{"id":2248,"date":"2020-01-17T10:42:13","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T08:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karlerik.octadev.ee\/operail\/uncategorized\/operail-transports-increasingly-more-containers-by-rail\/"},"modified":"2022-05-16T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T12:02:00","slug":"operail-transports-increasingly-more-containers-by-rail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/operail.com\/en\/press-releases\/operail-transports-increasingly-more-containers-by-rail\/","title":{"rendered":"Operail transports increasingly more containers by rail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Container transport by rail increased by 46% in 2019. Operail\u2019s multimodal transport project played an important role in this.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>76,756 TEU worth of goods were transported by rail in containers in 2019, amounting to a 46% increase compared with 52,428 TEU in 2018. When put in to tons, container transport increased by 110%, amounting to 636,000 tons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur multimodal transport project helped boost the significant rise in container transport, accounting for nearly half of the total growth,\u201d said Chairman of the Board of Operail Raul Toomsalu. \u201cWe brought an additional 12,000 TEU worth of goods from roads to rail compared with the previous year. In addition to our own efforts, freight customers also helped drive this growth as they are increasingly more appreciative of the environmental sustainability and road safety aspects of our service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The main commodity groups transported in containers were fertilisers and chemicals. In multimodal transport, sawn timber, crushed stone, grains and wood pellets were the most common commodities. \u201cIt\u2019s good to see that multimodal transport is showing continued growth,\u201d said Toomsalu. \u201cWe predict another 16,000 TEU worth of goods will be transported by rail in 2020, taking the total multimodal transport volume to approx. 30,000 TEU.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Operail\u2019s work in bringing more goods from road to rail is in line with the European Green Deal, one of the main goals of which is to direct 75% of the volume of road transport to trains and ships. \u201cSwitching from road transport to container transport by rail helps improve national road safety and is also more beneficial for the environment,\u201d said Operail\u2019s Chairman. \u201cIf you consider that one container transported by rail is the equivalent of one round trip with a truck, then it can be said that we managed to keep more than 8000 trucks off the roads in 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Container transport by rail increased by 46% in 2019. 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