer a wagon to one or another specialization is taken by the Railway Transport Council of the member states of the Commonwealth, which meets according to its own regulations. And the next meeting will be held only in August, therefore, until July 20, tank operator companies will not have time to receive the necessary specialization for their rolling stock.
Earlier, TsTS wrote that UZ took the initiative to introduce a new payment procedure for using UZ wagons during freight operations. The market accepted this initiative with skepticism. Thus, Valery Tkachev, the chairman of the board at the Logistics Development Center, says that the relevant changes are an additional burden on business (an increase in cost by 3-9 times). “This, as well as the closing of “underperforming” stations, will lead to the transfer of freight flows from rail transport to road and river transport due to economic feasibility.”
