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Alexandra Silina
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[DETAIL_TEXT] => At beginning of their activity producers and traders just do not have enough money to build their own warehousing facilities, buy equipment and cover all exploitation experts. They have to rent. At this stage they are getting understanding of what type of a warehouse they really need. Further development brings a decision to build their own warehouse that fully suits a company.
With increasing activity what’s not an usual thing in economically booming Russia comes a need to enlarge storage facilities, because a growing number of customers and requests as well widening of assortment can be handled with existing capabilities. If it comes to traders, they have necessity to get national distribution away from regional level. It’s achieved by establishing regional warehouses. However for enlarging storage facilities a company must be ready to seriously increase its specialized staff, to teach to manage non-core business, to have commensurate volume of investments and do many other things. As a rule at this stage to rent a warehouse or may be to combine these two ways – to do oneself and to outsource. Denying of denying, just as Gegel wrote.
Current situation: they prefer to build
«Till now building company’s own warehouse had been regarded as more attractive. I would like to underline that I don’t mean those companies, whose business operations require own storage, for instance, distribution centers of retailers. But owing to a growth in quality supply that is being accompanied by a competitive reduction in prices for warehousing services more and more companies will be choosing rent. Business is getting more sophisticated, for many freight owners it makes sense to get logistics out of main business», says equity value department chief in the Institute for Enterprise Problems Alexey Shaskolsky. «The trend to have more and more services outsourced is likely to develop further for the next five years, it will become clearer and stronger», minds A. Savelyev from Greenway.
At the same time it’s hard to say that the current market practice is going to prove the experts’ words fully. At the end of 2006 and at the beginning of 2007 Russia’s logistics industry has been full of interesting news related to warehousing. Of what there was more, insourcing or outsourcing? Hard to say. Clear only that experts are trying to see things as they would like to.
The biggest national food chain X5 has claimed it plans to make up a network of logistics terminals that would include warehouse, transport assets and packaging. A juice producer Lebedaynsky is going to invest in own warehouses USD 250 million. The company has no choice. As its representative explains, in some regions lack of storage facilities just limits volume of sales. It cannot wait until logistics providers construct specialized facilities and put it on the market – too much risk. Own assets are more reliable. Many other companies follow the same way, among them a national wide pharmaceutical retailer 36,6, food producer Ravioli as well as OMZ-Uralmash with its colleagues from Chelyabinsky traktorniy zavod. As one may guess enormous investments are being done not to be lost, but to be paybacked.
Another side of news has an investment –industrial group Eurasia that is willing to put in the market about 800,000 sq. m. near the ring road of St.-Petersburg. Not far from this place there’ll be another 200,000 sq. m. terminal that belongs to the company Mezhdunarodnoe Logisticheskoe Partnerstvo.
The British fund Raven Russia Ltd. plans to build 14 terminals throughout the country, their common square is 1 mlns q. m. OAO RZD is going to build up a network of 8 to 10 warehouses for the next two to three years. There is a lot news alike. No doubt lack of facilities will soon leave.
Resume
It’s likely that in prospect of five years, a period that was called by the experts involved, the market will be divided by segments. Large freight owners will be operating their facilities, sometimes using outsourcing. Some will start selling their logistics competency. As Meatland group, a large meat trader and producer of semi products. It started selling its logistics services through a separate, special established affiliated company. But providers themselves don’t want to get behind. So, only two problems will be left: what should providers do to ensure a high level of quality and what all the participants must do to avoid oversupply?
Viewpoint
Julian Krasnopolsky, CEO of OOO Interterminal. Group of companies:
– Creating and exploitation of own all-purpose terminal is a hard and not main function for producers and traders as well as possessing a forwarding department. A warehouse rent and transferring logistics functions makes it possible to focus on general competency. Russia’s logistics services market follows the same way as other developed countries did. Demand for high-quality warehouses rent will be growing, but not right now. While freight owners have possibilities to rent at miser rates former vegetable stores, pigsties, cowshed, departed plants sections and air-raid shelters what is unacceptable in Europe, good facilities wait for their moment.
In the future, according to my forecast, we’ll see a growing demand for rent of quality warehouses, caused by crucial changing in freight owners views of their cost structures and enlarging sums for storing. Reasons of that are Russia’s entering the World Trade Organization and consequently coming here of foreign producers and retailers.
Dmitriy Gordeev, CEO of ZAO Meatland Food Group:
– Nowadays companies are orienting more and more on reducing of their logistics costs. Warehouses are usually possessed by those having production and controlling a whole chain (vertically integrated holdings). More businesses are using services of outsourcers.
Andrey Saveljev, CEO of holding Greenway:
– While foreign companies are coming to Russia, practice of outsourcing becomes wider. In the near future services in operating a warehouse will be provided by both Russian companies and foreign ones. An the moment demand for rent is rather large, there’s enough work. We have no tasks to promote advantages of renting quality warehouses. The trend towards using high quality outsourcing will speed up itself, we should just wait.
Ivan Stupachenko
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Current situation: they prefer to build
«Till now building company’s own warehouse had been regarded as more attractive. I would like to underline that I don’t mean those companies, whose business operations require own storage, for instance, distribution centers of retailers. But owing to a growth in quality supply that is being accompanied by a competitive reduction in prices for warehousing services more and more companies will be choosing rent. Business is getting more sophisticated, for many freight owners it makes sense to get logistics out of main business», says equity value department chief in the Institute for Enterprise Problems Alexey Shaskolsky. «The trend to have more and more services outsourced is likely to develop further for the next five years, it will become clearer and stronger», minds A. Savelyev from Greenway.
At the same time it’s hard to say that the current market practice is going to prove the experts’ words fully. At the end of 2006 and at the beginning of 2007 Russia’s logistics industry has been full of interesting news related to warehousing. Of what there was more, insourcing or outsourcing? Hard to say. Clear only that experts are trying to see things as they would like to.
The biggest national food chain X5 has claimed it plans to make up a network of logistics terminals that would include warehouse, transport assets and packaging. A juice producer Lebedaynsky is going to invest in own warehouses USD 250 million. The company has no choice. As its representative explains, in some regions lack of storage facilities just limits volume of sales. It cannot wait until logistics providers construct specialized facilities and put it on the market – too much risk. Own assets are more reliable. Many other companies follow the same way, among them a national wide pharmaceutical retailer 36,6, food producer Ravioli as well as OMZ-Uralmash with its colleagues from Chelyabinsky traktorniy zavod. As one may guess enormous investments are being done not to be lost, but to be paybacked.
Another side of news has an investment –industrial group Eurasia that is willing to put in the market about 800,000 sq. m. near the ring road of St.-Petersburg. Not far from this place there’ll be another 200,000 sq. m. terminal that belongs to the company Mezhdunarodnoe Logisticheskoe Partnerstvo.
The British fund Raven Russia Ltd. plans to build 14 terminals throughout the country, their common square is 1 mlns q. m. OAO RZD is going to build up a network of 8 to 10 warehouses for the next two to three years. There is a lot news alike. No doubt lack of facilities will soon leave.
Resume
It’s likely that in prospect of five years, a period that was called by the experts involved, the market will be divided by segments. Large freight owners will be operating their facilities, sometimes using outsourcing. Some will start selling their logistics competency. As Meatland group, a large meat trader and producer of semi products. It started selling its logistics services through a separate, special established affiliated company. But providers themselves don’t want to get behind. So, only two problems will be left: what should providers do to ensure a high level of quality and what all the participants must do to avoid oversupply?
Viewpoint
Julian Krasnopolsky, CEO of OOO Interterminal. Group of companies:
– Creating and exploitation of own all-purpose terminal is a hard and not main function for producers and traders as well as possessing a forwarding department. A warehouse rent and transferring logistics functions makes it possible to focus on general competency. Russia’s logistics services market follows the same way as other developed countries did. Demand for high-quality warehouses rent will be growing, but not right now. While freight owners have possibilities to rent at miser rates former vegetable stores, pigsties, cowshed, departed plants sections and air-raid shelters what is unacceptable in Europe, good facilities wait for their moment.
In the future, according to my forecast, we’ll see a growing demand for rent of quality warehouses, caused by crucial changing in freight owners views of their cost structures and enlarging sums for storing. Reasons of that are Russia’s entering the World Trade Organization and consequently coming here of foreign producers and retailers.
Dmitriy Gordeev, CEO of ZAO Meatland Food Group:
– Nowadays companies are orienting more and more on reducing of their logistics costs. Warehouses are usually possessed by those having production and controlling a whole chain (vertically integrated holdings). More businesses are using services of outsourcers.
Andrey Saveljev, CEO of holding Greenway:
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Ivan Stupachenko
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[DETAIL_TEXT] => At beginning of their activity producers and traders just do not have enough money to build their own warehousing facilities, buy equipment and cover all exploitation experts. They have to rent. At this stage they are getting understanding of what type of a warehouse they really need. Further development brings a decision to build their own warehouse that fully suits a company.
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Current situation: they prefer to build
«Till now building company’s own warehouse had been regarded as more attractive. I would like to underline that I don’t mean those companies, whose business operations require own storage, for instance, distribution centers of retailers. But owing to a growth in quality supply that is being accompanied by a competitive reduction in prices for warehousing services more and more companies will be choosing rent. Business is getting more sophisticated, for many freight owners it makes sense to get logistics out of main business», says equity value department chief in the Institute for Enterprise Problems Alexey Shaskolsky. «The trend to have more and more services outsourced is likely to develop further for the next five years, it will become clearer and stronger», minds A. Savelyev from Greenway.
At the same time it’s hard to say that the current market practice is going to prove the experts’ words fully. At the end of 2006 and at the beginning of 2007 Russia’s logistics industry has been full of interesting news related to warehousing. Of what there was more, insourcing or outsourcing? Hard to say. Clear only that experts are trying to see things as they would like to.
The biggest national food chain X5 has claimed it plans to make up a network of logistics terminals that would include warehouse, transport assets and packaging. A juice producer Lebedaynsky is going to invest in own warehouses USD 250 million. The company has no choice. As its representative explains, in some regions lack of storage facilities just limits volume of sales. It cannot wait until logistics providers construct specialized facilities and put it on the market – too much risk. Own assets are more reliable. Many other companies follow the same way, among them a national wide pharmaceutical retailer 36,6, food producer Ravioli as well as OMZ-Uralmash with its colleagues from Chelyabinsky traktorniy zavod. As one may guess enormous investments are being done not to be lost, but to be paybacked.
Another side of news has an investment –industrial group Eurasia that is willing to put in the market about 800,000 sq. m. near the ring road of St.-Petersburg. Not far from this place there’ll be another 200,000 sq. m. terminal that belongs to the company Mezhdunarodnoe Logisticheskoe Partnerstvo.
The British fund Raven Russia Ltd. plans to build 14 terminals throughout the country, their common square is 1 mlns q. m. OAO RZD is going to build up a network of 8 to 10 warehouses for the next two to three years. There is a lot news alike. No doubt lack of facilities will soon leave.
Resume
It’s likely that in prospect of five years, a period that was called by the experts involved, the market will be divided by segments. Large freight owners will be operating their facilities, sometimes using outsourcing. Some will start selling their logistics competency. As Meatland group, a large meat trader and producer of semi products. It started selling its logistics services through a separate, special established affiliated company. But providers themselves don’t want to get behind. So, only two problems will be left: what should providers do to ensure a high level of quality and what all the participants must do to avoid oversupply?
Viewpoint
Julian Krasnopolsky, CEO of OOO Interterminal. Group of companies:
– Creating and exploitation of own all-purpose terminal is a hard and not main function for producers and traders as well as possessing a forwarding department. A warehouse rent and transferring logistics functions makes it possible to focus on general competency. Russia’s logistics services market follows the same way as other developed countries did. Demand for high-quality warehouses rent will be growing, but not right now. While freight owners have possibilities to rent at miser rates former vegetable stores, pigsties, cowshed, departed plants sections and air-raid shelters what is unacceptable in Europe, good facilities wait for their moment.
In the future, according to my forecast, we’ll see a growing demand for rent of quality warehouses, caused by crucial changing in freight owners views of their cost structures and enlarging sums for storing. Reasons of that are Russia’s entering the World Trade Organization and consequently coming here of foreign producers and retailers.
Dmitriy Gordeev, CEO of ZAO Meatland Food Group:
– Nowadays companies are orienting more and more on reducing of their logistics costs. Warehouses are usually possessed by those having production and controlling a whole chain (vertically integrated holdings). More businesses are using services of outsourcers.
Andrey Saveljev, CEO of holding Greenway:
– While foreign companies are coming to Russia, practice of outsourcing becomes wider. In the near future services in operating a warehouse will be provided by both Russian companies and foreign ones. An the moment demand for rent is rather large, there’s enough work. We have no tasks to promote advantages of renting quality warehouses. The trend towards using high quality outsourcing will speed up itself, we should just wait.
Ivan Stupachenko
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Current situation: they prefer to build
«Till now building company’s own warehouse had been regarded as more attractive. I would like to underline that I don’t mean those companies, whose business operations require own storage, for instance, distribution centers of retailers. But owing to a growth in quality supply that is being accompanied by a competitive reduction in prices for warehousing services more and more companies will be choosing rent. Business is getting more sophisticated, for many freight owners it makes sense to get logistics out of main business», says equity value department chief in the Institute for Enterprise Problems Alexey Shaskolsky. «The trend to have more and more services outsourced is likely to develop further for the next five years, it will become clearer and stronger», minds A. Savelyev from Greenway.
At the same time it’s hard to say that the current market practice is going to prove the experts’ words fully. At the end of 2006 and at the beginning of 2007 Russia’s logistics industry has been full of interesting news related to warehousing. Of what there was more, insourcing or outsourcing? Hard to say. Clear only that experts are trying to see things as they would like to.
The biggest national food chain X5 has claimed it plans to make up a network of logistics terminals that would include warehouse, transport assets and packaging. A juice producer Lebedaynsky is going to invest in own warehouses USD 250 million. The company has no choice. As its representative explains, in some regions lack of storage facilities just limits volume of sales. It cannot wait until logistics providers construct specialized facilities and put it on the market – too much risk. Own assets are more reliable. Many other companies follow the same way, among them a national wide pharmaceutical retailer 36,6, food producer Ravioli as well as OMZ-Uralmash with its colleagues from Chelyabinsky traktorniy zavod. As one may guess enormous investments are being done not to be lost, but to be paybacked.
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Resume
It’s likely that in prospect of five years, a period that was called by the experts involved, the market will be divided by segments. Large freight owners will be operating their facilities, sometimes using outsourcing. Some will start selling their logistics competency. As Meatland group, a large meat trader and producer of semi products. It started selling its logistics services through a separate, special established affiliated company. But providers themselves don’t want to get behind. So, only two problems will be left: what should providers do to ensure a high level of quality and what all the participants must do to avoid oversupply?
Viewpoint
Julian Krasnopolsky, CEO of OOO Interterminal. Group of companies:
– Creating and exploitation of own all-purpose terminal is a hard and not main function for producers and traders as well as possessing a forwarding department. A warehouse rent and transferring logistics functions makes it possible to focus on general competency. Russia’s logistics services market follows the same way as other developed countries did. Demand for high-quality warehouses rent will be growing, but not right now. While freight owners have possibilities to rent at miser rates former vegetable stores, pigsties, cowshed, departed plants sections and air-raid shelters what is unacceptable in Europe, good facilities wait for their moment.
In the future, according to my forecast, we’ll see a growing demand for rent of quality warehouses, caused by crucial changing in freight owners views of their cost structures and enlarging sums for storing. Reasons of that are Russia’s entering the World Trade Organization and consequently coming here of foreign producers and retailers.
Dmitriy Gordeev, CEO of ZAO Meatland Food Group:
– Nowadays companies are orienting more and more on reducing of their logistics costs. Warehouses are usually possessed by those having production and controlling a whole chain (vertically integrated holdings). More businesses are using services of outsourcers.
Andrey Saveljev, CEO of holding Greenway:
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Ivan Stupachenko
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In 2006 the Russian customs bodies gave RUR 2863.99 bln to the state federal budget (+761.76 bln year-on-year). According to preliminary data, the financial results achieved by the Federal Custom Service for the above-mentioned period made 45.6% from total revenue of the federal budget.
To control customs pricing, the Federal Custom Service accumulates information on imported goods prices. Typically this information is directly received from the manufacturers. Early in 2006 the Russian customs bodies operated official pricing terms from 34 companies-manufacturers, while at present they receive it from 183 firms, with Candy, Daewoo, Electrolux, Gorenje, JVC, Pioneer, Samsung, Sharp, Toshiba etc. among them. According to experts, operating this information has helped to increase customs duties significantly. Efficiency of the Russian customs bodies activities is also proved by the following fact: according to statistics, in 2005 import volume of the officially registered mobile phones amounted to 15.75 mln worth USD 1.56 bln (average cost per unit made USD 99.37 and custom duties totaled USD 376 mln), while in 2006 this volume doubled and made 31.17 mln units of total cost USD 4.51 bln (average cost per unit made USD 144.75 and custom duties totaled USD 1.08 bln). Thus, thanks to the access to data about mobile phones, the average declared cost grew at 1.45 times per unit, and the volume of customs duties increased at 2.9 times.
The same processes could be observed regarding the import of household goods and radio electronics. Compared to 2005, in 2006 average prices on TVs and laptops grew at 1.5 times, radio equipment by 32%, refrigerators by 16%, washing machines by 14%, vacuum cleaners by 13%.
IT Wanted
Federal Customs Service makes great efforts to equip custom-houses with modern controlling systems. In particular, in 2006 work on construction customs inspection complexes (CIC) was carried on to control containers and heavy-loaded transport vehicles. These CICs are to assist in shortening the time for customs formalities, as well as increasing customs control efficiency regarding goods and transport vehicles.
The first CIC in Russia was launched at the international truck border check-point Troyebortnoe of Bryansk customs. Also, these complexes were installed at Rostov and Vyborg customs. In 2007, CICs are to be launched at Brusnichoye, Torfyanovka, Burachki, Ubylinka, Zabaikalsk, and Orsk check-points. About 72 CICs are to be installed in the next 5 years at the Russian check-points, wherein 10 are destined for the ports.
One of the priorities in 2006 was installation of new IT and the updating of old systems. Thus, the electronic form of goods declaration has actively developed, in particular, for oil products customs declaration. This technology allows to speed up the transfer to overall electronic document turnover. Last year 74 more check-points were additionally equipped to use this technology and, as a result, now 144 check-points function within the electronic document turnover system.
Moreover, 35 border check-points were integrated into the department communication channel of the RF Federal Customs service on the basis of satellite sub-system constructed with use of VSAT technology.
Also, the Concept of the System of Advance Informing for the RF Customs bodies was developed and certain steps to put this system into operation were taken. In particular, the RF Federal Customs Service, together with Association of Truck Hauliers, is working on the project of Agreement on advance informing customs bodies about goods transportation and vehicles, according to TIR procedure.
Improvement and simplification of customs procedures continued. Starting from this year new information technology for risks management (SUR) is applied at all border check-points. This system provides an algorithm of steps to be taken by a customs official during risk analysis: this helps to avoid making subjective decisions. With the introduction of this system risks were minimized which resulted in a drop of average amount of customs inspection for the import of goods from 21% (at the beginning of 2006) to 14.8% (end of the year), inspection efficiency grew from 8.3 to 16.3%.
Battle with «Pirates»
One of the basic directions of the Federal Customs Service activities still remains fight against forged and pirate production. In particular, Custom Service operates Customs Register containing for January 1, 2007 some 775 brands controlled by the right of intellectual property. During April-June and October-December last year, customs carried out two operations in order to stop illegal production transportation via the border. It resulted in running 130 cases on breaking administration regulations, 2 criminal cases and some 3 mln goods units worth RUR 38 mln were arrested. All in all, in 2006 there were 750 cases brought against breaking the law on illegal brand use, and 65 cases – against the law on breaking copyright and adjacent rights. Among basic goods arrested following breech of law on brand authenticity were confectionery, sweets in particular, and also sport clothes and shoes, perfumes, as well as household chemical goods. Goods arrested following breech of copyright were video cassettes, CD and DVDs.
Smuggling is still an unsolved problem. Thus, one of the problems for the Russian economy is the increase of illegally transported production from South-East Asia, China and Turkey. In 2006 customs bodies carried out operations to eliminate smuggling transportation schemes developed for importing electronics and household appliance. As a result, it was discovered that the channels for illegal transportation were set by foreigners with diplomatic immunity status. Also, a serious problem for the Russian customs is illegal fishery of sea bio-resources and their further illegal transportation. Moreover, the situation concerning timber crossing the border looks alarming. In this respect, in 2006 the Federal Customs Service took certain measures to toughen customs control for timber export. In particular, the number of customs terminals controlling timber export was shortened and specialized «timber terminals» were initiated by the RF subjects administrations. To control and eliminate potential channels for illegal timber transportation, Customs bodies set inter-regional operations regularly.
Drugs were also a crucial problem for the Russian customs in 2006. Together with other legal bodies, a large-scaled operation was carried out resulting in the requisition of 4 tons 294 kilograms of drugs and psychotropic agents.
Moreover, within its competence the RF Federal Customs Service controls currency operations implemented by residents and non-residents. Thus, last year currency control departments carried out 37.6 thousand inspections on following the currency legislation, which elicited 23.2 thousand cases of breaking the law worth USD 720 mln; some 4.2 thousand cases were brought against offenders.
In harmony with EU
Last year the RF Federal Customs Service focused mainly on international activities where the key points are the formation of Common European Economic area and cooperation with the EU. This cooperation envisages information exchange, improvement of customs procedures for goods of the EU and Russian trade turnover, setting proper transit systems, development and control of customs information systems etc.
Among the main directions of Russian and the EU customs cooperation is the development of the Russian customs infrastructure in the north-west region. Thus, on October 5, 2006, the official launch ceremony for the motor car border check-point Suoperya took place at the Russian-Finnish border. It was built with help of the EU funds. In Kaliningrad region, Chernyshevskoye border check-point construction is to be completed. A memorandum of understanding on construction of Mamonovo-Gzhehotki border check point at the Russian-Polish border was signed.
To harmonize European and Russian customs procedures in 2006, the RF Federal Customs Service developed new forms of cargo customs declaration and transit declaration which totally correspond to the standards of Unified Administrative Document applied in the EU. The new customs document has been used in Russia since January 1, 2007.
Last year the project «Green Corridor» was implemented. That was developed according to the signed on December 3, 2002 in Gothenburg three-lateral protocol between the State Customs Committee of the Russian federation, the Central Customs Administration of Sweden and the Central Customs Administration of Finland. Thus, since the launch of the project in September 2003, using the advance information given by the Finnish Customs Service, some 6667 deliveries were registered (2741 in 2006, +18% year-on-year). Deliveries were transported via Torfyanovka border check-point. Such famous Finnish manufacturers as Valio, Hansaprint Oy, and Kilto Oy participated in the project. The project has proved to be efficient, since customs procedures for a carrier take 10-15 minutes according to terms of «Green Corridor».
According to Plan in Future
However, one of the most significant events of 2006 was the development of the plan to implement the Concept for Customs Service Development. According to the Concept, priorities for the Russian customs bodies for the period leading to 2010 and further on will be improvement of conditions at the border, setting integration control, transfer to «one window» and «one stop» mode, creation of unified inter-sectoral data base of inspection bodies.
This document defines the financial volume required to equip the customs with modern technical controlling systems, to develop updated IT for the customs, to carry on special operations and take other steps dictated by the Concept. 268 objects of customs infrastructure are to be built, including 35 border check points for motor transport, 8 cynologist centers and an Operational Center of the Federal Customs Service on integration control.
These are some results demonstrated by the Russian Customs bodies last year. This year, one should hope, these results will assist in improvement customs service in Russia, so that it will turn into an efficient, competitive and transparent mechanism for the state and market players.
Our reference
The Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation is considered one of the biggest in the world. Its employees outnumber 68 thousand people. Starting from 1992, the Russian Federation has been a member of the World Customs Organization (WCO).
According to the preliminary data of the Customs statistics, the volume of the Russian foreign trade turnover in 2006 amounted to USD 436.1 bln (+28.3% year-on-year), including foreign countries – USD 371.4 bln (+28.7%)and CIS results – USD 64.7 bln (+25.4%).
European Union still remains one of Russia’s most significant economic partners: in 2006 its share in terms of the Russian trade turnover made 53.2% (in 2005 – 52.1%), CIS took 14.8% (15.3%), European-Asian Economic Union showed results of 7.8% (7.8%), while Asian-Pacific states – 16.9% (16.1%).
According to clause 68 of the RF Customs Code, 2006 resulted in setting special simplified customs procedures for 196 participants functioning in the foreign economic sector.
Our reference
TOP-10 events for the Russian Customs in 2006
1. January 19. Meeting of the Committee of the Heads of the Customs Services took place in Saint-Petersburg supported by the Integration Committee of the European-Asian Economic Union and CIS Council of the Heads of Customs Services. Mishel Danet, General Secretary of the WTO, participated in the forum.
2. February 3. Collegium of the RF Ministry of Economic Development and Trade considered the plan developed to implement the Concept of the RF Customs bodies development.
3. February 26. New regulations on duty free goods import for natural persons became effective: the norm was decreased from 50 to 35 kilos, duties are not charged for personal goods transportation once a month.
4. May 11. Vladimir Putin, the RF President, signed order #473 «Federal Customs Service Issues», according to which the Federal Customs Service passed under the RF Government control. The Service itself is authorized to develop the state policy and normative-legislative regulations for the Customs.
5. May 12. Andrey Belyaninov took the post of the Federal Customs Service Head. Customs bodies underwent recruitment of top-executives.
6. July 1. Amendments to the Federal Law «On customs tariff» issued in 1993 became effective.
7. July 30. Chinese customs terminal «Druzhba» located on the 3 hectares territory of the free economic zone «Sherryzone» close to «Sheremetyevo-2» airport was launched. Cargo turnover is to amount 30 thousand tons per month.
8. August 15. Press-office of the North-Western Customs Department announced that customs post Burachki of the Sbezhsk customs was overloaded, which resulted in a 15-kilometers long queue on the Russian-Latvian border. A «traffic jam» war started.
9. September 7. The Ministry of Justice registered orders issued by the RF Federal Customs Service #724 «On approval of the new forms of customs and transit declarations» and # 762 «On approval of the Instructions on making cargo customs and transit declarations».
10. September 19. Heads of the Russian and Finnish Custom Services A. Belyaninov and T.Erling came to an agreement on permanent coordination of two customs bodies’ cooperation under conditions of increasing cargo turnover on the Russian-Finnish border.
Olga Gorbunova
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In 2006 the Russian customs bodies gave RUR 2863.99 bln to the state federal budget (+761.76 bln year-on-year). According to preliminary data, the financial results achieved by the Federal Custom Service for the above-mentioned period made 45.6% from total revenue of the federal budget.
To control customs pricing, the Federal Custom Service accumulates information on imported goods prices. Typically this information is directly received from the manufacturers. Early in 2006 the Russian customs bodies operated official pricing terms from 34 companies-manufacturers, while at present they receive it from 183 firms, with Candy, Daewoo, Electrolux, Gorenje, JVC, Pioneer, Samsung, Sharp, Toshiba etc. among them. According to experts, operating this information has helped to increase customs duties significantly. Efficiency of the Russian customs bodies activities is also proved by the following fact: according to statistics, in 2005 import volume of the officially registered mobile phones amounted to 15.75 mln worth USD 1.56 bln (average cost per unit made USD 99.37 and custom duties totaled USD 376 mln), while in 2006 this volume doubled and made 31.17 mln units of total cost USD 4.51 bln (average cost per unit made USD 144.75 and custom duties totaled USD 1.08 bln). Thus, thanks to the access to data about mobile phones, the average declared cost grew at 1.45 times per unit, and the volume of customs duties increased at 2.9 times.
The same processes could be observed regarding the import of household goods and radio electronics. Compared to 2005, in 2006 average prices on TVs and laptops grew at 1.5 times, radio equipment by 32%, refrigerators by 16%, washing machines by 14%, vacuum cleaners by 13%.
IT Wanted
Federal Customs Service makes great efforts to equip custom-houses with modern controlling systems. In particular, in 2006 work on construction customs inspection complexes (CIC) was carried on to control containers and heavy-loaded transport vehicles. These CICs are to assist in shortening the time for customs formalities, as well as increasing customs control efficiency regarding goods and transport vehicles.
The first CIC in Russia was launched at the international truck border check-point Troyebortnoe of Bryansk customs. Also, these complexes were installed at Rostov and Vyborg customs. In 2007, CICs are to be launched at Brusnichoye, Torfyanovka, Burachki, Ubylinka, Zabaikalsk, and Orsk check-points. About 72 CICs are to be installed in the next 5 years at the Russian check-points, wherein 10 are destined for the ports.
One of the priorities in 2006 was installation of new IT and the updating of old systems. Thus, the electronic form of goods declaration has actively developed, in particular, for oil products customs declaration. This technology allows to speed up the transfer to overall electronic document turnover. Last year 74 more check-points were additionally equipped to use this technology and, as a result, now 144 check-points function within the electronic document turnover system.
Moreover, 35 border check-points were integrated into the department communication channel of the RF Federal Customs service on the basis of satellite sub-system constructed with use of VSAT technology.
Also, the Concept of the System of Advance Informing for the RF Customs bodies was developed and certain steps to put this system into operation were taken. In particular, the RF Federal Customs Service, together with Association of Truck Hauliers, is working on the project of Agreement on advance informing customs bodies about goods transportation and vehicles, according to TIR procedure.
Improvement and simplification of customs procedures continued. Starting from this year new information technology for risks management (SUR) is applied at all border check-points. This system provides an algorithm of steps to be taken by a customs official during risk analysis: this helps to avoid making subjective decisions. With the introduction of this system risks were minimized which resulted in a drop of average amount of customs inspection for the import of goods from 21% (at the beginning of 2006) to 14.8% (end of the year), inspection efficiency grew from 8.3 to 16.3%.
Battle with «Pirates»
One of the basic directions of the Federal Customs Service activities still remains fight against forged and pirate production. In particular, Custom Service operates Customs Register containing for January 1, 2007 some 775 brands controlled by the right of intellectual property. During April-June and October-December last year, customs carried out two operations in order to stop illegal production transportation via the border. It resulted in running 130 cases on breaking administration regulations, 2 criminal cases and some 3 mln goods units worth RUR 38 mln were arrested. All in all, in 2006 there were 750 cases brought against breaking the law on illegal brand use, and 65 cases – against the law on breaking copyright and adjacent rights. Among basic goods arrested following breech of law on brand authenticity were confectionery, sweets in particular, and also sport clothes and shoes, perfumes, as well as household chemical goods. Goods arrested following breech of copyright were video cassettes, CD and DVDs.
Smuggling is still an unsolved problem. Thus, one of the problems for the Russian economy is the increase of illegally transported production from South-East Asia, China and Turkey. In 2006 customs bodies carried out operations to eliminate smuggling transportation schemes developed for importing electronics and household appliance. As a result, it was discovered that the channels for illegal transportation were set by foreigners with diplomatic immunity status. Also, a serious problem for the Russian customs is illegal fishery of sea bio-resources and their further illegal transportation. Moreover, the situation concerning timber crossing the border looks alarming. In this respect, in 2006 the Federal Customs Service took certain measures to toughen customs control for timber export. In particular, the number of customs terminals controlling timber export was shortened and specialized «timber terminals» were initiated by the RF subjects administrations. To control and eliminate potential channels for illegal timber transportation, Customs bodies set inter-regional operations regularly.
Drugs were also a crucial problem for the Russian customs in 2006. Together with other legal bodies, a large-scaled operation was carried out resulting in the requisition of 4 tons 294 kilograms of drugs and psychotropic agents.
Moreover, within its competence the RF Federal Customs Service controls currency operations implemented by residents and non-residents. Thus, last year currency control departments carried out 37.6 thousand inspections on following the currency legislation, which elicited 23.2 thousand cases of breaking the law worth USD 720 mln; some 4.2 thousand cases were brought against offenders.
In harmony with EU
Last year the RF Federal Customs Service focused mainly on international activities where the key points are the formation of Common European Economic area and cooperation with the EU. This cooperation envisages information exchange, improvement of customs procedures for goods of the EU and Russian trade turnover, setting proper transit systems, development and control of customs information systems etc.
Among the main directions of Russian and the EU customs cooperation is the development of the Russian customs infrastructure in the north-west region. Thus, on October 5, 2006, the official launch ceremony for the motor car border check-point Suoperya took place at the Russian-Finnish border. It was built with help of the EU funds. In Kaliningrad region, Chernyshevskoye border check-point construction is to be completed. A memorandum of understanding on construction of Mamonovo-Gzhehotki border check point at the Russian-Polish border was signed.
To harmonize European and Russian customs procedures in 2006, the RF Federal Customs Service developed new forms of cargo customs declaration and transit declaration which totally correspond to the standards of Unified Administrative Document applied in the EU. The new customs document has been used in Russia since January 1, 2007.
Last year the project «Green Corridor» was implemented. That was developed according to the signed on December 3, 2002 in Gothenburg three-lateral protocol between the State Customs Committee of the Russian federation, the Central Customs Administration of Sweden and the Central Customs Administration of Finland. Thus, since the launch of the project in September 2003, using the advance information given by the Finnish Customs Service, some 6667 deliveries were registered (2741 in 2006, +18% year-on-year). Deliveries were transported via Torfyanovka border check-point. Such famous Finnish manufacturers as Valio, Hansaprint Oy, and Kilto Oy participated in the project. The project has proved to be efficient, since customs procedures for a carrier take 10-15 minutes according to terms of «Green Corridor».
According to Plan in Future
However, one of the most significant events of 2006 was the development of the plan to implement the Concept for Customs Service Development. According to the Concept, priorities for the Russian customs bodies for the period leading to 2010 and further on will be improvement of conditions at the border, setting integration control, transfer to «one window» and «one stop» mode, creation of unified inter-sectoral data base of inspection bodies.
This document defines the financial volume required to equip the customs with modern technical controlling systems, to develop updated IT for the customs, to carry on special operations and take other steps dictated by the Concept. 268 objects of customs infrastructure are to be built, including 35 border check points for motor transport, 8 cynologist centers and an Operational Center of the Federal Customs Service on integration control.
These are some results demonstrated by the Russian Customs bodies last year. This year, one should hope, these results will assist in improvement customs service in Russia, so that it will turn into an efficient, competitive and transparent mechanism for the state and market players.
Our reference
The Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation is considered one of the biggest in the world. Its employees outnumber 68 thousand people. Starting from 1992, the Russian Federation has been a member of the World Customs Organization (WCO).
According to the preliminary data of the Customs statistics, the volume of the Russian foreign trade turnover in 2006 amounted to USD 436.1 bln (+28.3% year-on-year), including foreign countries – USD 371.4 bln (+28.7%)and CIS results – USD 64.7 bln (+25.4%).
European Union still remains one of Russia’s most significant economic partners: in 2006 its share in terms of the Russian trade turnover made 53.2% (in 2005 – 52.1%), CIS took 14.8% (15.3%), European-Asian Economic Union showed results of 7.8% (7.8%), while Asian-Pacific states – 16.9% (16.1%).
According to clause 68 of the RF Customs Code, 2006 resulted in setting special simplified customs procedures for 196 participants functioning in the foreign economic sector.
Our reference
TOP-10 events for the Russian Customs in 2006
1. January 19. Meeting of the Committee of the Heads of the Customs Services took place in Saint-Petersburg supported by the Integration Committee of the European-Asian Economic Union and CIS Council of the Heads of Customs Services. Mishel Danet, General Secretary of the WTO, participated in the forum.
2. February 3. Collegium of the RF Ministry of Economic Development and Trade considered the plan developed to implement the Concept of the RF Customs bodies development.
3. February 26. New regulations on duty free goods import for natural persons became effective: the norm was decreased from 50 to 35 kilos, duties are not charged for personal goods transportation once a month.
4. May 11. Vladimir Putin, the RF President, signed order #473 «Federal Customs Service Issues», according to which the Federal Customs Service passed under the RF Government control. The Service itself is authorized to develop the state policy and normative-legislative regulations for the Customs.
5. May 12. Andrey Belyaninov took the post of the Federal Customs Service Head. Customs bodies underwent recruitment of top-executives.
6. July 1. Amendments to the Federal Law «On customs tariff» issued in 1993 became effective.
7. July 30. Chinese customs terminal «Druzhba» located on the 3 hectares territory of the free economic zone «Sherryzone» close to «Sheremetyevo-2» airport was launched. Cargo turnover is to amount 30 thousand tons per month.
8. August 15. Press-office of the North-Western Customs Department announced that customs post Burachki of the Sbezhsk customs was overloaded, which resulted in a 15-kilometers long queue on the Russian-Latvian border. A «traffic jam» war started.
9. September 7. The Ministry of Justice registered orders issued by the RF Federal Customs Service #724 «On approval of the new forms of customs and transit declarations» and # 762 «On approval of the Instructions on making cargo customs and transit declarations».
10. September 19. Heads of the Russian and Finnish Custom Services A. Belyaninov and T.Erling came to an agreement on permanent coordination of two customs bodies’ cooperation under conditions of increasing cargo turnover on the Russian-Finnish border.
Olga Gorbunova
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In 2006 the Russian customs bodies gave RUR 2863.99 bln to the state federal budget (+761.76 bln year-on-year). According to preliminary data, the financial results achieved by the Federal Custom Service for the above-mentioned period made 45.6% from total revenue of the federal budget.
To control customs pricing, the Federal Custom Service accumulates information on imported goods prices. Typically this information is directly received from the manufacturers. Early in 2006 the Russian customs bodies operated official pricing terms from 34 companies-manufacturers, while at present they receive it from 183 firms, with Candy, Daewoo, Electrolux, Gorenje, JVC, Pioneer, Samsung, Sharp, Toshiba etc. among them. According to experts, operating this information has helped to increase customs duties significantly. Efficiency of the Russian customs bodies activities is also proved by the following fact: according to statistics, in 2005 import volume of the officially registered mobile phones amounted to 15.75 mln worth USD 1.56 bln (average cost per unit made USD 99.37 and custom duties totaled USD 376 mln), while in 2006 this volume doubled and made 31.17 mln units of total cost USD 4.51 bln (average cost per unit made USD 144.75 and custom duties totaled USD 1.08 bln). Thus, thanks to the access to data about mobile phones, the average declared cost grew at 1.45 times per unit, and the volume of customs duties increased at 2.9 times.
The same processes could be observed regarding the import of household goods and radio electronics. Compared to 2005, in 2006 average prices on TVs and laptops grew at 1.5 times, radio equipment by 32%, refrigerators by 16%, washing machines by 14%, vacuum cleaners by 13%.
IT Wanted
Federal Customs Service makes great efforts to equip custom-houses with modern controlling systems. In particular, in 2006 work on construction customs inspection complexes (CIC) was carried on to control containers and heavy-loaded transport vehicles. These CICs are to assist in shortening the time for customs formalities, as well as increasing customs control efficiency regarding goods and transport vehicles.
The first CIC in Russia was launched at the international truck border check-point Troyebortnoe of Bryansk customs. Also, these complexes were installed at Rostov and Vyborg customs. In 2007, CICs are to be launched at Brusnichoye, Torfyanovka, Burachki, Ubylinka, Zabaikalsk, and Orsk check-points. About 72 CICs are to be installed in the next 5 years at the Russian check-points, wherein 10 are destined for the ports.
One of the priorities in 2006 was installation of new IT and the updating of old systems. Thus, the electronic form of goods declaration has actively developed, in particular, for oil products customs declaration. This technology allows to speed up the transfer to overall electronic document turnover. Last year 74 more check-points were additionally equipped to use this technology and, as a result, now 144 check-points function within the electronic document turnover system.
Moreover, 35 border check-points were integrated into the department communication channel of the RF Federal Customs service on the basis of satellite sub-system constructed with use of VSAT technology.
Also, the Concept of the System of Advance Informing for the RF Customs bodies was developed and certain steps to put this system into operation were taken. In particular, the RF Federal Customs Service, together with Association of Truck Hauliers, is working on the project of Agreement on advance informing customs bodies about goods transportation and vehicles, according to TIR procedure.
Improvement and simplification of customs procedures continued. Starting from this year new information technology for risks management (SUR) is applied at all border check-points. This system provides an algorithm of steps to be taken by a customs official during risk analysis: this helps to avoid making subjective decisions. With the introduction of this system risks were minimized which resulted in a drop of average amount of customs inspection for the import of goods from 21% (at the beginning of 2006) to 14.8% (end of the year), inspection efficiency grew from 8.3 to 16.3%.
Battle with «Pirates»
One of the basic directions of the Federal Customs Service activities still remains fight against forged and pirate production. In particular, Custom Service operates Customs Register containing for January 1, 2007 some 775 brands controlled by the right of intellectual property. During April-June and October-December last year, customs carried out two operations in order to stop illegal production transportation via the border. It resulted in running 130 cases on breaking administration regulations, 2 criminal cases and some 3 mln goods units worth RUR 38 mln were arrested. All in all, in 2006 there were 750 cases brought against breaking the law on illegal brand use, and 65 cases – against the law on breaking copyright and adjacent rights. Among basic goods arrested following breech of law on brand authenticity were confectionery, sweets in particular, and also sport clothes and shoes, perfumes, as well as household chemical goods. Goods arrested following breech of copyright were video cassettes, CD and DVDs.
Smuggling is still an unsolved problem. Thus, one of the problems for the Russian economy is the increase of illegally transported production from South-East Asia, China and Turkey. In 2006 customs bodies carried out operations to eliminate smuggling transportation schemes developed for importing electronics and household appliance. As a result, it was discovered that the channels for illegal transportation were set by foreigners with diplomatic immunity status. Also, a serious problem for the Russian customs is illegal fishery of sea bio-resources and their further illegal transportation. Moreover, the situation concerning timber crossing the border looks alarming. In this respect, in 2006 the Federal Customs Service took certain measures to toughen customs control for timber export. In particular, the number of customs terminals controlling timber export was shortened and specialized «timber terminals» were initiated by the RF subjects administrations. To control and eliminate potential channels for illegal timber transportation, Customs bodies set inter-regional operations regularly.
Drugs were also a crucial problem for the Russian customs in 2006. Together with other legal bodies, a large-scaled operation was carried out resulting in the requisition of 4 tons 294 kilograms of drugs and psychotropic agents.
Moreover, within its competence the RF Federal Customs Service controls currency operations implemented by residents and non-residents. Thus, last year currency control departments carried out 37.6 thousand inspections on following the currency legislation, which elicited 23.2 thousand cases of breaking the law worth USD 720 mln; some 4.2 thousand cases were brought against offenders.
In harmony with EU
Last year the RF Federal Customs Service focused mainly on international activities where the key points are the formation of Common European Economic area and cooperation with the EU. This cooperation envisages information exchange, improvement of customs procedures for goods of the EU and Russian trade turnover, setting proper transit systems, development and control of customs information systems etc.
Among the main directions of Russian and the EU customs cooperation is the development of the Russian customs infrastructure in the north-west region. Thus, on October 5, 2006, the official launch ceremony for the motor car border check-point Suoperya took place at the Russian-Finnish border. It was built with help of the EU funds. In Kaliningrad region, Chernyshevskoye border check-point construction is to be completed. A memorandum of understanding on construction of Mamonovo-Gzhehotki border check point at the Russian-Polish border was signed.
To harmonize European and Russian customs procedures in 2006, the RF Federal Customs Service developed new forms of cargo customs declaration and transit declaration which totally correspond to the standards of Unified Administrative Document applied in the EU. The new customs document has been used in Russia since January 1, 2007.
Last year the project «Green Corridor» was implemented. That was developed according to the signed on December 3, 2002 in Gothenburg three-lateral protocol between the State Customs Committee of the Russian federation, the Central Customs Administration of Sweden and the Central Customs Administration of Finland. Thus, since the launch of the project in September 2003, using the advance information given by the Finnish Customs Service, some 6667 deliveries were registered (2741 in 2006, +18% year-on-year). Deliveries were transported via Torfyanovka border check-point. Such famous Finnish manufacturers as Valio, Hansaprint Oy, and Kilto Oy participated in the project. The project has proved to be efficient, since customs procedures for a carrier take 10-15 minutes according to terms of «Green Corridor».
According to Plan in Future
However, one of the most significant events of 2006 was the development of the plan to implement the Concept for Customs Service Development. According to the Concept, priorities for the Russian customs bodies for the period leading to 2010 and further on will be improvement of conditions at the border, setting integration control, transfer to «one window» and «one stop» mode, creation of unified inter-sectoral data base of inspection bodies.
This document defines the financial volume required to equip the customs with modern technical controlling systems, to develop updated IT for the customs, to carry on special operations and take other steps dictated by the Concept. 268 objects of customs infrastructure are to be built, including 35 border check points for motor transport, 8 cynologist centers and an Operational Center of the Federal Customs Service on integration control.
These are some results demonstrated by the Russian Customs bodies last year. This year, one should hope, these results will assist in improvement customs service in Russia, so that it will turn into an efficient, competitive and transparent mechanism for the state and market players.
Our reference
The Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation is considered one of the biggest in the world. Its employees outnumber 68 thousand people. Starting from 1992, the Russian Federation has been a member of the World Customs Organization (WCO).
According to the preliminary data of the Customs statistics, the volume of the Russian foreign trade turnover in 2006 amounted to USD 436.1 bln (+28.3% year-on-year), including foreign countries – USD 371.4 bln (+28.7%)and CIS results – USD 64.7 bln (+25.4%).
European Union still remains one of Russia’s most significant economic partners: in 2006 its share in terms of the Russian trade turnover made 53.2% (in 2005 – 52.1%), CIS took 14.8% (15.3%), European-Asian Economic Union showed results of 7.8% (7.8%), while Asian-Pacific states – 16.9% (16.1%).
According to clause 68 of the RF Customs Code, 2006 resulted in setting special simplified customs procedures for 196 participants functioning in the foreign economic sector.
Our reference
TOP-10 events for the Russian Customs in 2006
1. January 19. Meeting of the Committee of the Heads of the Customs Services took place in Saint-Petersburg supported by the Integration Committee of the European-Asian Economic Union and CIS Council of the Heads of Customs Services. Mishel Danet, General Secretary of the WTO, participated in the forum.
2. February 3. Collegium of the RF Ministry of Economic Development and Trade considered the plan developed to implement the Concept of the RF Customs bodies development.
3. February 26. New regulations on duty free goods import for natural persons became effective: the norm was decreased from 50 to 35 kilos, duties are not charged for personal goods transportation once a month.
4. May 11. Vladimir Putin, the RF President, signed order #473 «Federal Customs Service Issues», according to which the Federal Customs Service passed under the RF Government control. The Service itself is authorized to develop the state policy and normative-legislative regulations for the Customs.
5. May 12. Andrey Belyaninov took the post of the Federal Customs Service Head. Customs bodies underwent recruitment of top-executives.
6. July 1. Amendments to the Federal Law «On customs tariff» issued in 1993 became effective.
7. July 30. Chinese customs terminal «Druzhba» located on the 3 hectares territory of the free economic zone «Sherryzone» close to «Sheremetyevo-2» airport was launched. Cargo turnover is to amount 30 thousand tons per month.
8. August 15. Press-office of the North-Western Customs Department announced that customs post Burachki of the Sbezhsk customs was overloaded, which resulted in a 15-kilometers long queue on the Russian-Latvian border. A «traffic jam» war started.
9. September 7. The Ministry of Justice registered orders issued by the RF Federal Customs Service #724 «On approval of the new forms of customs and transit declarations» and # 762 «On approval of the Instructions on making cargo customs and transit declarations».
10. September 19. Heads of the Russian and Finnish Custom Services A. Belyaninov and T.Erling came to an agreement on permanent coordination of two customs bodies’ cooperation under conditions of increasing cargo turnover on the Russian-Finnish border.
Olga Gorbunova
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In 2006 the Russian customs bodies gave RUR 2863.99 bln to the state federal budget (+761.76 bln year-on-year). According to preliminary data, the financial results achieved by the Federal Custom Service for the above-mentioned period made 45.6% from total revenue of the federal budget.
To control customs pricing, the Federal Custom Service accumulates information on imported goods prices. Typically this information is directly received from the manufacturers. Early in 2006 the Russian customs bodies operated official pricing terms from 34 companies-manufacturers, while at present they receive it from 183 firms, with Candy, Daewoo, Electrolux, Gorenje, JVC, Pioneer, Samsung, Sharp, Toshiba etc. among them. According to experts, operating this information has helped to increase customs duties significantly. Efficiency of the Russian customs bodies activities is also proved by the following fact: according to statistics, in 2005 import volume of the officially registered mobile phones amounted to 15.75 mln worth USD 1.56 bln (average cost per unit made USD 99.37 and custom duties totaled USD 376 mln), while in 2006 this volume doubled and made 31.17 mln units of total cost USD 4.51 bln (average cost per unit made USD 144.75 and custom duties totaled USD 1.08 bln). Thus, thanks to the access to data about mobile phones, the average declared cost grew at 1.45 times per unit, and the volume of customs duties increased at 2.9 times.
The same processes could be observed regarding the import of household goods and radio electronics. Compared to 2005, in 2006 average prices on TVs and laptops grew at 1.5 times, radio equipment by 32%, refrigerators by 16%, washing machines by 14%, vacuum cleaners by 13%.
IT Wanted
Federal Customs Service makes great efforts to equip custom-houses with modern controlling systems. In particular, in 2006 work on construction customs inspection complexes (CIC) was carried on to control containers and heavy-loaded transport vehicles. These CICs are to assist in shortening the time for customs formalities, as well as increasing customs control efficiency regarding goods and transport vehicles.
The first CIC in Russia was launched at the international truck border check-point Troyebortnoe of Bryansk customs. Also, these complexes were installed at Rostov and Vyborg customs. In 2007, CICs are to be launched at Brusnichoye, Torfyanovka, Burachki, Ubylinka, Zabaikalsk, and Orsk check-points. About 72 CICs are to be installed in the next 5 years at the Russian check-points, wherein 10 are destined for the ports.
One of the priorities in 2006 was installation of new IT and the updating of old systems. Thus, the electronic form of goods declaration has actively developed, in particular, for oil products customs declaration. This technology allows to speed up the transfer to overall electronic document turnover. Last year 74 more check-points were additionally equipped to use this technology and, as a result, now 144 check-points function within the electronic document turnover system.
Moreover, 35 border check-points were integrated into the department communication channel of the RF Federal Customs service on the basis of satellite sub-system constructed with use of VSAT technology.
Also, the Concept of the System of Advance Informing for the RF Customs bodies was developed and certain steps to put this system into operation were taken. In particular, the RF Federal Customs Service, together with Association of Truck Hauliers, is working on the project of Agreement on advance informing customs bodies about goods transportation and vehicles, according to TIR procedure.
Improvement and simplification of customs procedures continued. Starting from this year new information technology for risks management (SUR) is applied at all border check-points. This system provides an algorithm of steps to be taken by a customs official during risk analysis: this helps to avoid making subjective decisions. With the introduction of this system risks were minimized which resulted in a drop of average amount of customs inspection for the import of goods from 21% (at the beginning of 2006) to 14.8% (end of the year), inspection efficiency grew from 8.3 to 16.3%.
Battle with «Pirates»
One of the basic directions of the Federal Customs Service activities still remains fight against forged and pirate production. In particular, Custom Service operates Customs Register containing for January 1, 2007 some 775 brands controlled by the right of intellectual property. During April-June and October-December last year, customs carried out two operations in order to stop illegal production transportation via the border. It resulted in running 130 cases on breaking administration regulations, 2 criminal cases and some 3 mln goods units worth RUR 38 mln were arrested. All in all, in 2006 there were 750 cases brought against breaking the law on illegal brand use, and 65 cases – against the law on breaking copyright and adjacent rights. Among basic goods arrested following breech of law on brand authenticity were confectionery, sweets in particular, and also sport clothes and shoes, perfumes, as well as household chemical goods. Goods arrested following breech of copyright were video cassettes, CD and DVDs.
Smuggling is still an unsolved problem. Thus, one of the problems for the Russian economy is the increase of illegally transported production from South-East Asia, China and Turkey. In 2006 customs bodies carried out operations to eliminate smuggling transportation schemes developed for importing electronics and household appliance. As a result, it was discovered that the channels for illegal transportation were set by foreigners with diplomatic immunity status. Also, a serious problem for the Russian customs is illegal fishery of sea bio-resources and their further illegal transportation. Moreover, the situation concerning timber crossing the border looks alarming. In this respect, in 2006 the Federal Customs Service took certain measures to toughen customs control for timber export. In particular, the number of customs terminals controlling timber export was shortened and specialized «timber terminals» were initiated by the RF subjects administrations. To control and eliminate potential channels for illegal timber transportation, Customs bodies set inter-regional operations regularly.
Drugs were also a crucial problem for the Russian customs in 2006. Together with other legal bodies, a large-scaled operation was carried out resulting in the requisition of 4 tons 294 kilograms of drugs and psychotropic agents.
Moreover, within its competence the RF Federal Customs Service controls currency operations implemented by residents and non-residents. Thus, last year currency control departments carried out 37.6 thousand inspections on following the currency legislation, which elicited 23.2 thousand cases of breaking the law worth USD 720 mln; some 4.2 thousand cases were brought against offenders.
In harmony with EU
Last year the RF Federal Customs Service focused mainly on international activities where the key points are the formation of Common European Economic area and cooperation with the EU. This cooperation envisages information exchange, improvement of customs procedures for goods of the EU and Russian trade turnover, setting proper transit systems, development and control of customs information systems etc.
Among the main directions of Russian and the EU customs cooperation is the development of the Russian customs infrastructure in the north-west region. Thus, on October 5, 2006, the official launch ceremony for the motor car border check-point Suoperya took place at the Russian-Finnish border. It was built with help of the EU funds. In Kaliningrad region, Chernyshevskoye border check-point construction is to be completed. A memorandum of understanding on construction of Mamonovo-Gzhehotki border check point at the Russian-Polish border was signed.
To harmonize European and Russian customs procedures in 2006, the RF Federal Customs Service developed new forms of cargo customs declaration and transit declaration which totally correspond to the standards of Unified Administrative Document applied in the EU. The new customs document has been used in Russia since January 1, 2007.
Last year the project «Green Corridor» was implemented. That was developed according to the signed on December 3, 2002 in Gothenburg three-lateral protocol between the State Customs Committee of the Russian federation, the Central Customs Administration of Sweden and the Central Customs Administration of Finland. Thus, since the launch of the project in September 2003, using the advance information given by the Finnish Customs Service, some 6667 deliveries were registered (2741 in 2006, +18% year-on-year). Deliveries were transported via Torfyanovka border check-point. Such famous Finnish manufacturers as Valio, Hansaprint Oy, and Kilto Oy participated in the project. The project has proved to be efficient, since customs procedures for a carrier take 10-15 minutes according to terms of «Green Corridor».
According to Plan in Future
However, one of the most significant events of 2006 was the development of the plan to implement the Concept for Customs Service Development. According to the Concept, priorities for the Russian customs bodies for the period leading to 2010 and further on will be improvement of conditions at the border, setting integration control, transfer to «one window» and «one stop» mode, creation of unified inter-sectoral data base of inspection bodies.
This document defines the financial volume required to equip the customs with modern technical controlling systems, to develop updated IT for the customs, to carry on special operations and take other steps dictated by the Concept. 268 objects of customs infrastructure are to be built, including 35 border check points for motor transport, 8 cynologist centers and an Operational Center of the Federal Customs Service on integration control.
These are some results demonstrated by the Russian Customs bodies last year. This year, one should hope, these results will assist in improvement customs service in Russia, so that it will turn into an efficient, competitive and transparent mechanism for the state and market players.
Our reference
The Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation is considered one of the biggest in the world. Its employees outnumber 68 thousand people. Starting from 1992, the Russian Federation has been a member of the World Customs Organization (WCO).
According to the preliminary data of the Customs statistics, the volume of the Russian foreign trade turnover in 2006 amounted to USD 436.1 bln (+28.3% year-on-year), including foreign countries – USD 371.4 bln (+28.7%)and CIS results – USD 64.7 bln (+25.4%).
European Union still remains one of Russia’s most significant economic partners: in 2006 its share in terms of the Russian trade turnover made 53.2% (in 2005 – 52.1%), CIS took 14.8% (15.3%), European-Asian Economic Union showed results of 7.8% (7.8%), while Asian-Pacific states – 16.9% (16.1%).
According to clause 68 of the RF Customs Code, 2006 resulted in setting special simplified customs procedures for 196 participants functioning in the foreign economic sector.
Our reference
TOP-10 events for the Russian Customs in 2006
1. January 19. Meeting of the Committee of the Heads of the Customs Services took place in Saint-Petersburg supported by the Integration Committee of the European-Asian Economic Union and CIS Council of the Heads of Customs Services. Mishel Danet, General Secretary of the WTO, participated in the forum.
2. February 3. Collegium of the RF Ministry of Economic Development and Trade considered the plan developed to implement the Concept of the RF Customs bodies development.
3. February 26. New regulations on duty free goods import for natural persons became effective: the norm was decreased from 50 to 35 kilos, duties are not charged for personal goods transportation once a month.
4. May 11. Vladimir Putin, the RF President, signed order #473 «Federal Customs Service Issues», according to which the Federal Customs Service passed under the RF Government control. The Service itself is authorized to develop the state policy and normative-legislative regulations for the Customs.
5. May 12. Andrey Belyaninov took the post of the Federal Customs Service Head. Customs bodies underwent recruitment of top-executives.
6. July 1. Amendments to the Federal Law «On customs tariff» issued in 1993 became effective.
7. July 30. Chinese customs terminal «Druzhba» located on the 3 hectares territory of the free economic zone «Sherryzone» close to «Sheremetyevo-2» airport was launched. Cargo turnover is to amount 30 thousand tons per month.
8. August 15. Press-office of the North-Western Customs Department announced that customs post Burachki of the Sbezhsk customs was overloaded, which resulted in a 15-kilometers long queue on the Russian-Latvian border. A «traffic jam» war started.
9. September 7. The Ministry of Justice registered orders issued by the RF Federal Customs Service #724 «On approval of the new forms of customs and transit declarations» and # 762 «On approval of the Instructions on making cargo customs and transit declarations».
10. September 19. Heads of the Russian and Finnish Custom Services A. Belyaninov and T.Erling came to an agreement on permanent coordination of two customs bodies’ cooperation under conditions of increasing cargo turnover on the Russian-Finnish border.
Olga Gorbunova
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[DETAIL_TEXT] => OAO RZD Attacks on Every Front
In fact, the area for speeded up railway communication is very limited. Trains can run at the speed of 200 km/h on the line Moscow-Saint-Petersburg and at the speed of 160 km/h on the line Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod. The Kolomensky plant has started to produce passenger electric locomotives EP2K with reservoir propulsion engines and the design speed of 160 km/h and to develop a speeded up locomotive of EP 200 type. They are to replace the out-of-date electric locomotives ER-200 and ChS 200, produced by CKD Prahe. The Tverskoy Wagon Building Plant produces passenger wagons of 61-4170 Neva Express type, which are to run at the speed of 200 km/h. ROAO Vysokoskorostnye Magistrali (High-Speed Railways), launched by the state in 1992 to construct the high speed railway line between Moscow and Saint-Petersburg, is still developing the project documentation. However, now it is OAO RZD who will consider the constructor of the first high speed railway in Russia, since in February 2007 the company purchased 82.4% of ROAO Vysokoskorostnye Magistrali from Rosimuschestvo (RF Federal Agency of State Property).
OAO RZD actively cooperates with Spanish operators Renfe and ADIF for consulting and developing high speed trains. The company signed an Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation with the railways of Korea (KORAIL). Besides, OAO RZD is working on a contract about high speed communication with the Railway Transport Institute of the Korean Ministry of Science. The Koreans are ready to cooperate to develop a bogie for up to 420 km/h speed.
The company also highly estimates its cooperation with the Italian corporation Finmeccanica, which provides the Russians with new opportunities to realize high speed projects. In February, Vladimir Yakunin signed a Protocol of Cooperation between OAO RZD and the Italian railways and Finmeccanica in the high-speed communication sector. According to the press-service of OAO RZD, «the sides confirmed that their positions on the main directions of cooperation are close to each other, and they are ready to start a detailed development of the directions they chose, and to prepare the adjusted offers for implementation.
In the words of Vladimir Voronin, CEO of ROAO Vysokoskorostnye Magistrali, the Italians are very strong in infrastructure construction, but they borrow high technologies from Alstom. However, there is a lot one can learn from them, for example, in designing high speed trains: magnetic decelerations, movable doors. Besides, OAO RZD is developing the base to provide high speed communication. It includes technical orders based on European instructions and TCI standards adapted to the Russian conditions. The normative documents are created for 350 km/h speed.
A new push to the programmes of high speed communication in Russia and the CIS may be given by the Council of Railway Cooperation of the CIS and the Baltic countries and its decision about working out a single programme to develop the type of railway communication. The decision was made at the latest meeting of the Council, held in Moscow on February 21-22, 2007. The prime developer of the programmes is the Russian Academy of Transport. Interested organizations from other states are to participate in it as well.
Transmashholding: He Wins, Who Waits
Among all Russian enterprises, ZAO Transmashholding has the largest amount of know-how in the sector of high speed railway communication. According to an employee of the corporation, Anton Ledenev, the enterprises of ZAO Transmashholding have a rich experience of constructing machinery for high speed communication. The concern is holding negotiatoins with different foreign companies about cooperation in the sector. For example, the Tverskoy Wagon Building Plant produces passenger wagons to run at 200 km/h speed. The «Neva Express» train consists of such wagons. A special bolsterless bogie was developed for such wagons; it can be exploited at 200 km/h speed. Besides, the German enterprise of Transmashholding - FTD Fahrzeugtechnik Dessau is also experienced in the construction of speeded up rolling stock. Several years ago, the plant developed the «Metropolitan» train that can run at 220 km/h speed, by the order from the German Railways.
Vladimir Shneidmueller, deputy CEO, stated that the company has prospective elaborations in power electronics. Unfortunately, Russian producers are not experienced in exploitation of high speed machinery and some technologies. To speed up the process, the company cooperates with Western enterprises. The top priority for the company is the transfer of technologies and training of Russian specialists. «Transmashholding company purchases not «just machinery», but technologies», states the manager.
In 2005, Siemens in cooperation with ZAO Transmashholding, launched its Transconverter enterprise. It specializes in the development and production of high-voltage static converters for passenger wagons, electric locomotives and electric trains. In the next few years the joint venture plans to develop and start serial production of traction induction motor drive, indispensable for Russian railway companies equipment of new generation. Siemens passed its rights for technologies of converters production over to Transconverter. Meanwhile, Transmashholding has the majority shareholding of the joint venture.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of ZAO Transmashholding Dmitry Komissarov announced that by 2010 his company plans to reach the same production volumes as the German Siemens, the Canadian Bombardier and the French Alstom. According to the amount of production, the Russian holding company is the second in the world after Siemens.
Vladimir Shneidmueller believes that the enterprises of the holding company will master the volume of knowledge and technologies to produce high speed rolling stock by 2015. Probably, the Demikhovsky Plant will produce electric trains and the Novocherkassky Plant will make speeded up locomotives.
A prospective action of Transmashholding is its participation in the project of a high speed railway construction. Together with OAO RZD, Transmashholding launched OAO Skorostnye Magistrali (High Speed Railways), and it owns 24.9% of the joint venture’s shareholding. The new company is implementing the project of high-speed railway construction on the route Moscow-Saint-Petersburg and other projects of OAO RZD in the sector.
Siemens – Hold What You Have
OAO RZD’s contract with Siemens, signed in December 2004, means a lot for the development of high speed railway communication technology in Russia. Originally, the top-management of OAO RZD was to purchase 50 high speed trains from the German company and later locate its production in Russia; however, the plan was significantly corrected in 2005. As a result, in May 2006, the Requirement Specification for production of eight trains Velaro RUS in Germany and their technical maintenance during 30 years was agreed upon. According to CEO of «High Speed and Speeded up Trains in Russia» project Marion Protze, the production of the first train will start this July, which guarantees its delivery to Russia at the end of 2008. After it is delivered, the train will be tested during a year to obtain certification.
Despite the fact that Velaro RUS is constructed to be exploited at the speed up to 250 km/h, after modernization it can run at 350 km/h speed. All this leads to believe that the Siemens company will do its best to join the project of the high speed railway Moscow-Saint-Petersburg, which may be carried out on the basis of a concession agreement. When the high speed railway is constructed, the Siemens company will make use of the experience of maintaining its trains by Russian railmen.
In his report made at the scientific and practical conference «Basic Direction of Scientific and Technical Progress in Railway Transport», held in Moscow on February 21, 2007, Vice-president of OAO RZD Valentin Gapanovich announced that one of the eight Velaro RUS trains will be produced to run at 350 km/h speed, and the 25 km long sector on the line Maikop-Belorechensk of the Severo-Kavkazskaya (North-Caucasus) railway will be modernized to test high-speed trains.
Alstom Waiting for Changes
Another area for OAO RZD to acquire experience in high speed trains exploitation will be the line Saint-Petersburg-Helsinki. In autumn 2006, the joint venture of OAO RZD and the Finnish Railways (VR company) – Oy Korelian Trains announced a tender on delivery of four speeded up trains for the total cost of USD 130 mln. The joint venture was launched to organize speeded up passenger transportation between Saint-Petersburg and Helsinki, and the shares in the company are equal. The announcement about the tender was published on the special site of the EU Tenders electronic daily. The company is ready to purchase four trains with the maximum speed of 220 km/h, developed, assembled and tested in the ordered configuration. Oy Korelian Trains took the preliminary results from the suppliers till December 28; then they obtained the tender documentation. The winner will be chosen in summer 2007. Market players believe that the Alstom company has the best chances to obtain this order, because the VR concern is experienced in exploiting the trains of the company. After the reform of state railways, VR started its work from the launch of speeded up train Pendolino produced by Alstom on the line Helsinki-Turku.
Nowadays, 18 Pendolino trains run between the largest Finnish cities at the speed of 220 km/h, wherein 5 were put into operation in 2006. According to a source in the Department of Passenger Communication of OAO RZD, double-system electric trains Pendolino with a forced body tilt will be purchased and put into operation. In is planned to launch high speed trains between Saint-Petersburg and Helsinki in Q4 of 2009. The travel time on the route will be 3.5 hours.
One of Pendolino trains was tested by Alstom and VR on the Russian infrastructure in summer 2006. Valentin Gapanovich believes the results of the test are quite satisfactory and they will lead to corrections of the normative and technical documentation in the high speed railway communication sector. The representatives of the Alstom office in Moscow are precautious about the prospects for cooperation with OAO RZD and other Russian companies. Director of Business Development Arkady Dyakonov states that the company is ready to cooperate with all market players, but Russian businessmen are not ready for it. «We have been trying to get an answer to the questions «What does Transmashholding want to get from cooperation with Alstom? What are OAO RZD’s plans of cooperation?» for a year», he said. In spring 2007, the company is to hold a seminar for the Russian affiliate, in which the company’s top-managers and, perhaps, its Head Philip Melye will participate. It is hoped that after the seminar is held, the French producer will be able to speak of the successful promotion of its production on the Russian market. Mr. Dyakonov noted that the company’s position is as follows: we are ready to offer Russia everything we produce, including the localization of manufacturing, as it has been done in China or Brazil.
Bombardier: Recent Developments on the Market
After the purchase of Deutsche Waggonbau AG in late 1990-s, Bombardier enlarged the history of its presence on the Russian market. In 1948-1995, Deutsche Waggonbau AG produced every second passenger wagon made for the USSR, and later for Russia. As for the present-day projects, the company is ready for a serious dialogue with OAO RZD and other interested organizations.
According to Bombardier’s Chief Country Representative Sergey Ermolaev, the company actively offers its locomotive platform TRAXX for freight transportation, which can serve as a basis for different modifications from freight transportation to the passenger transportation at 200 km/h speed, to the markets of Eastern Europe. They appeared on the European market three years ago, and 1,200 TRAXX locomotives have been developed to customers. TRAXX locomotive platform includes electric direct and alternating current locomotives, multi-system electric locomotives and diesel ones. In Russia, Bombardier delivered the propulsion electric equipment for the first set of electric locomotives of double-way feed EP-10, produced at the Novocherkassky Plant.
Besides, Bombardier has a tempting offer in the high speed sector – Regina electric trains, which can run at 160-220 km/h speed, and Zefiro trains for the speed of over 300 km/h.
Double- and triple-wagon Regina trains have been exploited successfully in Sweden for five years already. 320 wagons of this type service Swedish interregional lines. The train has set new standards of reliability. According to the producer’s estimations, the reliability of the electric train is 99.8%. The engines and the deceleration technologies enable to save up to 25% of electric energy. In 2004, the Chinese Ministry of Railways purchased 40 trains; each of them included 4 wagons. The first five trains were put into operation in February 2007. The new product of the company is Zefiro train. It is produced in cooperation with Zagato company specializing in industrial design. The train will obtain perfect aerodynamic characteristics, which will positively influence exploitation results and travel comfort. In case Russian partners actively cooperate with the Canadian company, Bombardier will provide its partners with its own technologies and help to localize the manufacturing, stated Sergey Ermolaev.
Resume
Foreign producers of rolling stock are not very successful on the Russian market, but they are not willing to give up their strategy of active presence on the market. It is explained by the size of the market in Russia and the CIS. In February 2007, the European Association of Railway Transport (UNIFE) published the results of the global research of the railway transportation and industrial market made by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. According to their data, the share of investments into high speed railway communication development in Eastern Europe will increase by 2.5% annually till 2015. The main objects for investments will be infrastructure and new rolling stock. Such forecasts cannot but make the companies optimistic.
Alexey Lebedev
[~DETAIL_TEXT] => OAO RZD Attacks on Every Front
In fact, the area for speeded up railway communication is very limited. Trains can run at the speed of 200 km/h on the line Moscow-Saint-Petersburg and at the speed of 160 km/h on the line Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod. The Kolomensky plant has started to produce passenger electric locomotives EP2K with reservoir propulsion engines and the design speed of 160 km/h and to develop a speeded up locomotive of EP 200 type. They are to replace the out-of-date electric locomotives ER-200 and ChS 200, produced by CKD Prahe. The Tverskoy Wagon Building Plant produces passenger wagons of 61-4170 Neva Express type, which are to run at the speed of 200 km/h. ROAO Vysokoskorostnye Magistrali (High-Speed Railways), launched by the state in 1992 to construct the high speed railway line between Moscow and Saint-Petersburg, is still developing the project documentation. However, now it is OAO RZD who will consider the constructor of the first high speed railway in Russia, since in February 2007 the company purchased 82.4% of ROAO Vysokoskorostnye Magistrali from Rosimuschestvo (RF Federal Agency of State Property).
OAO RZD actively cooperates with Spanish operators Renfe and ADIF for consulting and developing high speed trains. The company signed an Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation with the railways of Korea (KORAIL). Besides, OAO RZD is working on a contract about high speed communication with the Railway Transport Institute of the Korean Ministry of Science. The Koreans are ready to cooperate to develop a bogie for up to 420 km/h speed.
The company also highly estimates its cooperation with the Italian corporation Finmeccanica, which provides the Russians with new opportunities to realize high speed projects. In February, Vladimir Yakunin signed a Protocol of Cooperation between OAO RZD and the Italian railways and Finmeccanica in the high-speed communication sector. According to the press-service of OAO RZD, «the sides confirmed that their positions on the main directions of cooperation are close to each other, and they are ready to start a detailed development of the directions they chose, and to prepare the adjusted offers for implementation.
In the words of Vladimir Voronin, CEO of ROAO Vysokoskorostnye Magistrali, the Italians are very strong in infrastructure construction, but they borrow high technologies from Alstom. However, there is a lot one can learn from them, for example, in designing high speed trains: magnetic decelerations, movable doors. Besides, OAO RZD is developing the base to provide high speed communication. It includes technical orders based on European instructions and TCI standards adapted to the Russian conditions. The normative documents are created for 350 km/h speed.
A new push to the programmes of high speed communication in Russia and the CIS may be given by the Council of Railway Cooperation of the CIS and the Baltic countries and its decision about working out a single programme to develop the type of railway communication. The decision was made at the latest meeting of the Council, held in Moscow on February 21-22, 2007. The prime developer of the programmes is the Russian Academy of Transport. Interested organizations from other states are to participate in it as well.
Transmashholding: He Wins, Who Waits
Among all Russian enterprises, ZAO Transmashholding has the largest amount of know-how in the sector of high speed railway communication. According to an employee of the corporation, Anton Ledenev, the enterprises of ZAO Transmashholding have a rich experience of constructing machinery for high speed communication. The concern is holding negotiatoins with different foreign companies about cooperation in the sector. For example, the Tverskoy Wagon Building Plant produces passenger wagons to run at 200 km/h speed. The «Neva Express» train consists of such wagons. A special bolsterless bogie was developed for such wagons; it can be exploited at 200 km/h speed. Besides, the German enterprise of Transmashholding - FTD Fahrzeugtechnik Dessau is also experienced in the construction of speeded up rolling stock. Several years ago, the plant developed the «Metropolitan» train that can run at 220 km/h speed, by the order from the German Railways.
Vladimir Shneidmueller, deputy CEO, stated that the company has prospective elaborations in power electronics. Unfortunately, Russian producers are not experienced in exploitation of high speed machinery and some technologies. To speed up the process, the company cooperates with Western enterprises. The top priority for the company is the transfer of technologies and training of Russian specialists. «Transmashholding company purchases not «just machinery», but technologies», states the manager.
In 2005, Siemens in cooperation with ZAO Transmashholding, launched its Transconverter enterprise. It specializes in the development and production of high-voltage static converters for passenger wagons, electric locomotives and electric trains. In the next few years the joint venture plans to develop and start serial production of traction induction motor drive, indispensable for Russian railway companies equipment of new generation. Siemens passed its rights for technologies of converters production over to Transconverter. Meanwhile, Transmashholding has the majority shareholding of the joint venture.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of ZAO Transmashholding Dmitry Komissarov announced that by 2010 his company plans to reach the same production volumes as the German Siemens, the Canadian Bombardier and the French Alstom. According to the amount of production, the Russian holding company is the second in the world after Siemens.
Vladimir Shneidmueller believes that the enterprises of the holding company will master the volume of knowledge and technologies to produce high speed rolling stock by 2015. Probably, the Demikhovsky Plant will produce electric trains and the Novocherkassky Plant will make speeded up locomotives.
A prospective action of Transmashholding is its participation in the project of a high speed railway construction. Together with OAO RZD, Transmashholding launched OAO Skorostnye Magistrali (High Speed Railways), and it owns 24.9% of the joint venture’s shareholding. The new company is implementing the project of high-speed railway construction on the route Moscow-Saint-Petersburg and other projects of OAO RZD in the sector.
Siemens – Hold What You Have
OAO RZD’s contract with Siemens, signed in December 2004, means a lot for the development of high speed railway communication technology in Russia. Originally, the top-management of OAO RZD was to purchase 50 high speed trains from the German company and later locate its production in Russia; however, the plan was significantly corrected in 2005. As a result, in May 2006, the Requirement Specification for production of eight trains Velaro RUS in Germany and their technical maintenance during 30 years was agreed upon. According to CEO of «High Speed and Speeded up Trains in Russia» project Marion Protze, the production of the first train will start this July, which guarantees its delivery to Russia at the end of 2008. After it is delivered, the train will be tested during a year to obtain certification.
Despite the fact that Velaro RUS is constructed to be exploited at the speed up to 250 km/h, after modernization it can run at 350 km/h speed. All this leads to believe that the Siemens company will do its best to join the project of the high speed railway Moscow-Saint-Petersburg, which may be carried out on the basis of a concession agreement. When the high speed railway is constructed, the Siemens company will make use of the experience of maintaining its trains by Russian railmen.
In his report made at the scientific and practical conference «Basic Direction of Scientific and Technical Progress in Railway Transport», held in Moscow on February 21, 2007, Vice-president of OAO RZD Valentin Gapanovich announced that one of the eight Velaro RUS trains will be produced to run at 350 km/h speed, and the 25 km long sector on the line Maikop-Belorechensk of the Severo-Kavkazskaya (North-Caucasus) railway will be modernized to test high-speed trains.
Alstom Waiting for Changes
Another area for OAO RZD to acquire experience in high speed trains exploitation will be the line Saint-Petersburg-Helsinki. In autumn 2006, the joint venture of OAO RZD and the Finnish Railways (VR company) – Oy Korelian Trains announced a tender on delivery of four speeded up trains for the total cost of USD 130 mln. The joint venture was launched to organize speeded up passenger transportation between Saint-Petersburg and Helsinki, and the shares in the company are equal. The announcement about the tender was published on the special site of the EU Tenders electronic daily. The company is ready to purchase four trains with the maximum speed of 220 km/h, developed, assembled and tested in the ordered configuration. Oy Korelian Trains took the preliminary results from the suppliers till December 28; then they obtained the tender documentation. The winner will be chosen in summer 2007. Market players believe that the Alstom company has the best chances to obtain this order, because the VR concern is experienced in exploiting the trains of the company. After the reform of state railways, VR started its work from the launch of speeded up train Pendolino produced by Alstom on the line Helsinki-Turku.
Nowadays, 18 Pendolino trains run between the largest Finnish cities at the speed of 220 km/h, wherein 5 were put into operation in 2006. According to a source in the Department of Passenger Communication of OAO RZD, double-system electric trains Pendolino with a forced body tilt will be purchased and put into operation. In is planned to launch high speed trains between Saint-Petersburg and Helsinki in Q4 of 2009. The travel time on the route will be 3.5 hours.
One of Pendolino trains was tested by Alstom and VR on the Russian infrastructure in summer 2006. Valentin Gapanovich believes the results of the test are quite satisfactory and they will lead to corrections of the normative and technical documentation in the high speed railway communication sector. The representatives of the Alstom office in Moscow are precautious about the prospects for cooperation with OAO RZD and other Russian companies. Director of Business Development Arkady Dyakonov states that the company is ready to cooperate with all market players, but Russian businessmen are not ready for it. «We have been trying to get an answer to the questions «What does Transmashholding want to get from cooperation with Alstom? What are OAO RZD’s plans of cooperation?» for a year», he said. In spring 2007, the company is to hold a seminar for the Russian affiliate, in which the company’s top-managers and, perhaps, its Head Philip Melye will participate. It is hoped that after the seminar is held, the French producer will be able to speak of the successful promotion of its production on the Russian market. Mr. Dyakonov noted that the company’s position is as follows: we are ready to offer Russia everything we produce, including the localization of manufacturing, as it has been done in China or Brazil.
Bombardier: Recent Developments on the Market
After the purchase of Deutsche Waggonbau AG in late 1990-s, Bombardier enlarged the history of its presence on the Russian market. In 1948-1995, Deutsche Waggonbau AG produced every second passenger wagon made for the USSR, and later for Russia. As for the present-day projects, the company is ready for a serious dialogue with OAO RZD and other interested organizations.
According to Bombardier’s Chief Country Representative Sergey Ermolaev, the company actively offers its locomotive platform TRAXX for freight transportation, which can serve as a basis for different modifications from freight transportation to the passenger transportation at 200 km/h speed, to the markets of Eastern Europe. They appeared on the European market three years ago, and 1,200 TRAXX locomotives have been developed to customers. TRAXX locomotive platform includes electric direct and alternating current locomotives, multi-system electric locomotives and diesel ones. In Russia, Bombardier delivered the propulsion electric equipment for the first set of electric locomotives of double-way feed EP-10, produced at the Novocherkassky Plant.
Besides, Bombardier has a tempting offer in the high speed sector – Regina electric trains, which can run at 160-220 km/h speed, and Zefiro trains for the speed of over 300 km/h.
Double- and triple-wagon Regina trains have been exploited successfully in Sweden for five years already. 320 wagons of this type service Swedish interregional lines. The train has set new standards of reliability. According to the producer’s estimations, the reliability of the electric train is 99.8%. The engines and the deceleration technologies enable to save up to 25% of electric energy. In 2004, the Chinese Ministry of Railways purchased 40 trains; each of them included 4 wagons. The first five trains were put into operation in February 2007. The new product of the company is Zefiro train. It is produced in cooperation with Zagato company specializing in industrial design. The train will obtain perfect aerodynamic characteristics, which will positively influence exploitation results and travel comfort. In case Russian partners actively cooperate with the Canadian company, Bombardier will provide its partners with its own technologies and help to localize the manufacturing, stated Sergey Ermolaev.
Resume
Foreign producers of rolling stock are not very successful on the Russian market, but they are not willing to give up their strategy of active presence on the market. It is explained by the size of the market in Russia and the CIS. In February 2007, the European Association of Railway Transport (UNIFE) published the results of the global research of the railway transportation and industrial market made by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. According to their data, the share of investments into high speed railway communication development in Eastern Europe will increase by 2.5% annually till 2015. The main objects for investments will be infrastructure and new rolling stock. Such forecasts cannot but make the companies optimistic.
Alexey Lebedev
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In fact, the area for speeded up railway communication is very limited. Trains can run at the speed of 200 km/h on the line Moscow-Saint-Petersburg and at the speed of 160 km/h on the line Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod. The Kolomensky plant has started to produce passenger electric locomotives EP2K with reservoir propulsion engines and the design speed of 160 km/h and to develop a speeded up locomotive of EP 200 type. They are to replace the out-of-date electric locomotives ER-200 and ChS 200, produced by CKD Prahe. The Tverskoy Wagon Building Plant produces passenger wagons of 61-4170 Neva Express type, which are to run at the speed of 200 km/h. ROAO Vysokoskorostnye Magistrali (High-Speed Railways), launched by the state in 1992 to construct the high speed railway line between Moscow and Saint-Petersburg, is still developing the project documentation. However, now it is OAO RZD who will consider the constructor of the first high speed railway in Russia, since in February 2007 the company purchased 82.4% of ROAO Vysokoskorostnye Magistrali from Rosimuschestvo (RF Federal Agency of State Property).
OAO RZD actively cooperates with Spanish operators Renfe and ADIF for consulting and developing high speed trains. The company signed an Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation with the railways of Korea (KORAIL). Besides, OAO RZD is working on a contract about high speed communication with the Railway Transport Institute of the Korean Ministry of Science. The Koreans are ready to cooperate to develop a bogie for up to 420 km/h speed.
The company also highly estimates its cooperation with the Italian corporation Finmeccanica, which provides the Russians with new opportunities to realize high speed projects. In February, Vladimir Yakunin signed a Protocol of Cooperation between OAO RZD and the Italian railways and Finmeccanica in the high-speed communication sector. According to the press-service of OAO RZD, «the sides confirmed that their positions on the main directions of cooperation are close to each other, and they are ready to start a detailed development of the directions they chose, and to prepare the adjusted offers for implementation.
In the words of Vladimir Voronin, CEO of ROAO Vysokoskorostnye Magistrali, the Italians are very strong in infrastructure construction, but they borrow high technologies from Alstom. However, there is a lot one can learn from them, for example, in designing high speed trains: magnetic decelerations, movable doors. Besides, OAO RZD is developing the base to provide high speed communication. It includes technical orders based on European instructions and TCI standards adapted to the Russian conditions. The normative documents are created for 350 km/h speed.
A new push to the programmes of high speed communication in Russia and the CIS may be given by the Council of Railway Cooperation of the CIS and the Baltic countries and its decision about working out a single programme to develop the type of railway communication. The decision was made at the latest meeting of the Council, held in Moscow on February 21-22, 2007. The prime developer of the programmes is the Russian Academy of Transport. Interested organizations from other states are to participate in it as well.
Transmashholding: He Wins, Who Waits
Among all Russian enterprises, ZAO Transmashholding has the largest amount of know-how in the sector of high speed railway communication. According to an employee of the corporation, Anton Ledenev, the enterprises of ZAO Transmashholding have a rich experience of constructing machinery for high speed communication. The concern is holding negotiatoins with different foreign companies about cooperation in the sector. For example, the Tverskoy Wagon Building Plant produces passenger wagons to run at 200 km/h speed. The «Neva Express» train consists of such wagons. A special bolsterless bogie was developed for such wagons; it can be exploited at 200 km/h speed. Besides, the German enterprise of Transmashholding - FTD Fahrzeugtechnik Dessau is also experienced in the construction of speeded up rolling stock. Several years ago, the plant developed the «Metropolitan» train that can run at 220 km/h speed, by the order from the German Railways.
Vladimir Shneidmueller, deputy CEO, stated that the company has prospective elaborations in power electronics. Unfortunately, Russian producers are not experienced in exploitation of high speed machinery and some technologies. To speed up the process, the company cooperates with Western enterprises. The top priority for the company is the transfer of technologies and training of Russian specialists. «Transmashholding company purchases not «just machinery», but technologies», states the manager.
In 2005, Siemens in cooperation with ZAO Transmashholding, launched its Transconverter enterprise. It specializes in the development and production of high-voltage static converters for passenger wagons, electric locomotives and electric trains. In the next few years the joint venture plans to develop and start serial production of traction induction motor drive, indispensable for Russian railway companies equipment of new generation. Siemens passed its rights for technologies of converters production over to Transconverter. Meanwhile, Transmashholding has the majority shareholding of the joint venture.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of ZAO Transmashholding Dmitry Komissarov announced that by 2010 his company plans to reach the same production volumes as the German Siemens, the Canadian Bombardier and the French Alstom. According to the amount of production, the Russian holding company is the second in the world after Siemens.
Vladimir Shneidmueller believes that the enterprises of the holding company will master the volume of knowledge and technologies to produce high speed rolling stock by 2015. Probably, the Demikhovsky Plant will produce electric trains and the Novocherkassky Plant will make speeded up locomotives.
A prospective action of Transmashholding is its participation in the project of a high speed railway construction. Together with OAO RZD, Transmashholding launched OAO Skorostnye Magistrali (High Speed Railways), and it owns 24.9% of the joint venture’s shareholding. The new company is implementing the project of high-speed railway construction on the route Moscow-Saint-Petersburg and other projects of OAO RZD in the sector.
Siemens – Hold What You Have
OAO RZD’s contract with Siemens, signed in December 2004, means a lot for the development of high speed railway communication technology in Russia. Originally, the top-management of OAO RZD was to purchase 50 high speed trains from the German company and later locate its production in Russia; however, the plan was significantly corrected in 2005. As a result, in May 2006, the Requirement Specification for production of eight trains Velaro RUS in Germany and their technical maintenance during 30 years was agreed upon. According to CEO of «High Speed and Speeded up Trains in Russia» project Marion Protze, the production of the first train will start this July, which guarantees its delivery to Russia at the end of 2008. After it is delivered, the train will be tested during a year to obtain certification.
Despite the fact that Velaro RUS is constructed to be exploited at the speed up to 250 km/h, after modernization it can run at 350 km/h speed. All this leads to believe that the Siemens company will do its best to join the project of the high speed railway Moscow-Saint-Petersburg, which may be carried out on the basis of a concession agreement. When the high speed railway is constructed, the Siemens company will make use of the experience of maintaining its trains by Russian railmen.
In his report made at the scientific and practical conference «Basic Direction of Scientific and Technical Progress in Railway Transport», held in Moscow on February 21, 2007, Vice-president of OAO RZD Valentin Gapanovich announced that one of the eight Velaro RUS trains will be produced to run at 350 km/h speed, and the 25 km long sector on the line Maikop-Belorechensk of the Severo-Kavkazskaya (North-Caucasus) railway will be modernized to test high-speed trains.
Alstom Waiting for Changes
Another area for OAO RZD to acquire experience in high speed trains exploitation will be the line Saint-Petersburg-Helsinki. In autumn 2006, the joint venture of OAO RZD and the Finnish Railways (VR company) – Oy Korelian Trains announced a tender on delivery of four speeded up trains for the total cost of USD 130 mln. The joint venture was launched to organize speeded up passenger transportation between Saint-Petersburg and Helsinki, and the shares in the company are equal. The announcement about the tender was published on the special site of the EU Tenders electronic daily. The company is ready to purchase four trains with the maximum speed of 220 km/h, developed, assembled and tested in the ordered configuration. Oy Korelian Trains took the preliminary results from the suppliers till December 28; then they obtained the tender documentation. The winner will be chosen in summer 2007. Market players believe that the Alstom company has the best chances to obtain this order, because the VR concern is experienced in exploiting the trains of the company. After the reform of state railways, VR started its work from the launch of speeded up train Pendolino produced by Alstom on the line Helsinki-Turku.
Nowadays, 18 Pendolino trains run between the largest Finnish cities at the speed of 220 km/h, wherein 5 were put into operation in 2006. According to a source in the Department of Passenger Communication of OAO RZD, double-system electric trains Pendolino with a forced body tilt will be purchased and put into operation. In is planned to launch high speed trains between Saint-Petersburg and Helsinki in Q4 of 2009. The travel time on the route will be 3.5 hours.
One of Pendolino trains was tested by Alstom and VR on the Russian infrastructure in summer 2006. Valentin Gapanovich believes the results of the test are quite satisfactory and they will lead to corrections of the normative and technical documentation in the high speed railway communication sector. The representatives of the Alstom office in Moscow are precautious about the prospects for cooperation with OAO RZD and other Russian companies. Director of Business Development Arkady Dyakonov states that the company is ready to cooperate with all market players, but Russian businessmen are not ready for it. «We have been trying to get an answer to the questions «What does Transmashholding want to get from cooperation with Alstom? What are OAO RZD’s plans of cooperation?» for a year», he said. In spring 2007, the company is to hold a seminar for the Russian affiliate, in which the company’s top-managers and, perhaps, its Head Philip Melye will participate. It is hoped that after the seminar is held, the French producer will be able to speak of the successful promotion of its production on the Russian market. Mr. Dyakonov noted that the company’s position is as follows: we are ready to offer Russia everything we produce, including the localization of manufacturing, as it has been done in China or Brazil.
Bombardier: Recent Developments on the Market
After the purchase of Deutsche Waggonbau AG in late 1990-s, Bombardier enlarged the history of its presence on the Russian market. In 1948-1995, Deutsche Waggonbau AG produced every second passenger wagon made for the USSR, and later for Russia. As for the present-day projects, the company is ready for a serious dialogue with OAO RZD and other interested organizations.
According to Bombardier’s Chief Country Representative Sergey Ermolaev, the company actively offers its locomotive platform TRAXX for freight transportation, which can serve as a basis for different modifications from freight transportation to the passenger transportation at 200 km/h speed, to the markets of Eastern Europe. They appeared on the European market three years ago, and 1,200 TRAXX locomotives have been developed to customers. TRAXX locomotive platform includes electric direct and alternating current locomotives, multi-system electric locomotives and diesel ones. In Russia, Bombardier delivered the propulsion electric equipment for the first set of electric locomotives of double-way feed EP-10, produced at the Novocherkassky Plant.
Besides, Bombardier has a tempting offer in the high speed sector – Regina electric trains, which can run at 160-220 km/h speed, and Zefiro trains for the speed of over 300 km/h.
Double- and triple-wagon Regina trains have been exploited successfully in Sweden for five years already. 320 wagons of this type service Swedish interregional lines. The train has set new standards of reliability. According to the producer’s estimations, the reliability of the electric train is 99.8%. The engines and the deceleration technologies enable to save up to 25% of electric energy. In 2004, the Chinese Ministry of Railways purchased 40 trains; each of them included 4 wagons. The first five trains were put into operation in February 2007. The new product of the company is Zefiro train. It is produced in cooperation with Zagato company specializing in industrial design. The train will obtain perfect aerodynamic characteristics, which will positively influence exploitation results and travel comfort. In case Russian partners actively cooperate with the Canadian company, Bombardier will provide its partners with its own technologies and help to localize the manufacturing, stated Sergey Ermolaev.
Resume
Foreign producers of rolling stock are not very successful on the Russian market, but they are not willing to give up their strategy of active presence on the market. It is explained by the size of the market in Russia and the CIS. In February 2007, the European Association of Railway Transport (UNIFE) published the results of the global research of the railway transportation and industrial market made by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. According to their data, the share of investments into high speed railway communication development in Eastern Europe will increase by 2.5% annually till 2015. The main objects for investments will be infrastructure and new rolling stock. Such forecasts cannot but make the companies optimistic.
Alexey Lebedev
[~DETAIL_TEXT] => OAO RZD Attacks on Every Front
In fact, the area for speeded up railway communication is very limited. Trains can run at the speed of 200 km/h on the line Moscow-Saint-Petersburg and at the speed of 160 km/h on the line Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod. The Kolomensky plant has started to produce passenger electric locomotives EP2K with reservoir propulsion engines and the design speed of 160 km/h and to develop a speeded up locomotive of EP 200 type. They are to replace the out-of-date electric locomotives ER-200 and ChS 200, produced by CKD Prahe. The Tverskoy Wagon Building Plant produces passenger wagons of 61-4170 Neva Express type, which are to run at the speed of 200 km/h. ROAO Vysokoskorostnye Magistrali (High-Speed Railways), launched by the state in 1992 to construct the high speed railway line between Moscow and Saint-Petersburg, is still developing the project documentation. However, now it is OAO RZD who will consider the constructor of the first high speed railway in Russia, since in February 2007 the company purchased 82.4% of ROAO Vysokoskorostnye Magistrali from Rosimuschestvo (RF Federal Agency of State Property).
OAO RZD actively cooperates with Spanish operators Renfe and ADIF for consulting and developing high speed trains. The company signed an Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation with the railways of Korea (KORAIL). Besides, OAO RZD is working on a contract about high speed communication with the Railway Transport Institute of the Korean Ministry of Science. The Koreans are ready to cooperate to develop a bogie for up to 420 km/h speed.
The company also highly estimates its cooperation with the Italian corporation Finmeccanica, which provides the Russians with new opportunities to realize high speed projects. In February, Vladimir Yakunin signed a Protocol of Cooperation between OAO RZD and the Italian railways and Finmeccanica in the high-speed communication sector. According to the press-service of OAO RZD, «the sides confirmed that their positions on the main directions of cooperation are close to each other, and they are ready to start a detailed development of the directions they chose, and to prepare the adjusted offers for implementation.
In the words of Vladimir Voronin, CEO of ROAO Vysokoskorostnye Magistrali, the Italians are very strong in infrastructure construction, but they borrow high technologies from Alstom. However, there is a lot one can learn from them, for example, in designing high speed trains: magnetic decelerations, movable doors. Besides, OAO RZD is developing the base to provide high speed communication. It includes technical orders based on European instructions and TCI standards adapted to the Russian conditions. The normative documents are created for 350 km/h speed.
A new push to the programmes of high speed communication in Russia and the CIS may be given by the Council of Railway Cooperation of the CIS and the Baltic countries and its decision about working out a single programme to develop the type of railway communication. The decision was made at the latest meeting of the Council, held in Moscow on February 21-22, 2007. The prime developer of the programmes is the Russian Academy of Transport. Interested organizations from other states are to participate in it as well.
Transmashholding: He Wins, Who Waits
Among all Russian enterprises, ZAO Transmashholding has the largest amount of know-how in the sector of high speed railway communication. According to an employee of the corporation, Anton Ledenev, the enterprises of ZAO Transmashholding have a rich experience of constructing machinery for high speed communication. The concern is holding negotiatoins with different foreign companies about cooperation in the sector. For example, the Tverskoy Wagon Building Plant produces passenger wagons to run at 200 km/h speed. The «Neva Express» train consists of such wagons. A special bolsterless bogie was developed for such wagons; it can be exploited at 200 km/h speed. Besides, the German enterprise of Transmashholding - FTD Fahrzeugtechnik Dessau is also experienced in the construction of speeded up rolling stock. Several years ago, the plant developed the «Metropolitan» train that can run at 220 km/h speed, by the order from the German Railways.
Vladimir Shneidmueller, deputy CEO, stated that the company has prospective elaborations in power electronics. Unfortunately, Russian producers are not experienced in exploitation of high speed machinery and some technologies. To speed up the process, the company cooperates with Western enterprises. The top priority for the company is the transfer of technologies and training of Russian specialists. «Transmashholding company purchases not «just machinery», but technologies», states the manager.
In 2005, Siemens in cooperation with ZAO Transmashholding, launched its Transconverter enterprise. It specializes in the development and production of high-voltage static converters for passenger wagons, electric locomotives and electric trains. In the next few years the joint venture plans to develop and start serial production of traction induction motor drive, indispensable for Russian railway companies equipment of new generation. Siemens passed its rights for technologies of converters production over to Transconverter. Meanwhile, Transmashholding has the majority shareholding of the joint venture.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of ZAO Transmashholding Dmitry Komissarov announced that by 2010 his company plans to reach the same production volumes as the German Siemens, the Canadian Bombardier and the French Alstom. According to the amount of production, the Russian holding company is the second in the world after Siemens.
Vladimir Shneidmueller believes that the enterprises of the holding company will master the volume of knowledge and technologies to produce high speed rolling stock by 2015. Probably, the Demikhovsky Plant will produce electric trains and the Novocherkassky Plant will make speeded up locomotives.
A prospective action of Transmashholding is its participation in the project of a high speed railway construction. Together with OAO RZD, Transmashholding launched OAO Skorostnye Magistrali (High Speed Railways), and it owns 24.9% of the joint venture’s shareholding. The new company is implementing the project of high-speed railway construction on the route Moscow-Saint-Petersburg and other projects of OAO RZD in the sector.
Siemens – Hold What You Have
OAO RZD’s contract with Siemens, signed in December 2004, means a lot for the development of high speed railway communication technology in Russia. Originally, the top-management of OAO RZD was to purchase 50 high speed trains from the German company and later locate its production in Russia; however, the plan was significantly corrected in 2005. As a result, in May 2006, the Requirement Specification for production of eight trains Velaro RUS in Germany and their technical maintenance during 30 years was agreed upon. According to CEO of «High Speed and Speeded up Trains in Russia» project Marion Protze, the production of the first train will start this July, which guarantees its delivery to Russia at the end of 2008. After it is delivered, the train will be tested during a year to obtain certification.
Despite the fact that Velaro RUS is constructed to be exploited at the speed up to 250 km/h, after modernization it can run at 350 km/h speed. All this leads to believe that the Siemens company will do its best to join the project of the high speed railway Moscow-Saint-Petersburg, which may be carried out on the basis of a concession agreement. When the high speed railway is constructed, the Siemens company will make use of the experience of maintaining its trains by Russian railmen.
In his report made at the scientific and practical conference «Basic Direction of Scientific and Technical Progress in Railway Transport», held in Moscow on February 21, 2007, Vice-president of OAO RZD Valentin Gapanovich announced that one of the eight Velaro RUS trains will be produced to run at 350 km/h speed, and the 25 km long sector on the line Maikop-Belorechensk of the Severo-Kavkazskaya (North-Caucasus) railway will be modernized to test high-speed trains.
Alstom Waiting for Changes
Another area for OAO RZD to acquire experience in high speed trains exploitation will be the line Saint-Petersburg-Helsinki. In autumn 2006, the joint venture of OAO RZD and the Finnish Railways (VR company) – Oy Korelian Trains announced a tender on delivery of four speeded up trains for the total cost of USD 130 mln. The joint venture was launched to organize speeded up passenger transportation between Saint-Petersburg and Helsinki, and the shares in the company are equal. The announcement about the tender was published on the special site of the EU Tenders electronic daily. The company is ready to purchase four trains with the maximum speed of 220 km/h, developed, assembled and tested in the ordered configuration. Oy Korelian Trains took the preliminary results from the suppliers till December 28; then they obtained the tender documentation. The winner will be chosen in summer 2007. Market players believe that the Alstom company has the best chances to obtain this order, because the VR concern is experienced in exploiting the trains of the company. After the reform of state railways, VR started its work from the launch of speeded up train Pendolino produced by Alstom on the line Helsinki-Turku.
Nowadays, 18 Pendolino trains run between the largest Finnish cities at the speed of 220 km/h, wherein 5 were put into operation in 2006. According to a source in the Department of Passenger Communication of OAO RZD, double-system electric trains Pendolino with a forced body tilt will be purchased and put into operation. In is planned to launch high speed trains between Saint-Petersburg and Helsinki in Q4 of 2009. The travel time on the route will be 3.5 hours.
One of Pendolino trains was tested by Alstom and VR on the Russian infrastructure in summer 2006. Valentin Gapanovich believes the results of the test are quite satisfactory and they will lead to corrections of the normative and technical documentation in the high speed railway communication sector. The representatives of the Alstom office in Moscow are precautious about the prospects for cooperation with OAO RZD and other Russian companies. Director of Business Development Arkady Dyakonov states that the company is ready to cooperate with all market players, but Russian businessmen are not ready for it. «We have been trying to get an answer to the questions «What does Transmashholding want to get from cooperation with Alstom? What are OAO RZD’s plans of cooperation?» for a year», he said. In spring 2007, the company is to hold a seminar for the Russian affiliate, in which the company’s top-managers and, perhaps, its Head Philip Melye will participate. It is hoped that after the seminar is held, the French producer will be able to speak of the successful promotion of its production on the Russian market. Mr. Dyakonov noted that the company’s position is as follows: we are ready to offer Russia everything we produce, including the localization of manufacturing, as it has been done in China or Brazil.
Bombardier: Recent Developments on the Market
After the purchase of Deutsche Waggonbau AG in late 1990-s, Bombardier enlarged the history of its presence on the Russian market. In 1948-1995, Deutsche Waggonbau AG produced every second passenger wagon made for the USSR, and later for Russia. As for the present-day projects, the company is ready for a serious dialogue with OAO RZD and other interested organizations.
According to Bombardier’s Chief Country Representative Sergey Ermolaev, the company actively offers its locomotive platform TRAXX for freight transportation, which can serve as a basis for different modifications from freight transportation to the passenger transportation at 200 km/h speed, to the markets of Eastern Europe. They appeared on the European market three years ago, and 1,200 TRAXX locomotives have been developed to customers. TRAXX locomotive platform includes electric direct and alternating current locomotives, multi-system electric locomotives and diesel ones. In Russia, Bombardier delivered the propulsion electric equipment for the first set of electric locomotives of double-way feed EP-10, produced at the Novocherkassky Plant.
Besides, Bombardier has a tempting offer in the high speed sector – Regina electric trains, which can run at 160-220 km/h speed, and Zefiro trains for the speed of over 300 km/h.
Double- and triple-wagon Regina trains have been exploited successfully in Sweden for five years already. 320 wagons of this type service Swedish interregional lines. The train has set new standards of reliability. According to the producer’s estimations, the reliability of the electric train is 99.8%. The engines and the deceleration technologies enable to save up to 25% of electric energy. In 2004, the Chinese Ministry of Railways purchased 40 trains; each of them included 4 wagons. The first five trains were put into operation in February 2007. The new product of the company is Zefiro train. It is produced in cooperation with Zagato company specializing in industrial design. The train will obtain perfect aerodynamic characteristics, which will positively influence exploitation results and travel comfort. In case Russian partners actively cooperate with the Canadian company, Bombardier will provide its partners with its own technologies and help to localize the manufacturing, stated Sergey Ermolaev.
Resume
Foreign producers of rolling stock are not very successful on the Russian market, but they are not willing to give up their strategy of active presence on the market. It is explained by the size of the market in Russia and the CIS. In February 2007, the European Association of Railway Transport (UNIFE) published the results of the global research of the railway transportation and industrial market made by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. According to their data, the share of investments into high speed railway communication development in Eastern Europe will increase by 2.5% annually till 2015. The main objects for investments will be infrastructure and new rolling stock. Such forecasts cannot but make the companies optimistic.
Alexey Lebedev
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[DETAIL_TEXT] => Why has public-private partnership been chosen?
Traditionally, public infrastructure is constructed at the expense of the state. In the recent decades, however, in a number of countries, including Russia, a tendency for private capital to stir up has been observed in the sector. Usually, in such cases, we can speak of scaled innovative projects, where significant financial and intellectual investments are required. Complex cooperation between state and private companies in carrying out such projects is called public-private partnership.
The advantages of such cooperation are obvious for the state: the budget and administrative-controlling machinery load is reduced, there appears an interested constructor and operator of the public infrastructure, new technologies and know-how are implemented, the quality of services and products is improved and their cost is decreased due to competition. In contrast to the privatization schemes, in the framework of public-private partnership, the state keeps control of the infrastructure objects, and is often their owner. The private sector, in its turn, enters a capacious and stable market of public services, where it is possible to get profit on a long-term basis. In case the risks assumed by the state materialize, the private investor is protected by the payment obligation of the subject, which has a sovereign rating.
High-speed railway infrastructure is one of the classic types of public-private partnership objects, which has a rather long history. In spite of some recession that took place on the public-private partnership in the railway sector several years ago, lately there has appeared a positive tendency. One of the good examples of the actual market development is Gautrain project, i.e. construction of a high-speed railway in South Africa, which costs about USD 3.3 bln. At the beginning of the year, the financial closure of the project took place: while preparing for it, our company represented the consortium of sponsoring banks. The urgency of high-speed railway infrastructure construction in Russia is indisputable. Application of public-private partnership schemes in the sector has a number of specific advantages in this country – public-private partnership in the railway transport sector opens opportunities to attract private investments to railway objects, to compensate for the risk of transport tariffs insufficiency under the contract, and to obtain means from the Investment Fund of the Russian Federation. Besides, the complex nature of the public-private partnership projects allows for a special role of OAO Russian Railways in the sector: depending on the project, OAO RZD can act as a private investor, as a quasi-public subject (being a private investor, constructor, and (or) operator in accordance with the investment contract), or it can combine all these roles.
It seems that the legislative base for realization of such projects has now been formed in Russia, and the Federal Law «On Concession Agreements» approved in 2005 takes a special place in the Russian legislative base for public-private partnership. Obviously, when carrying out railway projects, there will emerge a lot of legislative questions. Being legal consultants for the first road concessions in Russia, including Western Speed Diameter and Moscow–Saint-Petersburg road, we have faced some of them in real life, and we have solutions in the framework of the acting legislation. If the project is well-structured, there are no legislative obstacles in Russia, which will prevent carrying out public-private partnership in the high-speed infrastructure.
Structuring public-private partnership in the high-speed infrastructure sector
Allocation of risks
The optimal allocation of risks between the state and the private sector is the basis of success for a public-private partnership project. Obviously, the state should take a number of non-commercial risks, which are beyond the investor’s control, in the first concession projects. Such risks include, in particular, land risks, which are typical of line-extensive objects of railway infrastructure; the risk of unfavourable changes in the legislation, especially in the tariff regulation sector, and other political risks. At the same time, the investor must be responsible for the commercial constituent of the project, i.e. improper quality and the terms of construction, the growth of prices for materials and equipments, unavailable loan financing – all these should be included into his liability. There are also risks, liability for which should be divided between the participants of the public-private partnership project: the risk of the demand for the constructed or reconstructed object, the risk of incomplete fees, inflation and currency risks.
Russian legislation envisages a significant flexibility for allocation of the risks, and enables to use different legal instruments. In particular, the participants of public-private partnership are free to choose the scheme of the payback financing: the investor can charge the users of the infrastructure (direct tariff), or he can charge a state subject for the railway object’s constant readiness for exploitation. In the second case, it is the state subject who bears the risk of the insufficient demand for the railway infrastructure object. In the first case, the investor bears the risk, although, the state (or OAO RZD) can participate in compensation for it, for example, by additional payments for the investor to get a definite profitability
Public-private partnership models on the railway transport
The specific nature of different public-private partnership models is defined by a number of various factors. Besides, one of the key constituents of a model is the distribution of the property rights for the public-private partnership object. The acting Russian legislation enables to structure the projects, in which the owner of the infrastructure object is the state (concession scheme), as well as the models, in which a private company holds the property rights (in particular, BOOT and BOO schemes). In spite of the fact that public-private partnership models, based on the right of property, are not registered in a special legislation, the civil legislation creates a sufficient legislative base for their realization in Russia. BOOT and BOO schemes have been structured and successfully realized in practice. For example, we were legal consultants for the projects in the municipal sector in different Russian cities, including Moscow and Saint-Petersburg.
I believe that property rights will be decisive when choosing the public-private partnership model in the railway sector. For new objects, private property rights are unlimited, according to the Russian legislation. In this case, the investor who constructed the railway infrastructure object may keep the property rights for it. If BOOT scheme is used, after the exploitation period envisaged in the contract is over, the investor passes it over to the state (or, for example, to OAO RZD) by selling the object or by passing over the shares of the company-owner (the latter option is more preferable, because it enables to save on the VAT and reduce administrating expenses). In the framework of BOO, the object is not given from the investor to the state. The element of the partnership is represented by a number of guarantees given by the state to the investor, for example, the guarantee of demand and (or) tariff.
It is common knowledge that the right of property for the existing railway objects is limited by the acting legislation. The owner of the most significant infrastructure objects is either the state or OAO RZD. In such cases, public-private partnership can be realized on concession or quasi-concession basis respectively.
How do concessions differ from the models based on property rights for an object? The advantage of a concession scheme is the existence of a special law confirming that it is legal in Russia and setting the order of concluding a concession agreement. At the same time, the concession law contains a number of limitations, including the ban on the pledge of the object and, which is even more important, the pledge of the rights for the concession agreement. The cession of concessionaire’s rights is possible only when the object is constructed (it is often used as a secured measure in favour of the banks that finance the concessionaire); however, it is well known that the risks at the stage of construction of an object are the highest. So, other security mechanisms are necessary (the pledge of the concessionaire’s shares, the rights for his bank accounts etc.). The models based on private property are not regulated by a special legislation. On the one hand, it is a positive factor, because the limitations envisaged by the concession law may not be applied to them; on the other hand, the absence of a special law may cause practical difficulties.
Some specifics of the RF legislation
Let’s speak of some problematic aspects of the Russian legislation, which emerge when structuring public-private partnership.
Traditionally, budget and legal questions are not easy ones in the framework of public-private partnership in Russia, as well as in other states. In this country it is possible to separate at least three constituents of the problem of state financing: (a) anonymity of the budget revenues (the revenue from a project goes to the budget, and there it is mixed up with other revenues, and, in correspondence with the budget procedure, it is impossible to use it without further allocation), (b) limitation of the forms of budget expenses permitted by the legislation (a number of payments for public-private partnership projects may be considered as falling apart with the legal forms), (c) lack of long-term budget planning. One of the possible ways to solve the budget and legislative problem is the creation of a special participant of the project on the state’s side (in the form of a commercial organization), which will accumulate means for the project and settle the accounts with the investor.
Nowadays, the Russian legislation does not envisage special taxation for the concession projects. Thus, there is some uncertainty about a number of questions, including the necessity of paying the VAT when selling the object of the concession to the state, the right of the concessionaire for the reckoning of the incoming VAT, the order of considering the amortization of the object of concession, taxation for the state’s compensation payments. A possible solution of these and other tax problems is highly qualified legal and tax structuring of the project and ensuring of the compensation for the risks in the contract deriving from the imperfect legislation.
The participants of the public-private partnership project in the railway sector should also pay attention to the issues of reservation and requisitioning of the areas to construct transport infrastructure objects there, registration of the rights for such objects, the powers of the bodies, concluding public-private partnership agreements, arbitration etc.
Obviously, the existence of legal questions, which require a special analysis and a proper contractual solution, bears no impact on the fundamental correctness of the assumption about the possibility of public-private partnership in the framework of the acting legislation. Moreover, as far as we know, the RF Duma is discussing important amendments to the laws regulating the concession projects. In Russia, the concession practice is being formed, in particular, in the road sector. All this enables one to think that the first public-private partnership projects will be launched in the railway sector in the near future.
Fedor Teselkin, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer legal expert
Biography
Fyodor Teselkin, a legal expert of the international juridical company Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, graduated from the international and legal faculty of Moscow State Institute of Foreign Affairs. Mr.Teselkin specializes in the issues of corporate, contract and financial legislation. Starting from 2002, he has consulted Russian and foreign clients about project financing, especially in the infrastructure and public-private partnership sectors. He consulted such projects as the construction of toll-roads, including the Western High-Speed Diameter in Saint-Petersburg and the highway Moscow-Saint-Petersburg.
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Traditionally, public infrastructure is constructed at the expense of the state. In the recent decades, however, in a number of countries, including Russia, a tendency for private capital to stir up has been observed in the sector. Usually, in such cases, we can speak of scaled innovative projects, where significant financial and intellectual investments are required. Complex cooperation between state and private companies in carrying out such projects is called public-private partnership.
The advantages of such cooperation are obvious for the state: the budget and administrative-controlling machinery load is reduced, there appears an interested constructor and operator of the public infrastructure, new technologies and know-how are implemented, the quality of services and products is improved and their cost is decreased due to competition. In contrast to the privatization schemes, in the framework of public-private partnership, the state keeps control of the infrastructure objects, and is often their owner. The private sector, in its turn, enters a capacious and stable market of public services, where it is possible to get profit on a long-term basis. In case the risks assumed by the state materialize, the private investor is protected by the payment obligation of the subject, which has a sovereign rating.
High-speed railway infrastructure is one of the classic types of public-private partnership objects, which has a rather long history. In spite of some recession that took place on the public-private partnership in the railway sector several years ago, lately there has appeared a positive tendency. One of the good examples of the actual market development is Gautrain project, i.e. construction of a high-speed railway in South Africa, which costs about USD 3.3 bln. At the beginning of the year, the financial closure of the project took place: while preparing for it, our company represented the consortium of sponsoring banks. The urgency of high-speed railway infrastructure construction in Russia is indisputable. Application of public-private partnership schemes in the sector has a number of specific advantages in this country – public-private partnership in the railway transport sector opens opportunities to attract private investments to railway objects, to compensate for the risk of transport tariffs insufficiency under the contract, and to obtain means from the Investment Fund of the Russian Federation. Besides, the complex nature of the public-private partnership projects allows for a special role of OAO Russian Railways in the sector: depending on the project, OAO RZD can act as a private investor, as a quasi-public subject (being a private investor, constructor, and (or) operator in accordance with the investment contract), or it can combine all these roles.
It seems that the legislative base for realization of such projects has now been formed in Russia, and the Federal Law «On Concession Agreements» approved in 2005 takes a special place in the Russian legislative base for public-private partnership. Obviously, when carrying out railway projects, there will emerge a lot of legislative questions. Being legal consultants for the first road concessions in Russia, including Western Speed Diameter and Moscow–Saint-Petersburg road, we have faced some of them in real life, and we have solutions in the framework of the acting legislation. If the project is well-structured, there are no legislative obstacles in Russia, which will prevent carrying out public-private partnership in the high-speed infrastructure.
Structuring public-private partnership in the high-speed infrastructure sector
Allocation of risks
The optimal allocation of risks between the state and the private sector is the basis of success for a public-private partnership project. Obviously, the state should take a number of non-commercial risks, which are beyond the investor’s control, in the first concession projects. Such risks include, in particular, land risks, which are typical of line-extensive objects of railway infrastructure; the risk of unfavourable changes in the legislation, especially in the tariff regulation sector, and other political risks. At the same time, the investor must be responsible for the commercial constituent of the project, i.e. improper quality and the terms of construction, the growth of prices for materials and equipments, unavailable loan financing – all these should be included into his liability. There are also risks, liability for which should be divided between the participants of the public-private partnership project: the risk of the demand for the constructed or reconstructed object, the risk of incomplete fees, inflation and currency risks.
Russian legislation envisages a significant flexibility for allocation of the risks, and enables to use different legal instruments. In particular, the participants of public-private partnership are free to choose the scheme of the payback financing: the investor can charge the users of the infrastructure (direct tariff), or he can charge a state subject for the railway object’s constant readiness for exploitation. In the second case, it is the state subject who bears the risk of the insufficient demand for the railway infrastructure object. In the first case, the investor bears the risk, although, the state (or OAO RZD) can participate in compensation for it, for example, by additional payments for the investor to get a definite profitability
Public-private partnership models on the railway transport
The specific nature of different public-private partnership models is defined by a number of various factors. Besides, one of the key constituents of a model is the distribution of the property rights for the public-private partnership object. The acting Russian legislation enables to structure the projects, in which the owner of the infrastructure object is the state (concession scheme), as well as the models, in which a private company holds the property rights (in particular, BOOT and BOO schemes). In spite of the fact that public-private partnership models, based on the right of property, are not registered in a special legislation, the civil legislation creates a sufficient legislative base for their realization in Russia. BOOT and BOO schemes have been structured and successfully realized in practice. For example, we were legal consultants for the projects in the municipal sector in different Russian cities, including Moscow and Saint-Petersburg.
I believe that property rights will be decisive when choosing the public-private partnership model in the railway sector. For new objects, private property rights are unlimited, according to the Russian legislation. In this case, the investor who constructed the railway infrastructure object may keep the property rights for it. If BOOT scheme is used, after the exploitation period envisaged in the contract is over, the investor passes it over to the state (or, for example, to OAO RZD) by selling the object or by passing over the shares of the company-owner (the latter option is more preferable, because it enables to save on the VAT and reduce administrating expenses). In the framework of BOO, the object is not given from the investor to the state. The element of the partnership is represented by a number of guarantees given by the state to the investor, for example, the guarantee of demand and (or) tariff.
It is common knowledge that the right of property for the existing railway objects is limited by the acting legislation. The owner of the most significant infrastructure objects is either the state or OAO RZD. In such cases, public-private partnership can be realized on concession or quasi-concession basis respectively.
How do concessions differ from the models based on property rights for an object? The advantage of a concession scheme is the existence of a special law confirming that it is legal in Russia and setting the order of concluding a concession agreement. At the same time, the concession law contains a number of limitations, including the ban on the pledge of the object and, which is even more important, the pledge of the rights for the concession agreement. The cession of concessionaire’s rights is possible only when the object is constructed (it is often used as a secured measure in favour of the banks that finance the concessionaire); however, it is well known that the risks at the stage of construction of an object are the highest. So, other security mechanisms are necessary (the pledge of the concessionaire’s shares, the rights for his bank accounts etc.). The models based on private property are not regulated by a special legislation. On the one hand, it is a positive factor, because the limitations envisaged by the concession law may not be applied to them; on the other hand, the absence of a special law may cause practical difficulties.
Some specifics of the RF legislation
Let’s speak of some problematic aspects of the Russian legislation, which emerge when structuring public-private partnership.
Traditionally, budget and legal questions are not easy ones in the framework of public-private partnership in Russia, as well as in other states. In this country it is possible to separate at least three constituents of the problem of state financing: (a) anonymity of the budget revenues (the revenue from a project goes to the budget, and there it is mixed up with other revenues, and, in correspondence with the budget procedure, it is impossible to use it without further allocation), (b) limitation of the forms of budget expenses permitted by the legislation (a number of payments for public-private partnership projects may be considered as falling apart with the legal forms), (c) lack of long-term budget planning. One of the possible ways to solve the budget and legislative problem is the creation of a special participant of the project on the state’s side (in the form of a commercial organization), which will accumulate means for the project and settle the accounts with the investor.
Nowadays, the Russian legislation does not envisage special taxation for the concession projects. Thus, there is some uncertainty about a number of questions, including the necessity of paying the VAT when selling the object of the concession to the state, the right of the concessionaire for the reckoning of the incoming VAT, the order of considering the amortization of the object of concession, taxation for the state’s compensation payments. A possible solution of these and other tax problems is highly qualified legal and tax structuring of the project and ensuring of the compensation for the risks in the contract deriving from the imperfect legislation.
The participants of the public-private partnership project in the railway sector should also pay attention to the issues of reservation and requisitioning of the areas to construct transport infrastructure objects there, registration of the rights for such objects, the powers of the bodies, concluding public-private partnership agreements, arbitration etc.
Obviously, the existence of legal questions, which require a special analysis and a proper contractual solution, bears no impact on the fundamental correctness of the assumption about the possibility of public-private partnership in the framework of the acting legislation. Moreover, as far as we know, the RF Duma is discussing important amendments to the laws regulating the concession projects. In Russia, the concession practice is being formed, in particular, in the road sector. All this enables one to think that the first public-private partnership projects will be launched in the railway sector in the near future.
Fedor Teselkin, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer legal expert
Biography
Fyodor Teselkin, a legal expert of the international juridical company Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, graduated from the international and legal faculty of Moscow State Institute of Foreign Affairs. Mr.Teselkin specializes in the issues of corporate, contract and financial legislation. Starting from 2002, he has consulted Russian and foreign clients about project financing, especially in the infrastructure and public-private partnership sectors. He consulted such projects as the construction of toll-roads, including the Western High-Speed Diameter in Saint-Petersburg and the highway Moscow-Saint-Petersburg.
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Traditionally, public infrastructure is constructed at the expense of the state. In the recent decades, however, in a number of countries, including Russia, a tendency for private capital to stir up has been observed in the sector. Usually, in such cases, we can speak of scaled innovative projects, where significant financial and intellectual investments are required. Complex cooperation between state and private companies in carrying out such projects is called public-private partnership.
The advantages of such cooperation are obvious for the state: the budget and administrative-controlling machinery load is reduced, there appears an interested constructor and operator of the public infrastructure, new technologies and know-how are implemented, the quality of services and products is improved and their cost is decreased due to competition. In contrast to the privatization schemes, in the framework of public-private partnership, the state keeps control of the infrastructure objects, and is often their owner. The private sector, in its turn, enters a capacious and stable market of public services, where it is possible to get profit on a long-term basis. In case the risks assumed by the state materialize, the private investor is protected by the payment obligation of the subject, which has a sovereign rating.
High-speed railway infrastructure is one of the classic types of public-private partnership objects, which has a rather long history. In spite of some recession that took place on the public-private partnership in the railway sector several years ago, lately there has appeared a positive tendency. One of the good examples of the actual market development is Gautrain project, i.e. construction of a high-speed railway in South Africa, which costs about USD 3.3 bln. At the beginning of the year, the financial closure of the project took place: while preparing for it, our company represented the consortium of sponsoring banks. The urgency of high-speed railway infrastructure construction in Russia is indisputable. Application of public-private partnership schemes in the sector has a number of specific advantages in this country – public-private partnership in the railway transport sector opens opportunities to attract private investments to railway objects, to compensate for the risk of transport tariffs insufficiency under the contract, and to obtain means from the Investment Fund of the Russian Federation. Besides, the complex nature of the public-private partnership projects allows for a special role of OAO Russian Railways in the sector: depending on the project, OAO RZD can act as a private investor, as a quasi-public subject (being a private investor, constructor, and (or) operator in accordance with the investment contract), or it can combine all these roles.
It seems that the legislative base for realization of such projects has now been formed in Russia, and the Federal Law «On Concession Agreements» approved in 2005 takes a special place in the Russian legislative base for public-private partnership. Obviously, when carrying out railway projects, there will emerge a lot of legislative questions. Being legal consultants for the first road concessions in Russia, including Western Speed Diameter and Moscow–Saint-Petersburg road, we have faced some of them in real life, and we have solutions in the framework of the acting legislation. If the project is well-structured, there are no legislative obstacles in Russia, which will prevent carrying out public-private partnership in the high-speed infrastructure.
Structuring public-private partnership in the high-speed infrastructure sector
Allocation of risks
The optimal allocation of risks between the state and the private sector is the basis of success for a public-private partnership project. Obviously, the state should take a number of non-commercial risks, which are beyond the investor’s control, in the first concession projects. Such risks include, in particular, land risks, which are typical of line-extensive objects of railway infrastructure; the risk of unfavourable changes in the legislation, especially in the tariff regulation sector, and other political risks. At the same time, the investor must be responsible for the commercial constituent of the project, i.e. improper quality and the terms of construction, the growth of prices for materials and equipments, unavailable loan financing – all these should be included into his liability. There are also risks, liability for which should be divided between the participants of the public-private partnership project: the risk of the demand for the constructed or reconstructed object, the risk of incomplete fees, inflation and currency risks.
Russian legislation envisages a significant flexibility for allocation of the risks, and enables to use different legal instruments. In particular, the participants of public-private partnership are free to choose the scheme of the payback financing: the investor can charge the users of the infrastructure (direct tariff), or he can charge a state subject for the railway object’s constant readiness for exploitation. In the second case, it is the state subject who bears the risk of the insufficient demand for the railway infrastructure object. In the first case, the investor bears the risk, although, the state (or OAO RZD) can participate in compensation for it, for example, by additional payments for the investor to get a definite profitability
Public-private partnership models on the railway transport
The specific nature of different public-private partnership models is defined by a number of various factors. Besides, one of the key constituents of a model is the distribution of the property rights for the public-private partnership object. The acting Russian legislation enables to structure the projects, in which the owner of the infrastructure object is the state (concession scheme), as well as the models, in which a private company holds the property rights (in particular, BOOT and BOO schemes). In spite of the fact that public-private partnership models, based on the right of property, are not registered in a special legislation, the civil legislation creates a sufficient legislative base for their realization in Russia. BOOT and BOO schemes have been structured and successfully realized in practice. For example, we were legal consultants for the projects in the municipal sector in different Russian cities, including Moscow and Saint-Petersburg.
I believe that property rights will be decisive when choosing the public-private partnership model in the railway sector. For new objects, private property rights are unlimited, according to the Russian legislation. In this case, the investor who constructed the railway infrastructure object may keep the property rights for it. If BOOT scheme is used, after the exploitation period envisaged in the contract is over, the investor passes it over to the state (or, for example, to OAO RZD) by selling the object or by passing over the shares of the company-owner (the latter option is more preferable, because it enables to save on the VAT and reduce administrating expenses). In the framework of BOO, the object is not given from the investor to the state. The element of the partnership is represented by a number of guarantees given by the state to the investor, for example, the guarantee of demand and (or) tariff.
It is common knowledge that the right of property for the existing railway objects is limited by the acting legislation. The owner of the most significant infrastructure objects is either the state or OAO RZD. In such cases, public-private partnership can be realized on concession or quasi-concession basis respectively.
How do concessions differ from the models based on property rights for an object? The advantage of a concession scheme is the existence of a special law confirming that it is legal in Russia and setting the order of concluding a concession agreement. At the same time, the concession law contains a number of limitations, including the ban on the pledge of the object and, which is even more important, the pledge of the rights for the concession agreement. The cession of concessionaire’s rights is possible only when the object is constructed (it is often used as a secured measure in favour of the banks that finance the concessionaire); however, it is well known that the risks at the stage of construction of an object are the highest. So, other security mechanisms are necessary (the pledge of the concessionaire’s shares, the rights for his bank accounts etc.). The models based on private property are not regulated by a special legislation. On the one hand, it is a positive factor, because the limitations envisaged by the concession law may not be applied to them; on the other hand, the absence of a special law may cause practical difficulties.
Some specifics of the RF legislation
Let’s speak of some problematic aspects of the Russian legislation, which emerge when structuring public-private partnership.
Traditionally, budget and legal questions are not easy ones in the framework of public-private partnership in Russia, as well as in other states. In this country it is possible to separate at least three constituents of the problem of state financing: (a) anonymity of the budget revenues (the revenue from a project goes to the budget, and there it is mixed up with other revenues, and, in correspondence with the budget procedure, it is impossible to use it without further allocation), (b) limitation of the forms of budget expenses permitted by the legislation (a number of payments for public-private partnership projects may be considered as falling apart with the legal forms), (c) lack of long-term budget planning. One of the possible ways to solve the budget and legislative problem is the creation of a special participant of the project on the state’s side (in the form of a commercial organization), which will accumulate means for the project and settle the accounts with the investor.
Nowadays, the Russian legislation does not envisage special taxation for the concession projects. Thus, there is some uncertainty about a number of questions, including the necessity of paying the VAT when selling the object of the concession to the state, the right of the concessionaire for the reckoning of the incoming VAT, the order of considering the amortization of the object of concession, taxation for the state’s compensation payments. A possible solution of these and other tax problems is highly qualified legal and tax structuring of the project and ensuring of the compensation for the risks in the contract deriving from the imperfect legislation.
The participants of the public-private partnership project in the railway sector should also pay attention to the issues of reservation and requisitioning of the areas to construct transport infrastructure objects there, registration of the rights for such objects, the powers of the bodies, concluding public-private partnership agreements, arbitration etc.
Obviously, the existence of legal questions, which require a special analysis and a proper contractual solution, bears no impact on the fundamental correctness of the assumption about the possibility of public-private partnership in the framework of the acting legislation. Moreover, as far as we know, the RF Duma is discussing important amendments to the laws regulating the concession projects. In Russia, the concession practice is being formed, in particular, in the road sector. All this enables one to think that the first public-private partnership projects will be launched in the railway sector in the near future.
Fedor Teselkin, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer legal expert
Biography
Fyodor Teselkin, a legal expert of the international juridical company Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, graduated from the international and legal faculty of Moscow State Institute of Foreign Affairs. Mr.Teselkin specializes in the issues of corporate, contract and financial legislation. Starting from 2002, he has consulted Russian and foreign clients about project financing, especially in the infrastructure and public-private partnership sectors. He consulted such projects as the construction of toll-roads, including the Western High-Speed Diameter in Saint-Petersburg and the highway Moscow-Saint-Petersburg.
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Traditionally, public infrastructure is constructed at the expense of the state. In the recent decades, however, in a number of countries, including Russia, a tendency for private capital to stir up has been observed in the sector. Usually, in such cases, we can speak of scaled innovative projects, where significant financial and intellectual investments are required. Complex cooperation between state and private companies in carrying out such projects is called public-private partnership.
The advantages of such cooperation are obvious for the state: the budget and administrative-controlling machinery load is reduced, there appears an interested constructor and operator of the public infrastructure, new technologies and know-how are implemented, the quality of services and products is improved and their cost is decreased due to competition. In contrast to the privatization schemes, in the framework of public-private partnership, the state keeps control of the infrastructure objects, and is often their owner. The private sector, in its turn, enters a capacious and stable market of public services, where it is possible to get profit on a long-term basis. In case the risks assumed by the state materialize, the private investor is protected by the payment obligation of the subject, which has a sovereign rating.
High-speed railway infrastructure is one of the classic types of public-private partnership objects, which has a rather long history. In spite of some recession that took place on the public-private partnership in the railway sector several years ago, lately there has appeared a positive tendency. One of the good examples of the actual market development is Gautrain project, i.e. construction of a high-speed railway in South Africa, which costs about USD 3.3 bln. At the beginning of the year, the financial closure of the project took place: while preparing for it, our company represented the consortium of sponsoring banks. The urgency of high-speed railway infrastructure construction in Russia is indisputable. Application of public-private partnership schemes in the sector has a number of specific advantages in this country – public-private partnership in the railway transport sector opens opportunities to attract private investments to railway objects, to compensate for the risk of transport tariffs insufficiency under the contract, and to obtain means from the Investment Fund of the Russian Federation. Besides, the complex nature of the public-private partnership projects allows for a special role of OAO Russian Railways in the sector: depending on the project, OAO RZD can act as a private investor, as a quasi-public subject (being a private investor, constructor, and (or) operator in accordance with the investment contract), or it can combine all these roles.
It seems that the legislative base for realization of such projects has now been formed in Russia, and the Federal Law «On Concession Agreements» approved in 2005 takes a special place in the Russian legislative base for public-private partnership. Obviously, when carrying out railway projects, there will emerge a lot of legislative questions. Being legal consultants for the first road concessions in Russia, including Western Speed Diameter and Moscow–Saint-Petersburg road, we have faced some of them in real life, and we have solutions in the framework of the acting legislation. If the project is well-structured, there are no legislative obstacles in Russia, which will prevent carrying out public-private partnership in the high-speed infrastructure.
Structuring public-private partnership in the high-speed infrastructure sector
Allocation of risks
The optimal allocation of risks between the state and the private sector is the basis of success for a public-private partnership project. Obviously, the state should take a number of non-commercial risks, which are beyond the investor’s control, in the first concession projects. Such risks include, in particular, land risks, which are typical of line-extensive objects of railway infrastructure; the risk of unfavourable changes in the legislation, especially in the tariff regulation sector, and other political risks. At the same time, the investor must be responsible for the commercial constituent of the project, i.e. improper quality and the terms of construction, the growth of prices for materials and equipments, unavailable loan financing – all these should be included into his liability. There are also risks, liability for which should be divided between the participants of the public-private partnership project: the risk of the demand for the constructed or reconstructed object, the risk of incomplete fees, inflation and currency risks.
Russian legislation envisages a significant flexibility for allocation of the risks, and enables to use different legal instruments. In particular, the participants of public-private partnership are free to choose the scheme of the payback financing: the investor can charge the users of the infrastructure (direct tariff), or he can charge a state subject for the railway object’s constant readiness for exploitation. In the second case, it is the state subject who bears the risk of the insufficient demand for the railway infrastructure object. In the first case, the investor bears the risk, although, the state (or OAO RZD) can participate in compensation for it, for example, by additional payments for the investor to get a definite profitability
Public-private partnership models on the railway transport
The specific nature of different public-private partnership models is defined by a number of various factors. Besides, one of the key constituents of a model is the distribution of the property rights for the public-private partnership object. The acting Russian legislation enables to structure the projects, in which the owner of the infrastructure object is the state (concession scheme), as well as the models, in which a private company holds the property rights (in particular, BOOT and BOO schemes). In spite of the fact that public-private partnership models, based on the right of property, are not registered in a special legislation, the civil legislation creates a sufficient legislative base for their realization in Russia. BOOT and BOO schemes have been structured and successfully realized in practice. For example, we were legal consultants for the projects in the municipal sector in different Russian cities, including Moscow and Saint-Petersburg.
I believe that property rights will be decisive when choosing the public-private partnership model in the railway sector. For new objects, private property rights are unlimited, according to the Russian legislation. In this case, the investor who constructed the railway infrastructure object may keep the property rights for it. If BOOT scheme is used, after the exploitation period envisaged in the contract is over, the investor passes it over to the state (or, for example, to OAO RZD) by selling the object or by passing over the shares of the company-owner (the latter option is more preferable, because it enables to save on the VAT and reduce administrating expenses). In the framework of BOO, the object is not given from the investor to the state. The element of the partnership is represented by a number of guarantees given by the state to the investor, for example, the guarantee of demand and (or) tariff.
It is common knowledge that the right of property for the existing railway objects is limited by the acting legislation. The owner of the most significant infrastructure objects is either the state or OAO RZD. In such cases, public-private partnership can be realized on concession or quasi-concession basis respectively.
How do concessions differ from the models based on property rights for an object? The advantage of a concession scheme is the existence of a special law confirming that it is legal in Russia and setting the order of concluding a concession agreement. At the same time, the concession law contains a number of limitations, including the ban on the pledge of the object and, which is even more important, the pledge of the rights for the concession agreement. The cession of concessionaire’s rights is possible only when the object is constructed (it is often used as a secured measure in favour of the banks that finance the concessionaire); however, it is well known that the risks at the stage of construction of an object are the highest. So, other security mechanisms are necessary (the pledge of the concessionaire’s shares, the rights for his bank accounts etc.). The models based on private property are not regulated by a special legislation. On the one hand, it is a positive factor, because the limitations envisaged by the concession law may not be applied to them; on the other hand, the absence of a special law may cause practical difficulties.
Some specifics of the RF legislation
Let’s speak of some problematic aspects of the Russian legislation, which emerge when structuring public-private partnership.
Traditionally, budget and legal questions are not easy ones in the framework of public-private partnership in Russia, as well as in other states. In this country it is possible to separate at least three constituents of the problem of state financing: (a) anonymity of the budget revenues (the revenue from a project goes to the budget, and there it is mixed up with other revenues, and, in correspondence with the budget procedure, it is impossible to use it without further allocation), (b) limitation of the forms of budget expenses permitted by the legislation (a number of payments for public-private partnership projects may be considered as falling apart with the legal forms), (c) lack of long-term budget planning. One of the possible ways to solve the budget and legislative problem is the creation of a special participant of the project on the state’s side (in the form of a commercial organization), which will accumulate means for the project and settle the accounts with the investor.
Nowadays, the Russian legislation does not envisage special taxation for the concession projects. Thus, there is some uncertainty about a number of questions, including the necessity of paying the VAT when selling the object of the concession to the state, the right of the concessionaire for the reckoning of the incoming VAT, the order of considering the amortization of the object of concession, taxation for the state’s compensation payments. A possible solution of these and other tax problems is highly qualified legal and tax structuring of the project and ensuring of the compensation for the risks in the contract deriving from the imperfect legislation.
The participants of the public-private partnership project in the railway sector should also pay attention to the issues of reservation and requisitioning of the areas to construct transport infrastructure objects there, registration of the rights for such objects, the powers of the bodies, concluding public-private partnership agreements, arbitration etc.
Obviously, the existence of legal questions, which require a special analysis and a proper contractual solution, bears no impact on the fundamental correctness of the assumption about the possibility of public-private partnership in the framework of the acting legislation. Moreover, as far as we know, the RF Duma is discussing important amendments to the laws regulating the concession projects. In Russia, the concession practice is being formed, in particular, in the road sector. All this enables one to think that the first public-private partnership projects will be launched in the railway sector in the near future.
Fedor Teselkin, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer legal expert
Biography
Fyodor Teselkin, a legal expert of the international juridical company Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, graduated from the international and legal faculty of Moscow State Institute of Foreign Affairs. Mr.Teselkin specializes in the issues of corporate, contract and financial legislation. Starting from 2002, he has consulted Russian and foreign clients about project financing, especially in the infrastructure and public-private partnership sectors. He consulted such projects as the construction of toll-roads, including the Western High-Speed Diameter in Saint-Petersburg and the highway Moscow-Saint-Petersburg.
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[DETAIL_TEXT] => Reasons to Feel Optimistic
According to the Ministry of the RF Economic Development and Trade, import of machine building production to Russia exceeded USD 60 bln last year. Experts believe the reason that makes potential customers purchase imported machinery is the low technical level of manufactured production and present-day system of servicing and post-guarantee repair in Russia. Moreover, domestic machine building sector doesn’t often manufacture numerous and highly-demanded options of modern equipment (in particular, for deep oil refining as well as timber, food etc. industries).
Nevertheless, last year gave certain hope for turning situation around. According to the RF Ministry of Industry and Energy, in 2006 export of machine building production grew by 20%, compared to the results of 2005, and made USD 14 bln. Experts believe that these unexpectedly positive results are the sign of general improvement of the situation in the domestic machine engineering sector. However, it should be mentioned that in 2006 production result amounted to only 103.3% compared to the results of 2005. The most significant growth was observed in manufacturing of combines (162%), main-line electric locomotives (145%) and tractors (130%), despite the fact that their share is not very significant in machine building export. However, some experts are quite skeptic about growth results, pointing out that basically it is only true for the CIS market which can hardly be called world market.
Whether this is true or not, the RF Ministry of Industry and Energy believes export growth of machine building production resulted from assets consolidation and the launch of powerful holdings in the sector that are capable to invest heavily into production modernization. Thus, in motor production it is Group GAZ, in energy – Silovye Mashiny, in transport machine engineering – Transmashholding, in tractor manufacturing – Tractor works.
«2006 became a real breakthrough for Group GAZ: we launched several assembling factories in Romania, India, Turkey, and South African Republic. Now we consider this opportunity for Mexico, Argentina and Vietnam», the press-service of the company reported.
«Assets and control functions consolidation allowed the company to invest into technical re-equipment and scientific research. Due to this, production growth was shown by all enterprises of the holding», Transmashholding clarified.
Iron Flexibility
The highest growth rate was shown by the railway engineering sector: compared to 2003, it amounted to 122.8%. Considering the vast capacity of railway machinery market in Russia and the CIS, it will turn into a platform for competition between the biggest international players. That is the reason why national manufacturers mobilize their efforts. Nowadays they produce technical samples that are quite competitive in respect of their technical and consuming criteria as compared to the production of domestic and some international markets (CIS, Near and Middle East, South-East Asia).
In particular, the biggest player of the Russian railway machine building market –Transmashholding (TMH) exports its production to all CIS countries (the largest consumers are Ukraine and Kazakhstan). Metro wagons produced by ТМH are in great demand in many countries of Eastern Europe, while certain models of TMH production are delivered to the countries with developed national machine engineering sectors (in particular, engines are exported to Germany). In December 2006, two shunting diesel locomotives ТЭМ18 produced by Bryansk machine building factory were exported to Africa, specially modified for operating in humid and hot climate.
«Our company pays great attention to construction machinery models that can be tailored for a specific customer, TMH experts stated. – We believe in future Russian technologies will be exported, assembling factories will be built in those countries where machinery is to be used. Together with Luganskteplovoz plant, a new joint venture was launched to produce cargo diesel locomotives to satisfy the needs of Ukrainian railways, and an enterprise for diesel locomotives production was launched in Kazakhstan. When necessary we are ready to set up manufacturing in any country – the fundamental criterion in this respect is how profitable it is».
It should be said that a very significant competitive advantage of Transmashholding is that the company closely cooperates with ОАО RZD. Joint activities of both companies can provide a potential foreign customer with complex transport product, i.e. ready railway infrastructure and rolling stock.
The growing demand for the Russian machinery expressed by foreign companies was emphasized by representatives of Uralwagonzavod. Their machinery customers are the CIS and such foreign countries as Mongolia, the UAE, Bulgaria and Slovakia. Basic exported production is gondola cars, platforms, tank-cars, components and spare parts for railway rolling stock, road-building machinery, tractors, tank-containers for liquefied gas transportation etc. In 2006, for the first time, a contract with Iranian railway was signed, according to which gondola cars of 12-581 models were designed, manufactured and delivered to the customer.
«To develop new markets and satisfy customers demands, Uralwagonzavod has been actively designing new models of railway machinery: closed-bottom gondola cars, car - platforms (including those for container transportation), and tank-cars for light oil products transportation corresponding to the national standards of foreign customer», the enterprises reported.
Prospects
«Prospects of Russian presence on the international market of railway machinery look optimistic, Transmashholding experts note. – Although, this market is highly competitive, our company feels confident. Our enterprises are capable to produce modern and relatively cheap machinery which forms the basis of the demand on the most dynamically developing markets».
The most prospective region for TMH expansion is believed to be South-East Asia, whose biggest countries underwent an industrialization period which goes hand in hand with rapid transport infrastructure development.
Uralwagonzavod experts state that at present their enterprise production capacities can not cope with the volume of foreign customers export orders for railway machinery due to the high demand on the domestic market. However, the company has been actively upgrading their technical capacities to increase production volumes and expand the nomenclature of railway production popular among foreign customers.
Nevertheless, realizing their role in promoting the Russian machine building sector on the global market, manufacturing companies require the state support to fulfill their export potential and protect the interests of Russian companies on the foreign markets while carrying out export contracts and acquiring production assets. Without this support any efforts on behalf of the manufacturers make no sense.
China can be mentioned as a positive example of the above-mentioned supporting policy. For example, nowadays Chinese machinery is purchased by Kazakhstan railways: although it lags behind the Russian machinery in terms of quality, it surpasses it in respect of competitive pricing, which is the result of support provided by the Chinese Government.
However, certain steps have been taken by the RF Ministry of Industry and Energy since 2005 when the «Plan of arrangements for 2005-2006 on implementation of basic directions for machine building sector development» was approved, with its major target being the development and support of the domestic market. Within the framework of this programme, a working group was launched in 2006 joining representatives from core-businesses, key scientific-research organizations, as well as the biggest transport companies. It aimed to develop the production markets further and promote Russian machinery production on the foreign markets with the state support.
Gulsara Gilmutdinova
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According to the Ministry of the RF Economic Development and Trade, import of machine building production to Russia exceeded USD 60 bln last year. Experts believe the reason that makes potential customers purchase imported machinery is the low technical level of manufactured production and present-day system of servicing and post-guarantee repair in Russia. Moreover, domestic machine building sector doesn’t often manufacture numerous and highly-demanded options of modern equipment (in particular, for deep oil refining as well as timber, food etc. industries).
Nevertheless, last year gave certain hope for turning situation around. According to the RF Ministry of Industry and Energy, in 2006 export of machine building production grew by 20%, compared to the results of 2005, and made USD 14 bln. Experts believe that these unexpectedly positive results are the sign of general improvement of the situation in the domestic machine engineering sector. However, it should be mentioned that in 2006 production result amounted to only 103.3% compared to the results of 2005. The most significant growth was observed in manufacturing of combines (162%), main-line electric locomotives (145%) and tractors (130%), despite the fact that their share is not very significant in machine building export. However, some experts are quite skeptic about growth results, pointing out that basically it is only true for the CIS market which can hardly be called world market.
Whether this is true or not, the RF Ministry of Industry and Energy believes export growth of machine building production resulted from assets consolidation and the launch of powerful holdings in the sector that are capable to invest heavily into production modernization. Thus, in motor production it is Group GAZ, in energy – Silovye Mashiny, in transport machine engineering – Transmashholding, in tractor manufacturing – Tractor works.
«2006 became a real breakthrough for Group GAZ: we launched several assembling factories in Romania, India, Turkey, and South African Republic. Now we consider this opportunity for Mexico, Argentina and Vietnam», the press-service of the company reported.
«Assets and control functions consolidation allowed the company to invest into technical re-equipment and scientific research. Due to this, production growth was shown by all enterprises of the holding», Transmashholding clarified.
Iron Flexibility
The highest growth rate was shown by the railway engineering sector: compared to 2003, it amounted to 122.8%. Considering the vast capacity of railway machinery market in Russia and the CIS, it will turn into a platform for competition between the biggest international players. That is the reason why national manufacturers mobilize their efforts. Nowadays they produce technical samples that are quite competitive in respect of their technical and consuming criteria as compared to the production of domestic and some international markets (CIS, Near and Middle East, South-East Asia).
In particular, the biggest player of the Russian railway machine building market –Transmashholding (TMH) exports its production to all CIS countries (the largest consumers are Ukraine and Kazakhstan). Metro wagons produced by ТМH are in great demand in many countries of Eastern Europe, while certain models of TMH production are delivered to the countries with developed national machine engineering sectors (in particular, engines are exported to Germany). In December 2006, two shunting diesel locomotives ТЭМ18 produced by Bryansk machine building factory were exported to Africa, specially modified for operating in humid and hot climate.
«Our company pays great attention to construction machinery models that can be tailored for a specific customer, TMH experts stated. – We believe in future Russian technologies will be exported, assembling factories will be built in those countries where machinery is to be used. Together with Luganskteplovoz plant, a new joint venture was launched to produce cargo diesel locomotives to satisfy the needs of Ukrainian railways, and an enterprise for diesel locomotives production was launched in Kazakhstan. When necessary we are ready to set up manufacturing in any country – the fundamental criterion in this respect is how profitable it is».
It should be said that a very significant competitive advantage of Transmashholding is that the company closely cooperates with ОАО RZD. Joint activities of both companies can provide a potential foreign customer with complex transport product, i.e. ready railway infrastructure and rolling stock.
The growing demand for the Russian machinery expressed by foreign companies was emphasized by representatives of Uralwagonzavod. Their machinery customers are the CIS and such foreign countries as Mongolia, the UAE, Bulgaria and Slovakia. Basic exported production is gondola cars, platforms, tank-cars, components and spare parts for railway rolling stock, road-building machinery, tractors, tank-containers for liquefied gas transportation etc. In 2006, for the first time, a contract with Iranian railway was signed, according to which gondola cars of 12-581 models were designed, manufactured and delivered to the customer.
«To develop new markets and satisfy customers demands, Uralwagonzavod has been actively designing new models of railway machinery: closed-bottom gondola cars, car - platforms (including those for container transportation), and tank-cars for light oil products transportation corresponding to the national standards of foreign customer», the enterprises reported.
Prospects
«Prospects of Russian presence on the international market of railway machinery look optimistic, Transmashholding experts note. – Although, this market is highly competitive, our company feels confident. Our enterprises are capable to produce modern and relatively cheap machinery which forms the basis of the demand on the most dynamically developing markets».
The most prospective region for TMH expansion is believed to be South-East Asia, whose biggest countries underwent an industrialization period which goes hand in hand with rapid transport infrastructure development.
Uralwagonzavod experts state that at present their enterprise production capacities can not cope with the volume of foreign customers export orders for railway machinery due to the high demand on the domestic market. However, the company has been actively upgrading their technical capacities to increase production volumes and expand the nomenclature of railway production popular among foreign customers.
Nevertheless, realizing their role in promoting the Russian machine building sector on the global market, manufacturing companies require the state support to fulfill their export potential and protect the interests of Russian companies on the foreign markets while carrying out export contracts and acquiring production assets. Without this support any efforts on behalf of the manufacturers make no sense.
China can be mentioned as a positive example of the above-mentioned supporting policy. For example, nowadays Chinese machinery is purchased by Kazakhstan railways: although it lags behind the Russian machinery in terms of quality, it surpasses it in respect of competitive pricing, which is the result of support provided by the Chinese Government.
However, certain steps have been taken by the RF Ministry of Industry and Energy since 2005 when the «Plan of arrangements for 2005-2006 on implementation of basic directions for machine building sector development» was approved, with its major target being the development and support of the domestic market. Within the framework of this programme, a working group was launched in 2006 joining representatives from core-businesses, key scientific-research organizations, as well as the biggest transport companies. It aimed to develop the production markets further and promote Russian machinery production on the foreign markets with the state support.
Gulsara Gilmutdinova
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[DETAIL_TEXT] => Reasons to Feel Optimistic
According to the Ministry of the RF Economic Development and Trade, import of machine building production to Russia exceeded USD 60 bln last year. Experts believe the reason that makes potential customers purchase imported machinery is the low technical level of manufactured production and present-day system of servicing and post-guarantee repair in Russia. Moreover, domestic machine building sector doesn’t often manufacture numerous and highly-demanded options of modern equipment (in particular, for deep oil refining as well as timber, food etc. industries).
Nevertheless, last year gave certain hope for turning situation around. According to the RF Ministry of Industry and Energy, in 2006 export of machine building production grew by 20%, compared to the results of 2005, and made USD 14 bln. Experts believe that these unexpectedly positive results are the sign of general improvement of the situation in the domestic machine engineering sector. However, it should be mentioned that in 2006 production result amounted to only 103.3% compared to the results of 2005. The most significant growth was observed in manufacturing of combines (162%), main-line electric locomotives (145%) and tractors (130%), despite the fact that their share is not very significant in machine building export. However, some experts are quite skeptic about growth results, pointing out that basically it is only true for the CIS market which can hardly be called world market.
Whether this is true or not, the RF Ministry of Industry and Energy believes export growth of machine building production resulted from assets consolidation and the launch of powerful holdings in the sector that are capable to invest heavily into production modernization. Thus, in motor production it is Group GAZ, in energy – Silovye Mashiny, in transport machine engineering – Transmashholding, in tractor manufacturing – Tractor works.
«2006 became a real breakthrough for Group GAZ: we launched several assembling factories in Romania, India, Turkey, and South African Republic. Now we consider this opportunity for Mexico, Argentina and Vietnam», the press-service of the company reported.
«Assets and control functions consolidation allowed the company to invest into technical re-equipment and scientific research. Due to this, production growth was shown by all enterprises of the holding», Transmashholding clarified.
Iron Flexibility
The highest growth rate was shown by the railway engineering sector: compared to 2003, it amounted to 122.8%. Considering the vast capacity of railway machinery market in Russia and the CIS, it will turn into a platform for competition between the biggest international players. That is the reason why national manufacturers mobilize their efforts. Nowadays they produce technical samples that are quite competitive in respect of their technical and consuming criteria as compared to the production of domestic and some international markets (CIS, Near and Middle East, South-East Asia).
In particular, the biggest player of the Russian railway machine building market –Transmashholding (TMH) exports its production to all CIS countries (the largest consumers are Ukraine and Kazakhstan). Metro wagons produced by ТМH are in great demand in many countries of Eastern Europe, while certain models of TMH production are delivered to the countries with developed national machine engineering sectors (in particular, engines are exported to Germany). In December 2006, two shunting diesel locomotives ТЭМ18 produced by Bryansk machine building factory were exported to Africa, specially modified for operating in humid and hot climate.
«Our company pays great attention to construction machinery models that can be tailored for a specific customer, TMH experts stated. – We believe in future Russian technologies will be exported, assembling factories will be built in those countries where machinery is to be used. Together with Luganskteplovoz plant, a new joint venture was launched to produce cargo diesel locomotives to satisfy the needs of Ukrainian railways, and an enterprise for diesel locomotives production was launched in Kazakhstan. When necessary we are ready to set up manufacturing in any country – the fundamental criterion in this respect is how profitable it is».
It should be said that a very significant competitive advantage of Transmashholding is that the company closely cooperates with ОАО RZD. Joint activities of both companies can provide a potential foreign customer with complex transport product, i.e. ready railway infrastructure and rolling stock.
The growing demand for the Russian machinery expressed by foreign companies was emphasized by representatives of Uralwagonzavod. Their machinery customers are the CIS and such foreign countries as Mongolia, the UAE, Bulgaria and Slovakia. Basic exported production is gondola cars, platforms, tank-cars, components and spare parts for railway rolling stock, road-building machinery, tractors, tank-containers for liquefied gas transportation etc. In 2006, for the first time, a contract with Iranian railway was signed, according to which gondola cars of 12-581 models were designed, manufactured and delivered to the customer.
«To develop new markets and satisfy customers demands, Uralwagonzavod has been actively designing new models of railway machinery: closed-bottom gondola cars, car - platforms (including those for container transportation), and tank-cars for light oil products transportation corresponding to the national standards of foreign customer», the enterprises reported.
Prospects
«Prospects of Russian presence on the international market of railway machinery look optimistic, Transmashholding experts note. – Although, this market is highly competitive, our company feels confident. Our enterprises are capable to produce modern and relatively cheap machinery which forms the basis of the demand on the most dynamically developing markets».
The most prospective region for TMH expansion is believed to be South-East Asia, whose biggest countries underwent an industrialization period which goes hand in hand with rapid transport infrastructure development.
Uralwagonzavod experts state that at present their enterprise production capacities can not cope with the volume of foreign customers export orders for railway machinery due to the high demand on the domestic market. However, the company has been actively upgrading their technical capacities to increase production volumes and expand the nomenclature of railway production popular among foreign customers.
Nevertheless, realizing their role in promoting the Russian machine building sector on the global market, manufacturing companies require the state support to fulfill their export potential and protect the interests of Russian companies on the foreign markets while carrying out export contracts and acquiring production assets. Without this support any efforts on behalf of the manufacturers make no sense.
China can be mentioned as a positive example of the above-mentioned supporting policy. For example, nowadays Chinese machinery is purchased by Kazakhstan railways: although it lags behind the Russian machinery in terms of quality, it surpasses it in respect of competitive pricing, which is the result of support provided by the Chinese Government.
However, certain steps have been taken by the RF Ministry of Industry and Energy since 2005 when the «Plan of arrangements for 2005-2006 on implementation of basic directions for machine building sector development» was approved, with its major target being the development and support of the domestic market. Within the framework of this programme, a working group was launched in 2006 joining representatives from core-businesses, key scientific-research organizations, as well as the biggest transport companies. It aimed to develop the production markets further and promote Russian machinery production on the foreign markets with the state support.
Gulsara Gilmutdinova
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According to the Ministry of the RF Economic Development and Trade, import of machine building production to Russia exceeded USD 60 bln last year. Experts believe the reason that makes potential customers purchase imported machinery is the low technical level of manufactured production and present-day system of servicing and post-guarantee repair in Russia. Moreover, domestic machine building sector doesn’t often manufacture numerous and highly-demanded options of modern equipment (in particular, for deep oil refining as well as timber, food etc. industries).
Nevertheless, last year gave certain hope for turning situation around. According to the RF Ministry of Industry and Energy, in 2006 export of machine building production grew by 20%, compared to the results of 2005, and made USD 14 bln. Experts believe that these unexpectedly positive results are the sign of general improvement of the situation in the domestic machine engineering sector. However, it should be mentioned that in 2006 production result amounted to only 103.3% compared to the results of 2005. The most significant growth was observed in manufacturing of combines (162%), main-line electric locomotives (145%) and tractors (130%), despite the fact that their share is not very significant in machine building export. However, some experts are quite skeptic about growth results, pointing out that basically it is only true for the CIS market which can hardly be called world market.
Whether this is true or not, the RF Ministry of Industry and Energy believes export growth of machine building production resulted from assets consolidation and the launch of powerful holdings in the sector that are capable to invest heavily into production modernization. Thus, in motor production it is Group GAZ, in energy – Silovye Mashiny, in transport machine engineering – Transmashholding, in tractor manufacturing – Tractor works.
«2006 became a real breakthrough for Group GAZ: we launched several assembling factories in Romania, India, Turkey, and South African Republic. Now we consider this opportunity for Mexico, Argentina and Vietnam», the press-service of the company reported.
«Assets and control functions consolidation allowed the company to invest into technical re-equipment and scientific research. Due to this, production growth was shown by all enterprises of the holding», Transmashholding clarified.
Iron Flexibility
The highest growth rate was shown by the railway engineering sector: compared to 2003, it amounted to 122.8%. Considering the vast capacity of railway machinery market in Russia and the CIS, it will turn into a platform for competition between the biggest international players. That is the reason why national manufacturers mobilize their efforts. Nowadays they produce technical samples that are quite competitive in respect of their technical and consuming criteria as compared to the production of domestic and some international markets (CIS, Near and Middle East, South-East Asia).
In particular, the biggest player of the Russian railway machine building market –Transmashholding (TMH) exports its production to all CIS countries (the largest consumers are Ukraine and Kazakhstan). Metro wagons produced by ТМH are in great demand in many countries of Eastern Europe, while certain models of TMH production are delivered to the countries with developed national machine engineering sectors (in particular, engines are exported to Germany). In December 2006, two shunting diesel locomotives ТЭМ18 produced by Bryansk machine building factory were exported to Africa, specially modified for operating in humid and hot climate.
«Our company pays great attention to construction machinery models that can be tailored for a specific customer, TMH experts stated. – We believe in future Russian technologies will be exported, assembling factories will be built in those countries where machinery is to be used. Together with Luganskteplovoz plant, a new joint venture was launched to produce cargo diesel locomotives to satisfy the needs of Ukrainian railways, and an enterprise for diesel locomotives production was launched in Kazakhstan. When necessary we are ready to set up manufacturing in any country – the fundamental criterion in this respect is how profitable it is».
It should be said that a very significant competitive advantage of Transmashholding is that the company closely cooperates with ОАО RZD. Joint activities of both companies can provide a potential foreign customer with complex transport product, i.e. ready railway infrastructure and rolling stock.
The growing demand for the Russian machinery expressed by foreign companies was emphasized by representatives of Uralwagonzavod. Their machinery customers are the CIS and such foreign countries as Mongolia, the UAE, Bulgaria and Slovakia. Basic exported production is gondola cars, platforms, tank-cars, components and spare parts for railway rolling stock, road-building machinery, tractors, tank-containers for liquefied gas transportation etc. In 2006, for the first time, a contract with Iranian railway was signed, according to which gondola cars of 12-581 models were designed, manufactured and delivered to the customer.
«To develop new markets and satisfy customers demands, Uralwagonzavod has been actively designing new models of railway machinery: closed-bottom gondola cars, car - platforms (including those for container transportation), and tank-cars for light oil products transportation corresponding to the national standards of foreign customer», the enterprises reported.
Prospects
«Prospects of Russian presence on the international market of railway machinery look optimistic, Transmashholding experts note. – Although, this market is highly competitive, our company feels confident. Our enterprises are capable to produce modern and relatively cheap machinery which forms the basis of the demand on the most dynamically developing markets».
The most prospective region for TMH expansion is believed to be South-East Asia, whose biggest countries underwent an industrialization period which goes hand in hand with rapid transport infrastructure development.
Uralwagonzavod experts state that at present their enterprise production capacities can not cope with the volume of foreign customers export orders for railway machinery due to the high demand on the domestic market. However, the company has been actively upgrading their technical capacities to increase production volumes and expand the nomenclature of railway production popular among foreign customers.
Nevertheless, realizing their role in promoting the Russian machine building sector on the global market, manufacturing companies require the state support to fulfill their export potential and protect the interests of Russian companies on the foreign markets while carrying out export contracts and acquiring production assets. Without this support any efforts on behalf of the manufacturers make no sense.
China can be mentioned as a positive example of the above-mentioned supporting policy. For example, nowadays Chinese machinery is purchased by Kazakhstan railways: although it lags behind the Russian machinery in terms of quality, it surpasses it in respect of competitive pricing, which is the result of support provided by the Chinese Government.
However, certain steps have been taken by the RF Ministry of Industry and Energy since 2005 when the «Plan of arrangements for 2005-2006 on implementation of basic directions for machine building sector development» was approved, with its major target being the development and support of the domestic market. Within the framework of this programme, a working group was launched in 2006 joining representatives from core-businesses, key scientific-research organizations, as well as the biggest transport companies. It aimed to develop the production markets further and promote Russian machinery production on the foreign markets with the state support.
Gulsara Gilmutdinova
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– Russia has been undergoing exciting structural changes and is still in a dynamic transformation process to set up effective systems. Also, infrastructural issues have become an important part of this development. It is clear that rail is now considered to be of strategic importance to Russia’s economic development – both as an industry and an enabler for future commercial growth. With an impressive economic growth rate of 7-10% over the last four years, the railway industry has become the back bone of the Russian economy and it shows great potential for the mid-term and long-term perspectives. Russian Railways’ freight operations alone have been growing at the rate of 10-15% over the last four years.
In further recognition of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States as key markets with long-term opportunities for growth, Bombardier Transportation has now built up its local presence there. I took over the position of the Chief Country Representative at the beginning of this year to explore opportunities for new ventures and to build up sustainable long-term relationships with our local customers and partners.
– Mr. Ermolaev, why did your company decide to enter the Russian market and what is the history of your company in Russia?
– Bombardier Transportation’s long-standing relationship with Russia and the CIS began more than 50 years ago through Deutsche Waggonbau AG (DWA), acquired by Bombardier in the late 1990s. From 1948 to 1995, DWA manufactured one out of every two passenger rail coaches made for the Soviet Union and later Russia.
Since 1994, Bombardier has been a shareholder of the October Works, a railcar repair facility which is part of the railway division of JSC Russian Railways located in St.-Petersburg. With a workforce of 1,100 people, the October Works refurbishes most DWA-type passenger coaches and Russian-manufactured commuter trains.
Apart from this investment, Bombardier has successful long-term relationships and joint ventures with other Russian manufacturing and engineering partners. Under the contract with the Russian Railways Ministry, Bombardier Transportation supplied asynchronous propulsion equipment to the Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Works, the leading manufacturer of electric locomotives in Russia, and provided assistance to integrate the propulsion gear into the local mechanical design.
As a result, the first double-voltage electric locomotive with asynchronous propulsion gear, called EP10, was produced in Russia. Currently, 12 locomotives run along the Russian railway network, significantly reducing travel time for passenger trains due to their high operating speed and smooth change from AC to DC zones.
Our Moscow-based joint venture in signalling is another good example of how Bombardier Transportation is adding value in the local Russian market. Called OOO Bombardier Transportation (Signal), the joint venture with a workforce of approximately 100 people is now managing the assembly, programming and commissioning of Bombardier EBI Lock 950 computer-based interlocking systems. It was the first company certified to deliver the latest generation of advanced signalling equipment adapted for the operating principles of OAO
Russian Railways.
Bombardier Aerospace is present in the Russian market with both regional and business aircrafts. In 2003, Bombardier’s Dash 8 aircraft became the first Western-built regional aircraft to obtain Russian civil registration and now operates in support of oil and gas development in the offshore Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East. Sakhalinskie Aviatrassy (Sakhalin Air Transport) is now operating three Dash 8-100 turboprop aircraft in all-passenger configurations to provide international and domestic aviation support to Exxon Neftegas Limited, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil. Bombardier is also the leader in large and ultra long-range business jets in Russia, and the pre-eminent provider of global travel solutions. Its premier business jet charter program, Skyjet International, offers Russian travellers a range of turnkey travel solutions and access to some 950 business jets worldwide.
– What difficulties has your company faced in Russia?
– As I mentioned before, Russia has been undergoing profound changes. Many processes and new structures first had to be set up. I would not call this development a difficulty. It is rather a challenge for a business partner to develop a tailor-made strategy that fits into the local environment. I am happy to say that I believe we have a very clear understanding of our customers’ needs and expectations and we can confidently come up with appropriate business solutions. It is the dynamics of the market that makes it attractive to us.
– What is your forecast for the Russian transport market development?
– We expect that the forthcoming years will bring a dynamic development to the market of railway services. We can see through our discussions with the customers that there is a great need to replace the major part of the rolling stock by the end of 2010. According to Antana Capital Report that quotes official statistics from the Russian Railways, the volume of cargo is forecast to increase by 37% by the year 2010. It is a good signal for the future of rail infrastructure and rolling stock in particular. In 2007 alone, Russian Railways is planning to considerably increase the procurement of rolling stock. Investments of RZD, including leasing, will exceed RUR 53 bln. Additionally, we expect the passenger transport to increase by at least 12% in the next three-four years. As a global market leader with an installed base of 100,000 vehicles worldwide, Bombardier Transportation is happy to share its experience with Russia’s stakeholders and to offer our proven products and services to help facilitate Russia’s exciting growth. We are also exploring various forms of cooperation and partnership that perfectly fit into the current market development strategies.
– What are your company’s plans in the Russian market?
– We are looking for a long-term relationship with the Russian rail industry and are ready to discuss all forms of cooperation. As the market leader, we combine global experience with local expertise and cover the whole scope of products and solutions required in the market. If you take a look at our track record worldwide, I can confidently say that we have an undisputed reputation in the industry for providing innovative, quality, reliable products with consistent customer care. Our recent contract to supply China with a «people mover» is a good proof of that. Our customers wanted it for the Olympic Games in 2008, so no wonder they decided to choose us, since we deliver on time and on quality.
All our products, from MITRAC propulsion and controls, diagnostic systems and modern bogie design to trend-setting trams and high performance TRAXX locomotives, are highly modular and flexible. In each sector we offer platform technologies that can be easily adapted to the customer needs. We are interested in sharing this experience with our local and industry partners and to support them at any stage of their development. Bombardier has exceptionally valuable experience not only in setting-up local production, but also in supporting our customers in various project related activities, such as working on PPP strategies and looking for financing opportunities on the market. We can also provide the required technology support, which is often critical. As you can see, we are here not for single projects. We want to develop long-term relationships with our dedicated local presence to help contribute to Russia’s developing infrastructure and economy.
– What do you think can change after Russia joins the WTO?
– Bombardier welcomes the entry of Russia into the WTO. We expect that this step will be an important milestone for the growth in external trade and it will help the country to attract additional investments. We hope that this development will facilitate business relationships between Bombardier and our partners and create more opportunities for long-term investment in Russia.
Biography
Sergey Ermolaev joined Bombardier as Chief Country Representative in January 2007 to represent Bombardier as an integrated Transportation and Aerospace group in the Russian/CIS market.
His major goal is to explore opportunities for new ventures and growth in the region. Prior to Bombardier, Mr. Ermolaev worked as the Head of the Representative Office for Airbus in Russia and the CIS.
Our reference
Bombardier Corporation is structured around two almost equal-sized fields of activity: planes and trains. In the aerospace sector, Bombardier is a leader in the manufacture of regional aircrafts, business jets and amphibious aircrafts.
Bombardier Transportation has its global headquarters in Berlin, Germany with a presence in over 60 countries. It has an installed base of approximately 100,000 vehicles worldwide. The Group offers the broadest product portfolio and is recognized as the leader in the global rail sector. Its broad scope of products includes passenger railcars and transportation systems, as well as locomotives, propulsion systems and rail control solutions. Bombardier offers a wide range of services, including vehicle and fleet maintenance; materials and logistics; refurbishment, re-engineering and overhaul of vehicles or components.
Interviewed bu Lyudmila Parshina
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In further recognition of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States as key markets with long-term opportunities for growth, Bombardier Transportation has now built up its local presence there. I took over the position of the Chief Country Representative at the beginning of this year to explore opportunities for new ventures and to build up sustainable long-term relationships with our local customers and partners.
– Mr. Ermolaev, why did your company decide to enter the Russian market and what is the history of your company in Russia?
– Bombardier Transportation’s long-standing relationship with Russia and the CIS began more than 50 years ago through Deutsche Waggonbau AG (DWA), acquired by Bombardier in the late 1990s. From 1948 to 1995, DWA manufactured one out of every two passenger rail coaches made for the Soviet Union and later Russia.
Since 1994, Bombardier has been a shareholder of the October Works, a railcar repair facility which is part of the railway division of JSC Russian Railways located in St.-Petersburg. With a workforce of 1,100 people, the October Works refurbishes most DWA-type passenger coaches and Russian-manufactured commuter trains.
Apart from this investment, Bombardier has successful long-term relationships and joint ventures with other Russian manufacturing and engineering partners. Under the contract with the Russian Railways Ministry, Bombardier Transportation supplied asynchronous propulsion equipment to the Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Works, the leading manufacturer of electric locomotives in Russia, and provided assistance to integrate the propulsion gear into the local mechanical design.
As a result, the first double-voltage electric locomotive with asynchronous propulsion gear, called EP10, was produced in Russia. Currently, 12 locomotives run along the Russian railway network, significantly reducing travel time for passenger trains due to their high operating speed and smooth change from AC to DC zones.
Our Moscow-based joint venture in signalling is another good example of how Bombardier Transportation is adding value in the local Russian market. Called OOO Bombardier Transportation (Signal), the joint venture with a workforce of approximately 100 people is now managing the assembly, programming and commissioning of Bombardier EBI Lock 950 computer-based interlocking systems. It was the first company certified to deliver the latest generation of advanced signalling equipment adapted for the operating principles of OAO
Russian Railways.
Bombardier Aerospace is present in the Russian market with both regional and business aircrafts. In 2003, Bombardier’s Dash 8 aircraft became the first Western-built regional aircraft to obtain Russian civil registration and now operates in support of oil and gas development in the offshore Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East. Sakhalinskie Aviatrassy (Sakhalin Air Transport) is now operating three Dash 8-100 turboprop aircraft in all-passenger configurations to provide international and domestic aviation support to Exxon Neftegas Limited, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil. Bombardier is also the leader in large and ultra long-range business jets in Russia, and the pre-eminent provider of global travel solutions. Its premier business jet charter program, Skyjet International, offers Russian travellers a range of turnkey travel solutions and access to some 950 business jets worldwide.
– What difficulties has your company faced in Russia?
– As I mentioned before, Russia has been undergoing profound changes. Many processes and new structures first had to be set up. I would not call this development a difficulty. It is rather a challenge for a business partner to develop a tailor-made strategy that fits into the local environment. I am happy to say that I believe we have a very clear understanding of our customers’ needs and expectations and we can confidently come up with appropriate business solutions. It is the dynamics of the market that makes it attractive to us.
– What is your forecast for the Russian transport market development?
– We expect that the forthcoming years will bring a dynamic development to the market of railway services. We can see through our discussions with the customers that there is a great need to replace the major part of the rolling stock by the end of 2010. According to Antana Capital Report that quotes official statistics from the Russian Railways, the volume of cargo is forecast to increase by 37% by the year 2010. It is a good signal for the future of rail infrastructure and rolling stock in particular. In 2007 alone, Russian Railways is planning to considerably increase the procurement of rolling stock. Investments of RZD, including leasing, will exceed RUR 53 bln. Additionally, we expect the passenger transport to increase by at least 12% in the next three-four years. As a global market leader with an installed base of 100,000 vehicles worldwide, Bombardier Transportation is happy to share its experience with Russia’s stakeholders and to offer our proven products and services to help facilitate Russia’s exciting growth. We are also exploring various forms of cooperation and partnership that perfectly fit into the current market development strategies.
– What are your company’s plans in the Russian market?
– We are looking for a long-term relationship with the Russian rail industry and are ready to discuss all forms of cooperation. As the market leader, we combine global experience with local expertise and cover the whole scope of products and solutions required in the market. If you take a look at our track record worldwide, I can confidently say that we have an undisputed reputation in the industry for providing innovative, quality, reliable products with consistent customer care. Our recent contract to supply China with a «people mover» is a good proof of that. Our customers wanted it for the Olympic Games in 2008, so no wonder they decided to choose us, since we deliver on time and on quality.
All our products, from MITRAC propulsion and controls, diagnostic systems and modern bogie design to trend-setting trams and high performance TRAXX locomotives, are highly modular and flexible. In each sector we offer platform technologies that can be easily adapted to the customer needs. We are interested in sharing this experience with our local and industry partners and to support them at any stage of their development. Bombardier has exceptionally valuable experience not only in setting-up local production, but also in supporting our customers in various project related activities, such as working on PPP strategies and looking for financing opportunities on the market. We can also provide the required technology support, which is often critical. As you can see, we are here not for single projects. We want to develop long-term relationships with our dedicated local presence to help contribute to Russia’s developing infrastructure and economy.
– What do you think can change after Russia joins the WTO?
– Bombardier welcomes the entry of Russia into the WTO. We expect that this step will be an important milestone for the growth in external trade and it will help the country to attract additional investments. We hope that this development will facilitate business relationships between Bombardier and our partners and create more opportunities for long-term investment in Russia.
Biography
Sergey Ermolaev joined Bombardier as Chief Country Representative in January 2007 to represent Bombardier as an integrated Transportation and Aerospace group in the Russian/CIS market.
His major goal is to explore opportunities for new ventures and growth in the region. Prior to Bombardier, Mr. Ermolaev worked as the Head of the Representative Office for Airbus in Russia and the CIS.
Our reference
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– Russia has been undergoing exciting structural changes and is still in a dynamic transformation process to set up effective systems. Also, infrastructural issues have become an important part of this development. It is clear that rail is now considered to be of strategic importance to Russia’s economic development – both as an industry and an enabler for future commercial growth. With an impressive economic growth rate of 7-10% over the last four years, the railway industry has become the back bone of the Russian economy and it shows great potential for the mid-term and long-term perspectives. Russian Railways’ freight operations alone have been growing at the rate of 10-15% over the last four years.
In further recognition of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States as key markets with long-term opportunities for growth, Bombardier Transportation has now built up its local presence there. I took over the position of the Chief Country Representative at the beginning of this year to explore opportunities for new ventures and to build up sustainable long-term relationships with our local customers and partners.
– Mr. Ermolaev, why did your company decide to enter the Russian market and what is the history of your company in Russia?
– Bombardier Transportation’s long-standing relationship with Russia and the CIS began more than 50 years ago through Deutsche Waggonbau AG (DWA), acquired by Bombardier in the late 1990s. From 1948 to 1995, DWA manufactured one out of every two passenger rail coaches made for the Soviet Union and later Russia.
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Apart from this investment, Bombardier has successful long-term relationships and joint ventures with other Russian manufacturing and engineering partners. Under the contract with the Russian Railways Ministry, Bombardier Transportation supplied asynchronous propulsion equipment to the Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Works, the leading manufacturer of electric locomotives in Russia, and provided assistance to integrate the propulsion gear into the local mechanical design.
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Our Moscow-based joint venture in signalling is another good example of how Bombardier Transportation is adding value in the local Russian market. Called OOO Bombardier Transportation (Signal), the joint venture with a workforce of approximately 100 people is now managing the assembly, programming and commissioning of Bombardier EBI Lock 950 computer-based interlocking systems. It was the first company certified to deliver the latest generation of advanced signalling equipment adapted for the operating principles of OAO
Russian Railways.
Bombardier Aerospace is present in the Russian market with both regional and business aircrafts. In 2003, Bombardier’s Dash 8 aircraft became the first Western-built regional aircraft to obtain Russian civil registration and now operates in support of oil and gas development in the offshore Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East. Sakhalinskie Aviatrassy (Sakhalin Air Transport) is now operating three Dash 8-100 turboprop aircraft in all-passenger configurations to provide international and domestic aviation support to Exxon Neftegas Limited, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil. Bombardier is also the leader in large and ultra long-range business jets in Russia, and the pre-eminent provider of global travel solutions. Its premier business jet charter program, Skyjet International, offers Russian travellers a range of turnkey travel solutions and access to some 950 business jets worldwide.
– What difficulties has your company faced in Russia?
– As I mentioned before, Russia has been undergoing profound changes. Many processes and new structures first had to be set up. I would not call this development a difficulty. It is rather a challenge for a business partner to develop a tailor-made strategy that fits into the local environment. I am happy to say that I believe we have a very clear understanding of our customers’ needs and expectations and we can confidently come up with appropriate business solutions. It is the dynamics of the market that makes it attractive to us.
– What is your forecast for the Russian transport market development?
– We expect that the forthcoming years will bring a dynamic development to the market of railway services. We can see through our discussions with the customers that there is a great need to replace the major part of the rolling stock by the end of 2010. According to Antana Capital Report that quotes official statistics from the Russian Railways, the volume of cargo is forecast to increase by 37% by the year 2010. It is a good signal for the future of rail infrastructure and rolling stock in particular. In 2007 alone, Russian Railways is planning to considerably increase the procurement of rolling stock. Investments of RZD, including leasing, will exceed RUR 53 bln. Additionally, we expect the passenger transport to increase by at least 12% in the next three-four years. As a global market leader with an installed base of 100,000 vehicles worldwide, Bombardier Transportation is happy to share its experience with Russia’s stakeholders and to offer our proven products and services to help facilitate Russia’s exciting growth. We are also exploring various forms of cooperation and partnership that perfectly fit into the current market development strategies.
– What are your company’s plans in the Russian market?
– We are looking for a long-term relationship with the Russian rail industry and are ready to discuss all forms of cooperation. As the market leader, we combine global experience with local expertise and cover the whole scope of products and solutions required in the market. If you take a look at our track record worldwide, I can confidently say that we have an undisputed reputation in the industry for providing innovative, quality, reliable products with consistent customer care. Our recent contract to supply China with a «people mover» is a good proof of that. Our customers wanted it for the Olympic Games in 2008, so no wonder they decided to choose us, since we deliver on time and on quality.
All our products, from MITRAC propulsion and controls, diagnostic systems and modern bogie design to trend-setting trams and high performance TRAXX locomotives, are highly modular and flexible. In each sector we offer platform technologies that can be easily adapted to the customer needs. We are interested in sharing this experience with our local and industry partners and to support them at any stage of their development. Bombardier has exceptionally valuable experience not only in setting-up local production, but also in supporting our customers in various project related activities, such as working on PPP strategies and looking for financing opportunities on the market. We can also provide the required technology support, which is often critical. As you can see, we are here not for single projects. We want to develop long-term relationships with our dedicated local presence to help contribute to Russia’s developing infrastructure and economy.
– What do you think can change after Russia joins the WTO?
– Bombardier welcomes the entry of Russia into the WTO. We expect that this step will be an important milestone for the growth in external trade and it will help the country to attract additional investments. We hope that this development will facilitate business relationships between Bombardier and our partners and create more opportunities for long-term investment in Russia.
Biography
Sergey Ermolaev joined Bombardier as Chief Country Representative in January 2007 to represent Bombardier as an integrated Transportation and Aerospace group in the Russian/CIS market.
His major goal is to explore opportunities for new ventures and growth in the region. Prior to Bombardier, Mr. Ermolaev worked as the Head of the Representative Office for Airbus in Russia and the CIS.
Our reference
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Bombardier Transportation has its global headquarters in Berlin, Germany with a presence in over 60 countries. It has an installed base of approximately 100,000 vehicles worldwide. The Group offers the broadest product portfolio and is recognized as the leader in the global rail sector. Its broad scope of products includes passenger railcars and transportation systems, as well as locomotives, propulsion systems and rail control solutions. Bombardier offers a wide range of services, including vehicle and fleet maintenance; materials and logistics; refurbishment, re-engineering and overhaul of vehicles or components.
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In further recognition of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States as key markets with long-term opportunities for growth, Bombardier Transportation has now built up its local presence there. I took over the position of the Chief Country Representative at the beginning of this year to explore opportunities for new ventures and to build up sustainable long-term relationships with our local customers and partners.
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– Bombardier Transportation’s long-standing relationship with Russia and the CIS began more than 50 years ago through Deutsche Waggonbau AG (DWA), acquired by Bombardier in the late 1990s. From 1948 to 1995, DWA manufactured one out of every two passenger rail coaches made for the Soviet Union and later Russia.
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Apart from this investment, Bombardier has successful long-term relationships and joint ventures with other Russian manufacturing and engineering partners. Under the contract with the Russian Railways Ministry, Bombardier Transportation supplied asynchronous propulsion equipment to the Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Works, the leading manufacturer of electric locomotives in Russia, and provided assistance to integrate the propulsion gear into the local mechanical design.
As a result, the first double-voltage electric locomotive with asynchronous propulsion gear, called EP10, was produced in Russia. Currently, 12 locomotives run along the Russian railway network, significantly reducing travel time for passenger trains due to their high operating speed and smooth change from AC to DC zones.
Our Moscow-based joint venture in signalling is another good example of how Bombardier Transportation is adding value in the local Russian market. Called OOO Bombardier Transportation (Signal), the joint venture with a workforce of approximately 100 people is now managing the assembly, programming and commissioning of Bombardier EBI Lock 950 computer-based interlocking systems. It was the first company certified to deliver the latest generation of advanced signalling equipment adapted for the operating principles of OAO
Russian Railways.
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– What difficulties has your company faced in Russia?
– As I mentioned before, Russia has been undergoing profound changes. Many processes and new structures first had to be set up. I would not call this development a difficulty. It is rather a challenge for a business partner to develop a tailor-made strategy that fits into the local environment. I am happy to say that I believe we have a very clear understanding of our customers’ needs and expectations and we can confidently come up with appropriate business solutions. It is the dynamics of the market that makes it attractive to us.
– What is your forecast for the Russian transport market development?
– We expect that the forthcoming years will bring a dynamic development to the market of railway services. We can see through our discussions with the customers that there is a great need to replace the major part of the rolling stock by the end of 2010. According to Antana Capital Report that quotes official statistics from the Russian Railways, the volume of cargo is forecast to increase by 37% by the year 2010. It is a good signal for the future of rail infrastructure and rolling stock in particular. In 2007 alone, Russian Railways is planning to considerably increase the procurement of rolling stock. Investments of RZD, including leasing, will exceed RUR 53 bln. Additionally, we expect the passenger transport to increase by at least 12% in the next three-four years. As a global market leader with an installed base of 100,000 vehicles worldwide, Bombardier Transportation is happy to share its experience with Russia’s stakeholders and to offer our proven products and services to help facilitate Russia’s exciting growth. We are also exploring various forms of cooperation and partnership that perfectly fit into the current market development strategies.
– What are your company’s plans in the Russian market?
– We are looking for a long-term relationship with the Russian rail industry and are ready to discuss all forms of cooperation. As the market leader, we combine global experience with local expertise and cover the whole scope of products and solutions required in the market. If you take a look at our track record worldwide, I can confidently say that we have an undisputed reputation in the industry for providing innovative, quality, reliable products with consistent customer care. Our recent contract to supply China with a «people mover» is a good proof of that. Our customers wanted it for the Olympic Games in 2008, so no wonder they decided to choose us, since we deliver on time and on quality.
All our products, from MITRAC propulsion and controls, diagnostic systems and modern bogie design to trend-setting trams and high performance TRAXX locomotives, are highly modular and flexible. In each sector we offer platform technologies that can be easily adapted to the customer needs. We are interested in sharing this experience with our local and industry partners and to support them at any stage of their development. Bombardier has exceptionally valuable experience not only in setting-up local production, but also in supporting our customers in various project related activities, such as working on PPP strategies and looking for financing opportunities on the market. We can also provide the required technology support, which is often critical. As you can see, we are here not for single projects. We want to develop long-term relationships with our dedicated local presence to help contribute to Russia’s developing infrastructure and economy.
– What do you think can change after Russia joins the WTO?
– Bombardier welcomes the entry of Russia into the WTO. We expect that this step will be an important milestone for the growth in external trade and it will help the country to attract additional investments. We hope that this development will facilitate business relationships between Bombardier and our partners and create more opportunities for long-term investment in Russia.
Biography
Sergey Ermolaev joined Bombardier as Chief Country Representative in January 2007 to represent Bombardier as an integrated Transportation and Aerospace group in the Russian/CIS market.
His major goal is to explore opportunities for new ventures and growth in the region. Prior to Bombardier, Mr. Ermolaev worked as the Head of the Representative Office for Airbus in Russia and the CIS.
Our reference
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According to the RF Government resolution «On railway transport structural reform» restructuring of the Ministry of Railways should be implemented in three stages. Two stages have already been completed and resulted in the launch of ОАО RZD and its subsidiaries that specialize in various types of transportation. The time to run the third stage has come. This stage is to be completed by the formation of a competitive transportation market that would give birth to several public railway carriers equal in rights and obligations. Nowadays in Russia there is only one railway carrier, i.e. ОАО Russian railways. This company is the infrastructure owner and provides services on cargo and passenger transportation all over the territory of Russia. Other companies providing services on cargo transportation by their own rolling stock to cargo owners now function in the company-operator status. However, at present the biggest companies have announced their intention to turn into full-fledged carriers.
The legal definitions of the terms «carrier» and «rolling stock operator» are clarified by the state laws «On railway transport of the Russian Federation» and «Regulations of the Russian Federation Railway Transport». It should be noted that functions, rights and obligations of a carrier are given in details, and definitions are similar in both laws; however, such term as «operator» is given only once.
Let’s turn to the letter of the law.
«A carrier is a legal person or individual entrepreneur who, according to an agreement on railway transportation, has undertaken to deliver passenger, entrusted cargo or luggage from a departure point to a destination point and pass cargo or luggage over to an addressee;
A railway rolling stock operator is a legal person or individual entrepreneur owing or having on other terms rail cars and containers and participating in the transportation process using them. The basics of legal regulations for activities implemented by railway rolling stock operators are defined by the RF Government». Federal Law «On railway transport of the Russian Federation», clause 2.
In the opinion of Evgeny Mikhailov, Deputy Director of State Tariff Regulation and Infrastructure Reforms department, The RF Ministry of Economic Trade and Development, on the modern market there are companies who operate rolling stock and form trains to implement cargo transportation without concluding transportation contracts. These companies can be called «operators of train units». He believes, this phenomenon is to be legalized.
Operators – Who are They?
Operator business in Russia has developed significantly. Big operator companies provide their customers with quite a wide scope of services. This is not only rail cars rent and giving cars for load. Customers who consume private services get help in planning the combination of private park and OAO RZD rolling stock, dispatch guidance, assistance in cooperation with port forwarders, logistic services etc.
According to Deputy RF Transport Minister Alexander Misharin, since the beginning of restructuring private operators have invested over USD 4 bln into the purchase of rolling stock, while the number of private rail cars has reached 280 thousand units or 35% from the general cargo park of the country. Moreover, in certain types of transportation (77% of private rolling stock park are specialized cars) operators dominate over OAO RZD. The biggest operator companies (Transoil, NPC (Novaya Perevozochnaya Company), MMK-Trans, Balttransservice, Transgarant etc.) operate car parks of 10-20 thousand units.
Operator business has turned into profitable business activities due to the fact that to the tariff set for railway transportation the so-called car component was added, in other words, the cost of services on passing the car over to the cargo owner was added. Operator activities are not regulated by the Law «On natural monopolies»; their tariffs are not regulated by the state. In contrast to a public carrier, operator companies have the right to refuse transportation services to the customer they are also authorized to set privileges to certain cargo consignors.
Private cars owners, who managed to invest heavily into rolling stock purchase and carrying on a proper policy in organization of their logistic services, were able to offer their customers discounts quite competitive to the acting Tariff Regulation. Moreover, they are capable to provide cheaper services of higher quality compared to those provided by OAO RZD.
The second advantage of the operators is that cargo consignors do not pay for private cars idling on their tracks, as it occurs in the case of OAO RZD park exploitation.
The following example shows how it all works. For instance, Transoil company specializes in oil transportation via the whole net of the Russian railways and former USSR republics. The company’s office is situated in Saint-Petersburg, with departments in Irkutsk, Archangelsk, Samara, and Komi republic. The company operates its own park of 14000 cargo rail cars and 40 units of locomotives. Moreover, the trains run is controlled by the company’s dispatch center, locomotives are serviced by the company’s own brigades, whose number is permanently growing. According to Alexander Bezhenarov, CEO of Transoil Service, the company’s affiliate, for Kirishi – Muuga (Estonia) line the company’s efficiency surpasses OAO RZD results for the following options: car turn, day run of a rail car and locomotive, and cost of locomotive brigade functioning per hour. The company’s results were so impressive that its CEO Igor Romashev was appointed the Head of the Federal Railway Transport Agency. This way the operator sector in Russia got powerful support on the state level.
What Hinders the Market?
Businessmen and officials of the state bodies believe that nowadays there are two obstacles that prevent carrier market formation. They are lack of infrastructure and locomotive components set in the tariff legally.
In Evgeny Mikhailov’s opinion, carrying activities are impossible without locomotives, i.e. a carrier who does not operate traction rolling stock is not a carrier, but the company who takes a certain amount of rail cars and gives them to another company to implement transportation.
At present 98 % of main-line locomotives belong to OAO RZD. The deficit of the company to modernize its locomotive park amounts to about RUR 160 bln (USD 6 bln). Absence of a certain locomotive component makes it difficult for operators to acquire traction.
«After the approval of necessary laws, our company will be able to offer the whole range of services, including our own locomotives and brigades to a customer», Yuri Chmelyov, MMK-Trans CEO, says. A working technology for operating locomotives has already been tested by the company during ore transportation from Kazakhstan (Sokolovsko-Sarbaiskoye ore mining and processing enterprise) to Magnitogorsk metallurgical complex. The company plans to invest over USD 10 mln to develop their own locomotive park. However, this investment is possible only after the approval of laws on introducing the locomotive component into the railway tariff structure, Yuri Chmelyov stresses. OAO RZD feels quite sympathetic about these problems, but believes one should not hurry with new carriers arrival, since it can cause the worsening of the general transport system due to the fact that at the moment the market is not ready to substitute for the functioning, though old, system inherited by OAO RZD from the former Ministry of Means of Communication.
OAO RZD was created on the basis of the Ministry of Railways, thus, it inherited some of its functions, Vladimir Sosipatorov, Head of the department of normative work with operators and infrastructure services customer Center of Transport Sercives OAO RZD, says, so it is impossible to get a developed transportation market immediately. OAO RZD will evolve towards their businesses separation and creating respective local markets in these areas. No other carrier who is capable to satisfy all demands on the whole railways net, but RZD, can appear now, he believes.
Operator and Carrier
Nowadays in Russia there is only one actual carrier, i.e. OAO RZD. Despite the fact that the third stage of the railway restructuring should be completed in 2010, these terms are quite illusive. Experts state, that numerous problems connected with the restructuring process were hard to predict in 2001.
In the opinion of Igor Romashev, Head of the Federal Railway Transport Agency, in the Russian Federation there are many operators and the time for an independent carrier has come, as well as the time for tariffs in competitive sectors to be deregulated. Nevertheless, OAO RZD will continue to exist as it is now for about ten years. Currently, the total separation of infrastructure and transportation businesses is premature, he states. This issue will be considered in 2015 when the market mechanisms of proper railway net functioning are formed.
Restructuring programme treated operator as a link for turning the forwarder or rolling stock owner into a carrier. Who is to be the major object of competition: operator or carrier? If the ultimate result of the market is operators’ competition, this market model can hardly be called successful, Alan Lushnikov, Deputy Head of the Federal Railway Transport Agency, believes. In the first turn, it will not be good for OAO RZD, since in this case it will get the most unprofitable transportation. Thus, equal terms are to be worked out. Speaking of future prospects of co-existence for operator companies and carriers, market players share various opinions. For example, Alexander Yeliseyev, CEO of New Transportation Company, which is the leader among private companies specializing in cargo transportation in gondola cars, feels negative about the operator status. Firstly, this is due to problems arising with tax legislation where operator activities are considered as of middleman sort, not transport; and secondly, an operator company can hardly get foreign credits and it is quite difficult to deal with foreign players who are confused about the operator status. CEO believes that the company is absolutely ready to turn into a carrier in the near future.
He states the tendency for operator companies consolidation can assist in the market development. In the near future, about 5-10 big national companies will function on the market: potentially they can become national carriers prototypes. The same way OAO RZD subsidiaries will evolve (TransContainer, Refservice): they will take leading positions. Naturally, operators will function in the regions servicing local routes, Mr.Yeliseyev believes.
The RF Ministry of Economic Development and Trade also supports the idea of «local carriers». As an example Evgeny Mikhailov quotes the successful experience of passenger companies in Europe who function under such conditions. He offers two ways of acquiring the carrier status: licensing abolition with simultaneous introduction of obligatory certification and insurance of carrier responsibilities or «localization» of licenses (limits in rolling stock or activities).
Vladimir Prokofyev, CEO of Balttransservice shares this idea. Full-fledged carriers can appear as early as in 2 – 3 years only: for local carriers formation it will take less time, he says. He believes, in their areas operator companies have reached better economic results than those of OAO RZD. The approach to transportation organization practiced by the operators and RZD differs. The main results for OAO RZD are loading and unloading. Private operators are interested in car turn, logistics and complex services development of the so-called door-to-door type.
However, Transgarant company feels fine about the operator status. The company was one of the first to obtain this status; nowadays it operates the park of 15000 rail cars of different sorts. It is quite important to realize that the transfer from operator status to carrier status is not an obligatory target of restructuring, the company’s experts state. Operator companies will exist on the market even if independent carriers arrive. However, certain problems are still to be solved, the company notes: there is no clear definition for operator in legislation, neither is there a form for agreement between a carrier and an operator, besides the agreement developed for tariff payment. Thus, we can not make complaints about breaking the terms or cargo delivery quality.
The operator status should be given not just to rail cars owners, but also to companies who operate their own or leased rolling stock and who provide transport services of different sort.
Nowadays one can state that in Russia there are similar attitudes to transport market development both on the state level and in the business community. The difference lies in terms of tactics, not strategy. The Russian railway transportation market is so capacious that it can host both carriers and differentiated operators.
Alexey Lebedev
[~DETAIL_TEXT] => According to the Law
According to the RF Government resolution «On railway transport structural reform» restructuring of the Ministry of Railways should be implemented in three stages. Two stages have already been completed and resulted in the launch of ОАО RZD and its subsidiaries that specialize in various types of transportation. The time to run the third stage has come. This stage is to be completed by the formation of a competitive transportation market that would give birth to several public railway carriers equal in rights and obligations. Nowadays in Russia there is only one railway carrier, i.e. ОАО Russian railways. This company is the infrastructure owner and provides services on cargo and passenger transportation all over the territory of Russia. Other companies providing services on cargo transportation by their own rolling stock to cargo owners now function in the company-operator status. However, at present the biggest companies have announced their intention to turn into full-fledged carriers.
The legal definitions of the terms «carrier» and «rolling stock operator» are clarified by the state laws «On railway transport of the Russian Federation» and «Regulations of the Russian Federation Railway Transport». It should be noted that functions, rights and obligations of a carrier are given in details, and definitions are similar in both laws; however, such term as «operator» is given only once.
Let’s turn to the letter of the law.
«A carrier is a legal person or individual entrepreneur who, according to an agreement on railway transportation, has undertaken to deliver passenger, entrusted cargo or luggage from a departure point to a destination point and pass cargo or luggage over to an addressee;
A railway rolling stock operator is a legal person or individual entrepreneur owing or having on other terms rail cars and containers and participating in the transportation process using them. The basics of legal regulations for activities implemented by railway rolling stock operators are defined by the RF Government». Federal Law «On railway transport of the Russian Federation», clause 2.
In the opinion of Evgeny Mikhailov, Deputy Director of State Tariff Regulation and Infrastructure Reforms department, The RF Ministry of Economic Trade and Development, on the modern market there are companies who operate rolling stock and form trains to implement cargo transportation without concluding transportation contracts. These companies can be called «operators of train units». He believes, this phenomenon is to be legalized.
Operators – Who are They?
Operator business in Russia has developed significantly. Big operator companies provide their customers with quite a wide scope of services. This is not only rail cars rent and giving cars for load. Customers who consume private services get help in planning the combination of private park and OAO RZD rolling stock, dispatch guidance, assistance in cooperation with port forwarders, logistic services etc.
According to Deputy RF Transport Minister Alexander Misharin, since the beginning of restructuring private operators have invested over USD 4 bln into the purchase of rolling stock, while the number of private rail cars has reached 280 thousand units or 35% from the general cargo park of the country. Moreover, in certain types of transportation (77% of private rolling stock park are specialized cars) operators dominate over OAO RZD. The biggest operator companies (Transoil, NPC (Novaya Perevozochnaya Company), MMK-Trans, Balttransservice, Transgarant etc.) operate car parks of 10-20 thousand units.
Operator business has turned into profitable business activities due to the fact that to the tariff set for railway transportation the so-called car component was added, in other words, the cost of services on passing the car over to the cargo owner was added. Operator activities are not regulated by the Law «On natural monopolies»; their tariffs are not regulated by the state. In contrast to a public carrier, operator companies have the right to refuse transportation services to the customer they are also authorized to set privileges to certain cargo consignors.
Private cars owners, who managed to invest heavily into rolling stock purchase and carrying on a proper policy in organization of their logistic services, were able to offer their customers discounts quite competitive to the acting Tariff Regulation. Moreover, they are capable to provide cheaper services of higher quality compared to those provided by OAO RZD.
The second advantage of the operators is that cargo consignors do not pay for private cars idling on their tracks, as it occurs in the case of OAO RZD park exploitation.
The following example shows how it all works. For instance, Transoil company specializes in oil transportation via the whole net of the Russian railways and former USSR republics. The company’s office is situated in Saint-Petersburg, with departments in Irkutsk, Archangelsk, Samara, and Komi republic. The company operates its own park of 14000 cargo rail cars and 40 units of locomotives. Moreover, the trains run is controlled by the company’s dispatch center, locomotives are serviced by the company’s own brigades, whose number is permanently growing. According to Alexander Bezhenarov, CEO of Transoil Service, the company’s affiliate, for Kirishi – Muuga (Estonia) line the company’s efficiency surpasses OAO RZD results for the following options: car turn, day run of a rail car and locomotive, and cost of locomotive brigade functioning per hour. The company’s results were so impressive that its CEO Igor Romashev was appointed the Head of the Federal Railway Transport Agency. This way the operator sector in Russia got powerful support on the state level.
What Hinders the Market?
Businessmen and officials of the state bodies believe that nowadays there are two obstacles that prevent carrier market formation. They are lack of infrastructure and locomotive components set in the tariff legally.
In Evgeny Mikhailov’s opinion, carrying activities are impossible without locomotives, i.e. a carrier who does not operate traction rolling stock is not a carrier, but the company who takes a certain amount of rail cars and gives them to another company to implement transportation.
At present 98 % of main-line locomotives belong to OAO RZD. The deficit of the company to modernize its locomotive park amounts to about RUR 160 bln (USD 6 bln). Absence of a certain locomotive component makes it difficult for operators to acquire traction.
«After the approval of necessary laws, our company will be able to offer the whole range of services, including our own locomotives and brigades to a customer», Yuri Chmelyov, MMK-Trans CEO, says. A working technology for operating locomotives has already been tested by the company during ore transportation from Kazakhstan (Sokolovsko-Sarbaiskoye ore mining and processing enterprise) to Magnitogorsk metallurgical complex. The company plans to invest over USD 10 mln to develop their own locomotive park. However, this investment is possible only after the approval of laws on introducing the locomotive component into the railway tariff structure, Yuri Chmelyov stresses. OAO RZD feels quite sympathetic about these problems, but believes one should not hurry with new carriers arrival, since it can cause the worsening of the general transport system due to the fact that at the moment the market is not ready to substitute for the functioning, though old, system inherited by OAO RZD from the former Ministry of Means of Communication.
OAO RZD was created on the basis of the Ministry of Railways, thus, it inherited some of its functions, Vladimir Sosipatorov, Head of the department of normative work with operators and infrastructure services customer Center of Transport Sercives OAO RZD, says, so it is impossible to get a developed transportation market immediately. OAO RZD will evolve towards their businesses separation and creating respective local markets in these areas. No other carrier who is capable to satisfy all demands on the whole railways net, but RZD, can appear now, he believes.
Operator and Carrier
Nowadays in Russia there is only one actual carrier, i.e. OAO RZD. Despite the fact that the third stage of the railway restructuring should be completed in 2010, these terms are quite illusive. Experts state, that numerous problems connected with the restructuring process were hard to predict in 2001.
In the opinion of Igor Romashev, Head of the Federal Railway Transport Agency, in the Russian Federation there are many operators and the time for an independent carrier has come, as well as the time for tariffs in competitive sectors to be deregulated. Nevertheless, OAO RZD will continue to exist as it is now for about ten years. Currently, the total separation of infrastructure and transportation businesses is premature, he states. This issue will be considered in 2015 when the market mechanisms of proper railway net functioning are formed.
Restructuring programme treated operator as a link for turning the forwarder or rolling stock owner into a carrier. Who is to be the major object of competition: operator or carrier? If the ultimate result of the market is operators’ competition, this market model can hardly be called successful, Alan Lushnikov, Deputy Head of the Federal Railway Transport Agency, believes. In the first turn, it will not be good for OAO RZD, since in this case it will get the most unprofitable transportation. Thus, equal terms are to be worked out. Speaking of future prospects of co-existence for operator companies and carriers, market players share various opinions. For example, Alexander Yeliseyev, CEO of New Transportation Company, which is the leader among private companies specializing in cargo transportation in gondola cars, feels negative about the operator status. Firstly, this is due to problems arising with tax legislation where operator activities are considered as of middleman sort, not transport; and secondly, an operator company can hardly get foreign credits and it is quite difficult to deal with foreign players who are confused about the operator status. CEO believes that the company is absolutely ready to turn into a carrier in the near future.
He states the tendency for operator companies consolidation can assist in the market development. In the near future, about 5-10 big national companies will function on the market: potentially they can become national carriers prototypes. The same way OAO RZD subsidiaries will evolve (TransContainer, Refservice): they will take leading positions. Naturally, operators will function in the regions servicing local routes, Mr.Yeliseyev believes.
The RF Ministry of Economic Development and Trade also supports the idea of «local carriers». As an example Evgeny Mikhailov quotes the successful experience of passenger companies in Europe who function under such conditions. He offers two ways of acquiring the carrier status: licensing abolition with simultaneous introduction of obligatory certification and insurance of carrier responsibilities or «localization» of licenses (limits in rolling stock or activities).
Vladimir Prokofyev, CEO of Balttransservice shares this idea. Full-fledged carriers can appear as early as in 2 – 3 years only: for local carriers formation it will take less time, he says. He believes, in their areas operator companies have reached better economic results than those of OAO RZD. The approach to transportation organization practiced by the operators and RZD differs. The main results for OAO RZD are loading and unloading. Private operators are interested in car turn, logistics and complex services development of the so-called door-to-door type.
However, Transgarant company feels fine about the operator status. The company was one of the first to obtain this status; nowadays it operates the park of 15000 rail cars of different sorts. It is quite important to realize that the transfer from operator status to carrier status is not an obligatory target of restructuring, the company’s experts state. Operator companies will exist on the market even if independent carriers arrive. However, certain problems are still to be solved, the company notes: there is no clear definition for operator in legislation, neither is there a form for agreement between a carrier and an operator, besides the agreement developed for tariff payment. Thus, we can not make complaints about breaking the terms or cargo delivery quality.
The operator status should be given not just to rail cars owners, but also to companies who operate their own or leased rolling stock and who provide transport services of different sort.
Nowadays one can state that in Russia there are similar attitudes to transport market development both on the state level and in the business community. The difference lies in terms of tactics, not strategy. The Russian railway transportation market is so capacious that it can host both carriers and differentiated operators.
Alexey Lebedev
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According to the RF Government resolution «On railway transport structural reform» restructuring of the Ministry of Railways should be implemented in three stages. Two stages have already been completed and resulted in the launch of ОАО RZD and its subsidiaries that specialize in various types of transportation. The time to run the third stage has come. This stage is to be completed by the formation of a competitive transportation market that would give birth to several public railway carriers equal in rights and obligations. Nowadays in Russia there is only one railway carrier, i.e. ОАО Russian railways. This company is the infrastructure owner and provides services on cargo and passenger transportation all over the territory of Russia. Other companies providing services on cargo transportation by their own rolling stock to cargo owners now function in the company-operator status. However, at present the biggest companies have announced their intention to turn into full-fledged carriers.
The legal definitions of the terms «carrier» and «rolling stock operator» are clarified by the state laws «On railway transport of the Russian Federation» and «Regulations of the Russian Federation Railway Transport». It should be noted that functions, rights and obligations of a carrier are given in details, and definitions are similar in both laws; however, such term as «operator» is given only once.
Let’s turn to the letter of the law.
«A carrier is a legal person or individual entrepreneur who, according to an agreement on railway transportation, has undertaken to deliver passenger, entrusted cargo or luggage from a departure point to a destination point and pass cargo or luggage over to an addressee;
A railway rolling stock operator is a legal person or individual entrepreneur owing or having on other terms rail cars and containers and participating in the transportation process using them. The basics of legal regulations for activities implemented by railway rolling stock operators are defined by the RF Government». Federal Law «On railway transport of the Russian Federation», clause 2.
In the opinion of Evgeny Mikhailov, Deputy Director of State Tariff Regulation and Infrastructure Reforms department, The RF Ministry of Economic Trade and Development, on the modern market there are companies who operate rolling stock and form trains to implement cargo transportation without concluding transportation contracts. These companies can be called «operators of train units». He believes, this phenomenon is to be legalized.
Operators – Who are They?
Operator business in Russia has developed significantly. Big operator companies provide their customers with quite a wide scope of services. This is not only rail cars rent and giving cars for load. Customers who consume private services get help in planning the combination of private park and OAO RZD rolling stock, dispatch guidance, assistance in cooperation with port forwarders, logistic services etc.
According to Deputy RF Transport Minister Alexander Misharin, since the beginning of restructuring private operators have invested over USD 4 bln into the purchase of rolling stock, while the number of private rail cars has reached 280 thousand units or 35% from the general cargo park of the country. Moreover, in certain types of transportation (77% of private rolling stock park are specialized cars) operators dominate over OAO RZD. The biggest operator companies (Transoil, NPC (Novaya Perevozochnaya Company), MMK-Trans, Balttransservice, Transgarant etc.) operate car parks of 10-20 thousand units.
Operator business has turned into profitable business activities due to the fact that to the tariff set for railway transportation the so-called car component was added, in other words, the cost of services on passing the car over to the cargo owner was added. Operator activities are not regulated by the Law «On natural monopolies»; their tariffs are not regulated by the state. In contrast to a public carrier, operator companies have the right to refuse transportation services to the customer they are also authorized to set privileges to certain cargo consignors.
Private cars owners, who managed to invest heavily into rolling stock purchase and carrying on a proper policy in organization of their logistic services, were able to offer their customers discounts quite competitive to the acting Tariff Regulation. Moreover, they are capable to provide cheaper services of higher quality compared to those provided by OAO RZD.
The second advantage of the operators is that cargo consignors do not pay for private cars idling on their tracks, as it occurs in the case of OAO RZD park exploitation.
The following example shows how it all works. For instance, Transoil company specializes in oil transportation via the whole net of the Russian railways and former USSR republics. The company’s office is situated in Saint-Petersburg, with departments in Irkutsk, Archangelsk, Samara, and Komi republic. The company operates its own park of 14000 cargo rail cars and 40 units of locomotives. Moreover, the trains run is controlled by the company’s dispatch center, locomotives are serviced by the company’s own brigades, whose number is permanently growing. According to Alexander Bezhenarov, CEO of Transoil Service, the company’s affiliate, for Kirishi – Muuga (Estonia) line the company’s efficiency surpasses OAO RZD results for the following options: car turn, day run of a rail car and locomotive, and cost of locomotive brigade functioning per hour. The company’s results were so impressive that its CEO Igor Romashev was appointed the Head of the Federal Railway Transport Agency. This way the operator sector in Russia got powerful support on the state level.
What Hinders the Market?
Businessmen and officials of the state bodies believe that nowadays there are two obstacles that prevent carrier market formation. They are lack of infrastructure and locomotive components set in the tariff legally.
In Evgeny Mikhailov’s opinion, carrying activities are impossible without locomotives, i.e. a carrier who does not operate traction rolling stock is not a carrier, but the company who takes a certain amount of rail cars and gives them to another company to implement transportation.
At present 98 % of main-line locomotives belong to OAO RZD. The deficit of the company to modernize its locomotive park amounts to about RUR 160 bln (USD 6 bln). Absence of a certain locomotive component makes it difficult for operators to acquire traction.
«After the approval of necessary laws, our company will be able to offer the whole range of services, including our own locomotives and brigades to a customer», Yuri Chmelyov, MMK-Trans CEO, says. A working technology for operating locomotives has already been tested by the company during ore transportation from Kazakhstan (Sokolovsko-Sarbaiskoye ore mining and processing enterprise) to Magnitogorsk metallurgical complex. The company plans to invest over USD 10 mln to develop their own locomotive park. However, this investment is possible only after the approval of laws on introducing the locomotive component into the railway tariff structure, Yuri Chmelyov stresses. OAO RZD feels quite sympathetic about these problems, but believes one should not hurry with new carriers arrival, since it can cause the worsening of the general transport system due to the fact that at the moment the market is not ready to substitute for the functioning, though old, system inherited by OAO RZD from the former Ministry of Means of Communication.
OAO RZD was created on the basis of the Ministry of Railways, thus, it inherited some of its functions, Vladimir Sosipatorov, Head of the department of normative work with operators and infrastructure services customer Center of Transport Sercives OAO RZD, says, so it is impossible to get a developed transportation market immediately. OAO RZD will evolve towards their businesses separation and creating respective local markets in these areas. No other carrier who is capable to satisfy all demands on the whole railways net, but RZD, can appear now, he believes.
Operator and Carrier
Nowadays in Russia there is only one actual carrier, i.e. OAO RZD. Despite the fact that the third stage of the railway restructuring should be completed in 2010, these terms are quite illusive. Experts state, that numerous problems connected with the restructuring process were hard to predict in 2001.
In the opinion of Igor Romashev, Head of the Federal Railway Transport Agency, in the Russian Federation there are many operators and the time for an independent carrier has come, as well as the time for tariffs in competitive sectors to be deregulated. Nevertheless, OAO RZD will continue to exist as it is now for about ten years. Currently, the total separation of infrastructure and transportation businesses is premature, he states. This issue will be considered in 2015 when the market mechanisms of proper railway net functioning are formed.
Restructuring programme treated operator as a link for turning the forwarder or rolling stock owner into a carrier. Who is to be the major object of competition: operator or carrier? If the ultimate result of the market is operators’ competition, this market model can hardly be called successful, Alan Lushnikov, Deputy Head of the Federal Railway Transport Agency, believes. In the first turn, it will not be good for OAO RZD, since in this case it will get the most unprofitable transportation. Thus, equal terms are to be worked out. Speaking of future prospects of co-existence for operator companies and carriers, market players share various opinions. For example, Alexander Yeliseyev, CEO of New Transportation Company, which is the leader among private companies specializing in cargo transportation in gondola cars, feels negative about the operator status. Firstly, this is due to problems arising with tax legislation where operator activities are considered as of middleman sort, not transport; and secondly, an operator company can hardly get foreign credits and it is quite difficult to deal with foreign players who are confused about the operator status. CEO believes that the company is absolutely ready to turn into a carrier in the near future.
He states the tendency for operator companies consolidation can assist in the market development. In the near future, about 5-10 big national companies will function on the market: potentially they can become national carriers prototypes. The same way OAO RZD subsidiaries will evolve (TransContainer, Refservice): they will take leading positions. Naturally, operators will function in the regions servicing local routes, Mr.Yeliseyev believes.
The RF Ministry of Economic Development and Trade also supports the idea of «local carriers». As an example Evgeny Mikhailov quotes the successful experience of passenger companies in Europe who function under such conditions. He offers two ways of acquiring the carrier status: licensing abolition with simultaneous introduction of obligatory certification and insurance of carrier responsibilities or «localization» of licenses (limits in rolling stock or activities).
Vladimir Prokofyev, CEO of Balttransservice shares this idea. Full-fledged carriers can appear as early as in 2 – 3 years only: for local carriers formation it will take less time, he says. He believes, in their areas operator companies have reached better economic results than those of OAO RZD. The approach to transportation organization practiced by the operators and RZD differs. The main results for OAO RZD are loading and unloading. Private operators are interested in car turn, logistics and complex services development of the so-called door-to-door type.
However, Transgarant company feels fine about the operator status. The company was one of the first to obtain this status; nowadays it operates the park of 15000 rail cars of different sorts. It is quite important to realize that the transfer from operator status to carrier status is not an obligatory target of restructuring, the company’s experts state. Operator companies will exist on the market even if independent carriers arrive. However, certain problems are still to be solved, the company notes: there is no clear definition for operator in legislation, neither is there a form for agreement between a carrier and an operator, besides the agreement developed for tariff payment. Thus, we can not make complaints about breaking the terms or cargo delivery quality.
The operator status should be given not just to rail cars owners, but also to companies who operate their own or leased rolling stock and who provide transport services of different sort.
Nowadays one can state that in Russia there are similar attitudes to transport market development both on the state level and in the business community. The difference lies in terms of tactics, not strategy. The Russian railway transportation market is so capacious that it can host both carriers and differentiated operators.
Alexey Lebedev
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According to the RF Government resolution «On railway transport structural reform» restructuring of the Ministry of Railways should be implemented in three stages. Two stages have already been completed and resulted in the launch of ОАО RZD and its subsidiaries that specialize in various types of transportation. The time to run the third stage has come. This stage is to be completed by the formation of a competitive transportation market that would give birth to several public railway carriers equal in rights and obligations. Nowadays in Russia there is only one railway carrier, i.e. ОАО Russian railways. This company is the infrastructure owner and provides services on cargo and passenger transportation all over the territory of Russia. Other companies providing services on cargo transportation by their own rolling stock to cargo owners now function in the company-operator status. However, at present the biggest companies have announced their intention to turn into full-fledged carriers.
The legal definitions of the terms «carrier» and «rolling stock operator» are clarified by the state laws «On railway transport of the Russian Federation» and «Regulations of the Russian Federation Railway Transport». It should be noted that functions, rights and obligations of a carrier are given in details, and definitions are similar in both laws; however, such term as «operator» is given only once.
Let’s turn to the letter of the law.
«A carrier is a legal person or individual entrepreneur who, according to an agreement on railway transportation, has undertaken to deliver passenger, entrusted cargo or luggage from a departure point to a destination point and pass cargo or luggage over to an addressee;
A railway rolling stock operator is a legal person or individual entrepreneur owing or having on other terms rail cars and containers and participating in the transportation process using them. The basics of legal regulations for activities implemented by railway rolling stock operators are defined by the RF Government». Federal Law «On railway transport of the Russian Federation», clause 2.
In the opinion of Evgeny Mikhailov, Deputy Director of State Tariff Regulation and Infrastructure Reforms department, The RF Ministry of Economic Trade and Development, on the modern market there are companies who operate rolling stock and form trains to implement cargo transportation without concluding transportation contracts. These companies can be called «operators of train units». He believes, this phenomenon is to be legalized.
Operators – Who are They?
Operator business in Russia has developed significantly. Big operator companies provide their customers with quite a wide scope of services. This is not only rail cars rent and giving cars for load. Customers who consume private services get help in planning the combination of private park and OAO RZD rolling stock, dispatch guidance, assistance in cooperation with port forwarders, logistic services etc.
According to Deputy RF Transport Minister Alexander Misharin, since the beginning of restructuring private operators have invested over USD 4 bln into the purchase of rolling stock, while the number of private rail cars has reached 280 thousand units or 35% from the general cargo park of the country. Moreover, in certain types of transportation (77% of private rolling stock park are specialized cars) operators dominate over OAO RZD. The biggest operator companies (Transoil, NPC (Novaya Perevozochnaya Company), MMK-Trans, Balttransservice, Transgarant etc.) operate car parks of 10-20 thousand units.
Operator business has turned into profitable business activities due to the fact that to the tariff set for railway transportation the so-called car component was added, in other words, the cost of services on passing the car over to the cargo owner was added. Operator activities are not regulated by the Law «On natural monopolies»; their tariffs are not regulated by the state. In contrast to a public carrier, operator companies have the right to refuse transportation services to the customer they are also authorized to set privileges to certain cargo consignors.
Private cars owners, who managed to invest heavily into rolling stock purchase and carrying on a proper policy in organization of their logistic services, were able to offer their customers discounts quite competitive to the acting Tariff Regulation. Moreover, they are capable to provide cheaper services of higher quality compared to those provided by OAO RZD.
The second advantage of the operators is that cargo consignors do not pay for private cars idling on their tracks, as it occurs in the case of OAO RZD park exploitation.
The following example shows how it all works. For instance, Transoil company specializes in oil transportation via the whole net of the Russian railways and former USSR republics. The company’s office is situated in Saint-Petersburg, with departments in Irkutsk, Archangelsk, Samara, and Komi republic. The company operates its own park of 14000 cargo rail cars and 40 units of locomotives. Moreover, the trains run is controlled by the company’s dispatch center, locomotives are serviced by the company’s own brigades, whose number is permanently growing. According to Alexander Bezhenarov, CEO of Transoil Service, the company’s affiliate, for Kirishi – Muuga (Estonia) line the company’s efficiency surpasses OAO RZD results for the following options: car turn, day run of a rail car and locomotive, and cost of locomotive brigade functioning per hour. The company’s results were so impressive that its CEO Igor Romashev was appointed the Head of the Federal Railway Transport Agency. This way the operator sector in Russia got powerful support on the state level.
What Hinders the Market?
Businessmen and officials of the state bodies believe that nowadays there are two obstacles that prevent carrier market formation. They are lack of infrastructure and locomotive components set in the tariff legally.
In Evgeny Mikhailov’s opinion, carrying activities are impossible without locomotives, i.e. a carrier who does not operate traction rolling stock is not a carrier, but the company who takes a certain amount of rail cars and gives them to another company to implement transportation.
At present 98 % of main-line locomotives belong to OAO RZD. The deficit of the company to modernize its locomotive park amounts to about RUR 160 bln (USD 6 bln). Absence of a certain locomotive component makes it difficult for operators to acquire traction.
«After the approval of necessary laws, our company will be able to offer the whole range of services, including our own locomotives and brigades to a customer», Yuri Chmelyov, MMK-Trans CEO, says. A working technology for operating locomotives has already been tested by the company during ore transportation from Kazakhstan (Sokolovsko-Sarbaiskoye ore mining and processing enterprise) to Magnitogorsk metallurgical complex. The company plans to invest over USD 10 mln to develop their own locomotive park. However, this investment is possible only after the approval of laws on introducing the locomotive component into the railway tariff structure, Yuri Chmelyov stresses. OAO RZD feels quite sympathetic about these problems, but believes one should not hurry with new carriers arrival, since it can cause the worsening of the general transport system due to the fact that at the moment the market is not ready to substitute for the functioning, though old, system inherited by OAO RZD from the former Ministry of Means of Communication.
OAO RZD was created on the basis of the Ministry of Railways, thus, it inherited some of its functions, Vladimir Sosipatorov, Head of the department of normative work with operators and infrastructure services customer Center of Transport Sercives OAO RZD, says, so it is impossible to get a developed transportation market immediately. OAO RZD will evolve towards their businesses separation and creating respective local markets in these areas. No other carrier who is capable to satisfy all demands on the whole railways net, but RZD, can appear now, he believes.
Operator and Carrier
Nowadays in Russia there is only one actual carrier, i.e. OAO RZD. Despite the fact that the third stage of the railway restructuring should be completed in 2010, these terms are quite illusive. Experts state, that numerous problems connected with the restructuring process were hard to predict in 2001.
In the opinion of Igor Romashev, Head of the Federal Railway Transport Agency, in the Russian Federation there are many operators and the time for an independent carrier has come, as well as the time for tariffs in competitive sectors to be deregulated. Nevertheless, OAO RZD will continue to exist as it is now for about ten years. Currently, the total separation of infrastructure and transportation businesses is premature, he states. This issue will be considered in 2015 when the market mechanisms of proper railway net functioning are formed.
Restructuring programme treated operator as a link for turning the forwarder or rolling stock owner into a carrier. Who is to be the major object of competition: operator or carrier? If the ultimate result of the market is operators’ competition, this market model can hardly be called successful, Alan Lushnikov, Deputy Head of the Federal Railway Transport Agency, believes. In the first turn, it will not be good for OAO RZD, since in this case it will get the most unprofitable transportation. Thus, equal terms are to be worked out. Speaking of future prospects of co-existence for operator companies and carriers, market players share various opinions. For example, Alexander Yeliseyev, CEO of New Transportation Company, which is the leader among private companies specializing in cargo transportation in gondola cars, feels negative about the operator status. Firstly, this is due to problems arising with tax legislation where operator activities are considered as of middleman sort, not transport; and secondly, an operator company can hardly get foreign credits and it is quite difficult to deal with foreign players who are confused about the operator status. CEO believes that the company is absolutely ready to turn into a carrier in the near future.
He states the tendency for operator companies consolidation can assist in the market development. In the near future, about 5-10 big national companies will function on the market: potentially they can become national carriers prototypes. The same way OAO RZD subsidiaries will evolve (TransContainer, Refservice): they will take leading positions. Naturally, operators will function in the regions servicing local routes, Mr.Yeliseyev believes.
The RF Ministry of Economic Development and Trade also supports the idea of «local carriers». As an example Evgeny Mikhailov quotes the successful experience of passenger companies in Europe who function under such conditions. He offers two ways of acquiring the carrier status: licensing abolition with simultaneous introduction of obligatory certification and insurance of carrier responsibilities or «localization» of licenses (limits in rolling stock or activities).
Vladimir Prokofyev, CEO of Balttransservice shares this idea. Full-fledged carriers can appear as early as in 2 – 3 years only: for local carriers formation it will take less time, he says. He believes, in their areas operator companies have reached better economic results than those of OAO RZD. The approach to transportation organization practiced by the operators and RZD differs. The main results for OAO RZD are loading and unloading. Private operators are interested in car turn, logistics and complex services development of the so-called door-to-door type.
However, Transgarant company feels fine about the operator status. The company was one of the first to obtain this status; nowadays it operates the park of 15000 rail cars of different sorts. It is quite important to realize that the transfer from operator status to carrier status is not an obligatory target of restructuring, the company’s experts state. Operator companies will exist on the market even if independent carriers arrive. However, certain problems are still to be solved, the company notes: there is no clear definition for operator in legislation, neither is there a form for agreement between a carrier and an operator, besides the agreement developed for tariff payment. Thus, we can not make complaints about breaking the terms or cargo delivery quality.
The operator status should be given not just to rail cars owners, but also to companies who operate their own or leased rolling stock and who provide transport services of different sort.
Nowadays one can state that in Russia there are similar attitudes to transport market development both on the state level and in the business community. The difference lies in terms of tactics, not strategy. The Russian railway transportation market is so capacious that it can host both carriers and differentiated operators.
Alexey Lebedev
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According to experts’ opinions, during last three years, the annual growth of the container transportation market is about 25%. It is supposed to remain the same, and the rate is expected to reduce in five or six years only. CEO of OAO Far Eastern Shipping Company Evgeny Ambrosov believes that the volume must grow three- or fourfold to 6-8 mln containers annually by 2010. According to the estimations, in three-four years, the Russian market will increase to 12-14 mln containers.
By way of reminding, last February Industrial Investors became almost the full owner of the Far Eastern Shipping Company, the largest Russian company specializing in container transportation. ZAO Agency of Investments and Fuel and Energy Sector Development (a subsidiary of Industrial Investors Group) purchased the Far Eastern Shipping Company’s shareholding (19.8%) from the state. Before that the group owned about 62% of FESCO’s shares.
Currently, it is planned to create a multimodal Russian carrier that will provide «jointless» transportation, using its own means to carry out all stages. Such services become more and more popular, especially if we take into account such factor as the vast territory of the Russian Federation. Due to this service, FESCO plans to become a strong competitor to the ocean large shipping companies, whose vessels ply between Europe and Asia, and to redirect a part of the cargo flow to the Transsiberian railway.
The group is moving fast to the launch of such a holding company. Continuing realization of its policy in accordance with the plan, FESCO can get up to a half of the total volume of Russian container transportation (by the way, according to the profitability, container transportation from door to door can be compared with oil transportation). At the same time, the company is to take the lion’s share of the sea, as well as the railway, sector of the market.
The accumulated by now assets are enough for the first stage of carrying out the idea. Last year, investments made USD 657 mln, over half of which was spent to purchase assets in the railway transportation sector, as well as shareholdings of Russian sea ports’ container terminals.
On the whole, over USD 1 bln is to be attracted in the next few years. The means will be invested into purchase of companies, as well as into the infrastructure and basic funds, in particular the fleet and the railway rolling stock, port and terminal objects. It is planned that the united transport group FESCO will become a holding company at the first stage, and later it will transform into a single company with three main activities – sea transportation, railway transportation and terminals.
FESCO Accumulates Businesses
The holding company is created from different sides at once. Firstly, the container fleet of the shipping company is renewed intensively: the amount of vessels and their carrying capacity are enlarged. After a new vessel FESCO Altai was put into operation in January 2007, FESCO’s container fleet amounted to 28 ships with the total carrying capacity of 30,000 TEU. In comparison with the beginning of the previous year, the fleet’s carrying capacity increased by 61%. As a result, the group’s total deadweight reached 1.1 mln tons. Container ships make 40% of the company’s fleet, and the rest 60% are vessels of other types. During the next three years, the company’s container fleet is supposed to consist mainly of new high-speed vessels of the type and size most suitable for Russian ports. The ships will be redirected to the company’s own lines step-by-step.
Secondly, the terminal infrastructure is constantly developed in the framework of the total strategy. FESCO owns the Far Eastern Container Terminal, aimed to service containers in the port of Vladivostok. Besides, the group is acquiring new businesses step-by-step, thus, there is a possibility to create a complete chain of containerized cargoes transportation. Last year, First Quantum group and the Far Eastern Shipping Company created a strategic alliance for joint management and development of the First Container Terminal (FCT, port of Saint-Petersburg) and the Baltic Container Terminal (port of Ust-Luga). Each of the participants of the deal owns 50% of the terminals’ shareholdings. Consolidation of efforts by the two largest Russian companies operating on the container transportation market will enable to provide Russian and foreign cargo owners with a full pack of services to deliver containers from door to door in accordance with the world standards, which is to make for the growth of containerized freight transportation on the territory of the Russian Federation, especially in the framework of transport corridors West-East and North-South.
Speaking of the development of the company’s terminal capacities, it should be stressed that at present FESCO continues to construct its own specialized port railway terminal in Vladivostok, aimed for handling, warehousing and servicing cargoes in refcontainers. Earlier, to develop such an activity as refcargoes transportation, Industrial Investors purchased Dalreftrans, one of the largest Russian multimodal carriers of containerized refcargoes.
Finally, there is one more segment in the organization of a full pack of services for containerized freight transportation, i.e. active purchase of railway companies and road hauliers. In 2004, FESCO enlarged the geography of operations by launching Russian Troyka company on parity basis with OAO RZD. The company goes in for container transportation by railway (the company specializes in container transportation along the Transsiberian express routes, using block-train scheme).
Besides, the transport group owns Incotec Trans Service company. The latter operates in the North-Western region and on the Transsiberian railway; it carries containers (mainly aluminum, in its own and rented rolling stock). Industrial Investors own TIS forwarding company, which provides up to 34% of container transportation along the Transsib.
Nowadays, FESCO transport group hopes to get dividends from the car building boom, which started in Russia after the implementation of privileges for import of components for industrial assemblage. Russian Troyka transports Huyndai car complexes for assemblage in Russia, which enabled FESCO to attract about 20,000 containers annually. Besides, FESCO got an additional argument for negotiations with other producers. The example became a good reason for Toyota company to consider the Transsiberian railway as a route to carry its cargoes from Japan to Shushary. The revenue from transportation of 20,000 containers containing about 40,000 car complexes may exceed USD 50 mln.
Moreover, the Far Eastern Shipping Company started to realize a new transcontinental service project – delivery of car components of the South Korean company Kia Motors to IzhAvto. The planned weekly transportation volume is about 300 forty-feet containers of increased capacity. They are delivered from the South Korean port of Pusan to the Primosk region by sea, and then by Russian Troyka’s trains to Izhevsk. Spares of Kia Motors will be transported by a single document – through bill of lading issued by FESCO. Earlier the scheme was used to deliver containers with Hyudai’s components for car assemblage to the Taganrog car plant.
To unite them all…
To unite all the links of the transportation chain and to provide clients with a universal high-quality service of freight delivery, FESCO Lines Vladivostok was launched in January 2007. The company was created to organize container transportation of FESCO’s transport group. The top-managers of FESCO note that its launch is a part of the Group’s strategy to improve management of container transportation, to segregate the functions of the commercial management and to organize sales of transport services.
The new company provides a full cycle of FESCO Transport Group’s container business management on the base of coastal and foreign trade sea lines: from receiving clients’ applications, concluding contracts for organization of a through delivery by a single transportation document, multimodal invoice of «FESCO Lines Vladivostok», attracting operators of adjacent transport modes to financial and production records and control after the final result.
Functions connected with fleet exploitation, including staff, technical and supply issues and providing of transportation operations, are given to the FESCO’s Fleet Department. Deputy CEO of FESCO Sergey Kostyan notes that the new daughter company started to operate in the shortest time – in February 2007. According to him, FESCO Lines Vladivostok will be the only company to organize container transportation of FESCO Transport Group.
President of the Russian Ship Owners Union Mikhail Romanovsky states that nowadays all the shipping companies members of the Union hold the policy of optimization the schemes of sea transportation to reduce expenses and the delivery time, and increase reliability and safety. From this point of view, FESCO «is a pioneer».
By the end of 2006, Industrial Investors group concluded a contract for step-by-step purchase of one of Russia’s largest railway companies-operators – Transgarant. In February 2007, the shipping company issued additional shares. Part of the profit will be spent to purchase the remaining shares of Transgarant. Thus, the company will become a 100% daughter structure of FESCO holding company, and its owners will be shareholders of FESCO and partners of Industrial Investors. This stage is to be completed by the end of Q1 of 2007. As a result, the railway companies, incorporated into FESCO Group, manage a park of 14,000 wagons, 70% of which are the group’s property.
According to the top-management of Industrial Investors, the merger of Transgarant and OAO FESCO will enable to provide clients with a new complex service to deliver all bulk and non-containerized cargoes from door to door, similar to the service of containerized freight transportation provided by Russian Troyka since 2005.
Nadezhda Vtorushina
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By way of reminding, last February Industrial Investors became almost the full owner of the Far Eastern Shipping Company, the largest Russian company specializing in container transportation. ZAO Agency of Investments and Fuel and Energy Sector Development (a subsidiary of Industrial Investors Group) purchased the Far Eastern Shipping Company’s shareholding (19.8%) from the state. Before that the group owned about 62% of FESCO’s shares.
Currently, it is planned to create a multimodal Russian carrier that will provide «jointless» transportation, using its own means to carry out all stages. Such services become more and more popular, especially if we take into account such factor as the vast territory of the Russian Federation. Due to this service, FESCO plans to become a strong competitor to the ocean large shipping companies, whose vessels ply between Europe and Asia, and to redirect a part of the cargo flow to the Transsiberian railway.
The group is moving fast to the launch of such a holding company. Continuing realization of its policy in accordance with the plan, FESCO can get up to a half of the total volume of Russian container transportation (by the way, according to the profitability, container transportation from door to door can be compared with oil transportation). At the same time, the company is to take the lion’s share of the sea, as well as the railway, sector of the market.
The accumulated by now assets are enough for the first stage of carrying out the idea. Last year, investments made USD 657 mln, over half of which was spent to purchase assets in the railway transportation sector, as well as shareholdings of Russian sea ports’ container terminals.
On the whole, over USD 1 bln is to be attracted in the next few years. The means will be invested into purchase of companies, as well as into the infrastructure and basic funds, in particular the fleet and the railway rolling stock, port and terminal objects. It is planned that the united transport group FESCO will become a holding company at the first stage, and later it will transform into a single company with three main activities – sea transportation, railway transportation and terminals.
FESCO Accumulates Businesses
The holding company is created from different sides at once. Firstly, the container fleet of the shipping company is renewed intensively: the amount of vessels and their carrying capacity are enlarged. After a new vessel FESCO Altai was put into operation in January 2007, FESCO’s container fleet amounted to 28 ships with the total carrying capacity of 30,000 TEU. In comparison with the beginning of the previous year, the fleet’s carrying capacity increased by 61%. As a result, the group’s total deadweight reached 1.1 mln tons. Container ships make 40% of the company’s fleet, and the rest 60% are vessels of other types. During the next three years, the company’s container fleet is supposed to consist mainly of new high-speed vessels of the type and size most suitable for Russian ports. The ships will be redirected to the company’s own lines step-by-step.
Secondly, the terminal infrastructure is constantly developed in the framework of the total strategy. FESCO owns the Far Eastern Container Terminal, aimed to service containers in the port of Vladivostok. Besides, the group is acquiring new businesses step-by-step, thus, there is a possibility to create a complete chain of containerized cargoes transportation. Last year, First Quantum group and the Far Eastern Shipping Company created a strategic alliance for joint management and development of the First Container Terminal (FCT, port of Saint-Petersburg) and the Baltic Container Terminal (port of Ust-Luga). Each of the participants of the deal owns 50% of the terminals’ shareholdings. Consolidation of efforts by the two largest Russian companies operating on the container transportation market will enable to provide Russian and foreign cargo owners with a full pack of services to deliver containers from door to door in accordance with the world standards, which is to make for the growth of containerized freight transportation on the territory of the Russian Federation, especially in the framework of transport corridors West-East and North-South.
Speaking of the development of the company’s terminal capacities, it should be stressed that at present FESCO continues to construct its own specialized port railway terminal in Vladivostok, aimed for handling, warehousing and servicing cargoes in refcontainers. Earlier, to develop such an activity as refcargoes transportation, Industrial Investors purchased Dalreftrans, one of the largest Russian multimodal carriers of containerized refcargoes.
Finally, there is one more segment in the organization of a full pack of services for containerized freight transportation, i.e. active purchase of railway companies and road hauliers. In 2004, FESCO enlarged the geography of operations by launching Russian Troyka company on parity basis with OAO RZD. The company goes in for container transportation by railway (the company specializes in container transportation along the Transsiberian express routes, using block-train scheme).
Besides, the transport group owns Incotec Trans Service company. The latter operates in the North-Western region and on the Transsiberian railway; it carries containers (mainly aluminum, in its own and rented rolling stock). Industrial Investors own TIS forwarding company, which provides up to 34% of container transportation along the Transsib.
Nowadays, FESCO transport group hopes to get dividends from the car building boom, which started in Russia after the implementation of privileges for import of components for industrial assemblage. Russian Troyka transports Huyndai car complexes for assemblage in Russia, which enabled FESCO to attract about 20,000 containers annually. Besides, FESCO got an additional argument for negotiations with other producers. The example became a good reason for Toyota company to consider the Transsiberian railway as a route to carry its cargoes from Japan to Shushary. The revenue from transportation of 20,000 containers containing about 40,000 car complexes may exceed USD 50 mln.
Moreover, the Far Eastern Shipping Company started to realize a new transcontinental service project – delivery of car components of the South Korean company Kia Motors to IzhAvto. The planned weekly transportation volume is about 300 forty-feet containers of increased capacity. They are delivered from the South Korean port of Pusan to the Primosk region by sea, and then by Russian Troyka’s trains to Izhevsk. Spares of Kia Motors will be transported by a single document – through bill of lading issued by FESCO. Earlier the scheme was used to deliver containers with Hyudai’s components for car assemblage to the Taganrog car plant.
To unite them all…
To unite all the links of the transportation chain and to provide clients with a universal high-quality service of freight delivery, FESCO Lines Vladivostok was launched in January 2007. The company was created to organize container transportation of FESCO’s transport group. The top-managers of FESCO note that its launch is a part of the Group’s strategy to improve management of container transportation, to segregate the functions of the commercial management and to organize sales of transport services.
The new company provides a full cycle of FESCO Transport Group’s container business management on the base of coastal and foreign trade sea lines: from receiving clients’ applications, concluding contracts for organization of a through delivery by a single transportation document, multimodal invoice of «FESCO Lines Vladivostok», attracting operators of adjacent transport modes to financial and production records and control after the final result.
Functions connected with fleet exploitation, including staff, technical and supply issues and providing of transportation operations, are given to the FESCO’s Fleet Department. Deputy CEO of FESCO Sergey Kostyan notes that the new daughter company started to operate in the shortest time – in February 2007. According to him, FESCO Lines Vladivostok will be the only company to organize container transportation of FESCO Transport Group.
President of the Russian Ship Owners Union Mikhail Romanovsky states that nowadays all the shipping companies members of the Union hold the policy of optimization the schemes of sea transportation to reduce expenses and the delivery time, and increase reliability and safety. From this point of view, FESCO «is a pioneer».
By the end of 2006, Industrial Investors group concluded a contract for step-by-step purchase of one of Russia’s largest railway companies-operators – Transgarant. In February 2007, the shipping company issued additional shares. Part of the profit will be spent to purchase the remaining shares of Transgarant. Thus, the company will become a 100% daughter structure of FESCO holding company, and its owners will be shareholders of FESCO and partners of Industrial Investors. This stage is to be completed by the end of Q1 of 2007. As a result, the railway companies, incorporated into FESCO Group, manage a park of 14,000 wagons, 70% of which are the group’s property.
According to the top-management of Industrial Investors, the merger of Transgarant and OAO FESCO will enable to provide clients with a new complex service to deliver all bulk and non-containerized cargoes from door to door, similar to the service of containerized freight transportation provided by Russian Troyka since 2005.
Nadezhda Vtorushina
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According to experts’ opinions, during last three years, the annual growth of the container transportation market is about 25%. It is supposed to remain the same, and the rate is expected to reduce in five or six years only. CEO of OAO Far Eastern Shipping Company Evgeny Ambrosov believes that the volume must grow three- or fourfold to 6-8 mln containers annually by 2010. According to the estimations, in three-four years, the Russian market will increase to 12-14 mln containers.
By way of reminding, last February Industrial Investors became almost the full owner of the Far Eastern Shipping Company, the largest Russian company specializing in container transportation. ZAO Agency of Investments and Fuel and Energy Sector Development (a subsidiary of Industrial Investors Group) purchased the Far Eastern Shipping Company’s shareholding (19.8%) from the state. Before that the group owned about 62% of FESCO’s shares.
Currently, it is planned to create a multimodal Russian carrier that will provide «jointless» transportation, using its own means to carry out all stages. Such services become more and more popular, especially if we take into account such factor as the vast territory of the Russian Federation. Due to this service, FESCO plans to become a strong competitor to the ocean large shipping companies, whose vessels ply between Europe and Asia, and to redirect a part of the cargo flow to the Transsiberian railway.
The group is moving fast to the launch of such a holding company. Continuing realization of its policy in accordance with the plan, FESCO can get up to a half of the total volume of Russian container transportation (by the way, according to the profitability, container transportation from door to door can be compared with oil transportation). At the same time, the company is to take the lion’s share of the sea, as well as the railway, sector of the market.
The accumulated by now assets are enough for the first stage of carrying out the idea. Last year, investments made USD 657 mln, over half of which was spent to purchase assets in the railway transportation sector, as well as shareholdings of Russian sea ports’ container terminals.
On the whole, over USD 1 bln is to be attracted in the next few years. The means will be invested into purchase of companies, as well as into the infrastructure and basic funds, in particular the fleet and the railway rolling stock, port and terminal objects. It is planned that the united transport group FESCO will become a holding company at the first stage, and later it will transform into a single company with three main activities – sea transportation, railway transportation and terminals.
FESCO Accumulates Businesses
The holding company is created from different sides at once. Firstly, the container fleet of the shipping company is renewed intensively: the amount of vessels and their carrying capacity are enlarged. After a new vessel FESCO Altai was put into operation in January 2007, FESCO’s container fleet amounted to 28 ships with the total carrying capacity of 30,000 TEU. In comparison with the beginning of the previous year, the fleet’s carrying capacity increased by 61%. As a result, the group’s total deadweight reached 1.1 mln tons. Container ships make 40% of the company’s fleet, and the rest 60% are vessels of other types. During the next three years, the company’s container fleet is supposed to consist mainly of new high-speed vessels of the type and size most suitable for Russian ports. The ships will be redirected to the company’s own lines step-by-step.
Secondly, the terminal infrastructure is constantly developed in the framework of the total strategy. FESCO owns the Far Eastern Container Terminal, aimed to service containers in the port of Vladivostok. Besides, the group is acquiring new businesses step-by-step, thus, there is a possibility to create a complete chain of containerized cargoes transportation. Last year, First Quantum group and the Far Eastern Shipping Company created a strategic alliance for joint management and development of the First Container Terminal (FCT, port of Saint-Petersburg) and the Baltic Container Terminal (port of Ust-Luga). Each of the participants of the deal owns 50% of the terminals’ shareholdings. Consolidation of efforts by the two largest Russian companies operating on the container transportation market will enable to provide Russian and foreign cargo owners with a full pack of services to deliver containers from door to door in accordance with the world standards, which is to make for the growth of containerized freight transportation on the territory of the Russian Federation, especially in the framework of transport corridors West-East and North-South.
Speaking of the development of the company’s terminal capacities, it should be stressed that at present FESCO continues to construct its own specialized port railway terminal in Vladivostok, aimed for handling, warehousing and servicing cargoes in refcontainers. Earlier, to develop such an activity as refcargoes transportation, Industrial Investors purchased Dalreftrans, one of the largest Russian multimodal carriers of containerized refcargoes.
Finally, there is one more segment in the organization of a full pack of services for containerized freight transportation, i.e. active purchase of railway companies and road hauliers. In 2004, FESCO enlarged the geography of operations by launching Russian Troyka company on parity basis with OAO RZD. The company goes in for container transportation by railway (the company specializes in container transportation along the Transsiberian express routes, using block-train scheme).
Besides, the transport group owns Incotec Trans Service company. The latter operates in the North-Western region and on the Transsiberian railway; it carries containers (mainly aluminum, in its own and rented rolling stock). Industrial Investors own TIS forwarding company, which provides up to 34% of container transportation along the Transsib.
Nowadays, FESCO transport group hopes to get dividends from the car building boom, which started in Russia after the implementation of privileges for import of components for industrial assemblage. Russian Troyka transports Huyndai car complexes for assemblage in Russia, which enabled FESCO to attract about 20,000 containers annually. Besides, FESCO got an additional argument for negotiations with other producers. The example became a good reason for Toyota company to consider the Transsiberian railway as a route to carry its cargoes from Japan to Shushary. The revenue from transportation of 20,000 containers containing about 40,000 car complexes may exceed USD 50 mln.
Moreover, the Far Eastern Shipping Company started to realize a new transcontinental service project – delivery of car components of the South Korean company Kia Motors to IzhAvto. The planned weekly transportation volume is about 300 forty-feet containers of increased capacity. They are delivered from the South Korean port of Pusan to the Primosk region by sea, and then by Russian Troyka’s trains to Izhevsk. Spares of Kia Motors will be transported by a single document – through bill of lading issued by FESCO. Earlier the scheme was used to deliver containers with Hyudai’s components for car assemblage to the Taganrog car plant.
To unite them all…
To unite all the links of the transportation chain and to provide clients with a universal high-quality service of freight delivery, FESCO Lines Vladivostok was launched in January 2007. The company was created to organize container transportation of FESCO’s transport group. The top-managers of FESCO note that its launch is a part of the Group’s strategy to improve management of container transportation, to segregate the functions of the commercial management and to organize sales of transport services.
The new company provides a full cycle of FESCO Transport Group’s container business management on the base of coastal and foreign trade sea lines: from receiving clients’ applications, concluding contracts for organization of a through delivery by a single transportation document, multimodal invoice of «FESCO Lines Vladivostok», attracting operators of adjacent transport modes to financial and production records and control after the final result.
Functions connected with fleet exploitation, including staff, technical and supply issues and providing of transportation operations, are given to the FESCO’s Fleet Department. Deputy CEO of FESCO Sergey Kostyan notes that the new daughter company started to operate in the shortest time – in February 2007. According to him, FESCO Lines Vladivostok will be the only company to organize container transportation of FESCO Transport Group.
President of the Russian Ship Owners Union Mikhail Romanovsky states that nowadays all the shipping companies members of the Union hold the policy of optimization the schemes of sea transportation to reduce expenses and the delivery time, and increase reliability and safety. From this point of view, FESCO «is a pioneer».
By the end of 2006, Industrial Investors group concluded a contract for step-by-step purchase of one of Russia’s largest railway companies-operators – Transgarant. In February 2007, the shipping company issued additional shares. Part of the profit will be spent to purchase the remaining shares of Transgarant. Thus, the company will become a 100% daughter structure of FESCO holding company, and its owners will be shareholders of FESCO and partners of Industrial Investors. This stage is to be completed by the end of Q1 of 2007. As a result, the railway companies, incorporated into FESCO Group, manage a park of 14,000 wagons, 70% of which are the group’s property.
According to the top-management of Industrial Investors, the merger of Transgarant and OAO FESCO will enable to provide clients with a new complex service to deliver all bulk and non-containerized cargoes from door to door, similar to the service of containerized freight transportation provided by Russian Troyka since 2005.
Nadezhda Vtorushina
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By way of reminding, last February Industrial Investors became almost the full owner of the Far Eastern Shipping Company, the largest Russian company specializing in container transportation. ZAO Agency of Investments and Fuel and Energy Sector Development (a subsidiary of Industrial Investors Group) purchased the Far Eastern Shipping Company’s shareholding (19.8%) from the state. Before that the group owned about 62% of FESCO’s shares.
Currently, it is planned to create a multimodal Russian carrier that will provide «jointless» transportation, using its own means to carry out all stages. Such services become more and more popular, especially if we take into account such factor as the vast territory of the Russian Federation. Due to this service, FESCO plans to become a strong competitor to the ocean large shipping companies, whose vessels ply between Europe and Asia, and to redirect a part of the cargo flow to the Transsiberian railway.
The group is moving fast to the launch of such a holding company. Continuing realization of its policy in accordance with the plan, FESCO can get up to a half of the total volume of Russian container transportation (by the way, according to the profitability, container transportation from door to door can be compared with oil transportation). At the same time, the company is to take the lion’s share of the sea, as well as the railway, sector of the market.
The accumulated by now assets are enough for the first stage of carrying out the idea. Last year, investments made USD 657 mln, over half of which was spent to purchase assets in the railway transportation sector, as well as shareholdings of Russian sea ports’ container terminals.
On the whole, over USD 1 bln is to be attracted in the next few years. The means will be invested into purchase of companies, as well as into the infrastructure and basic funds, in particular the fleet and the railway rolling stock, port and terminal objects. It is planned that the united transport group FESCO will become a holding company at the first stage, and later it will transform into a single company with three main activities – sea transportation, railway transportation and terminals.
FESCO Accumulates Businesses
The holding company is created from different sides at once. Firstly, the container fleet of the shipping company is renewed intensively: the amount of vessels and their carrying capacity are enlarged. After a new vessel FESCO Altai was put into operation in January 2007, FESCO’s container fleet amounted to 28 ships with the total carrying capacity of 30,000 TEU. In comparison with the beginning of the previous year, the fleet’s carrying capacity increased by 61%. As a result, the group’s total deadweight reached 1.1 mln tons. Container ships make 40% of the company’s fleet, and the rest 60% are vessels of other types. During the next three years, the company’s container fleet is supposed to consist mainly of new high-speed vessels of the type and size most suitable for Russian ports. The ships will be redirected to the company’s own lines step-by-step.
Secondly, the terminal infrastructure is constantly developed in the framework of the total strategy. FESCO owns the Far Eastern Container Terminal, aimed to service containers in the port of Vladivostok. Besides, the group is acquiring new businesses step-by-step, thus, there is a possibility to create a complete chain of containerized cargoes transportation. Last year, First Quantum group and the Far Eastern Shipping Company created a strategic alliance for joint management and development of the First Container Terminal (FCT, port of Saint-Petersburg) and the Baltic Container Terminal (port of Ust-Luga). Each of the participants of the deal owns 50% of the terminals’ shareholdings. Consolidation of efforts by the two largest Russian companies operating on the container transportation market will enable to provide Russian and foreign cargo owners with a full pack of services to deliver containers from door to door in accordance with the world standards, which is to make for the growth of containerized freight transportation on the territory of the Russian Federation, especially in the framework of transport corridors West-East and North-South.
Speaking of the development of the company’s terminal capacities, it should be stressed that at present FESCO continues to construct its own specialized port railway terminal in Vladivostok, aimed for handling, warehousing and servicing cargoes in refcontainers. Earlier, to develop such an activity as refcargoes transportation, Industrial Investors purchased Dalreftrans, one of the largest Russian multimodal carriers of containerized refcargoes.
Finally, there is one more segment in the organization of a full pack of services for containerized freight transportation, i.e. active purchase of railway companies and road hauliers. In 2004, FESCO enlarged the geography of operations by launching Russian Troyka company on parity basis with OAO RZD. The company goes in for container transportation by railway (the company specializes in container transportation along the Transsiberian express routes, using block-train scheme).
Besides, the transport group owns Incotec Trans Service company. The latter operates in the North-Western region and on the Transsiberian railway; it carries containers (mainly aluminum, in its own and rented rolling stock). Industrial Investors own TIS forwarding company, which provides up to 34% of container transportation along the Transsib.
Nowadays, FESCO transport group hopes to get dividends from the car building boom, which started in Russia after the implementation of privileges for import of components for industrial assemblage. Russian Troyka transports Huyndai car complexes for assemblage in Russia, which enabled FESCO to attract about 20,000 containers annually. Besides, FESCO got an additional argument for negotiations with other producers. The example became a good reason for Toyota company to consider the Transsiberian railway as a route to carry its cargoes from Japan to Shushary. The revenue from transportation of 20,000 containers containing about 40,000 car complexes may exceed USD 50 mln.
Moreover, the Far Eastern Shipping Company started to realize a new transcontinental service project – delivery of car components of the South Korean company Kia Motors to IzhAvto. The planned weekly transportation volume is about 300 forty-feet containers of increased capacity. They are delivered from the South Korean port of Pusan to the Primosk region by sea, and then by Russian Troyka’s trains to Izhevsk. Spares of Kia Motors will be transported by a single document – through bill of lading issued by FESCO. Earlier the scheme was used to deliver containers with Hyudai’s components for car assemblage to the Taganrog car plant.
To unite them all…
To unite all the links of the transportation chain and to provide clients with a universal high-quality service of freight delivery, FESCO Lines Vladivostok was launched in January 2007. The company was created to organize container transportation of FESCO’s transport group. The top-managers of FESCO note that its launch is a part of the Group’s strategy to improve management of container transportation, to segregate the functions of the commercial management and to organize sales of transport services.
The new company provides a full cycle of FESCO Transport Group’s container business management on the base of coastal and foreign trade sea lines: from receiving clients’ applications, concluding contracts for organization of a through delivery by a single transportation document, multimodal invoice of «FESCO Lines Vladivostok», attracting operators of adjacent transport modes to financial and production records and control after the final result.
Functions connected with fleet exploitation, including staff, technical and supply issues and providing of transportation operations, are given to the FESCO’s Fleet Department. Deputy CEO of FESCO Sergey Kostyan notes that the new daughter company started to operate in the shortest time – in February 2007. According to him, FESCO Lines Vladivostok will be the only company to organize container transportation of FESCO Transport Group.
President of the Russian Ship Owners Union Mikhail Romanovsky states that nowadays all the shipping companies members of the Union hold the policy of optimization the schemes of sea transportation to reduce expenses and the delivery time, and increase reliability and safety. From this point of view, FESCO «is a pioneer».
By the end of 2006, Industrial Investors group concluded a contract for step-by-step purchase of one of Russia’s largest railway companies-operators – Transgarant. In February 2007, the shipping company issued additional shares. Part of the profit will be spent to purchase the remaining shares of Transgarant. Thus, the company will become a 100% daughter structure of FESCO holding company, and its owners will be shareholders of FESCO and partners of Industrial Investors. This stage is to be completed by the end of Q1 of 2007. As a result, the railway companies, incorporated into FESCO Group, manage a park of 14,000 wagons, 70% of which are the group’s property.
According to the top-management of Industrial Investors, the merger of Transgarant and OAO FESCO will enable to provide clients with a new complex service to deliver all bulk and non-containerized cargoes from door to door, similar to the service of containerized freight transportation provided by Russian Troyka since 2005.
Nadezhda Vtorushina
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