OREANDA-NEWS. July 14, 2011. Passenger train Talgo, which is the present of Uzbekistan’s government to its citizens for 20th anniversary of Independence of Republic was successfully discharged onto berths of the group of companies “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg”. This train will make trips between Tashkent and Samarqand along the first high speed railway in Central Asia.
 
The specialists of the group of companies “SPSP” in cooperation with the specialists of “Universal Forwarder” mounted 9 railcars and 2 locomotives on rails on the berths Nr. 39-40 using 2 vessel cranes with capacity of 120 tons. These railcars and locomotives have arrived aboard the motor vessel "Suomigraсht" of "Finnlines".

After completion of handling operation the specialists of producer Patents Talgo S.A. (Madrid) started to assemble railcars into one train on the berths of ro-ro terminal of the group of companies “SPSP” from which this speed train (157 meters long) with the use of Russian locomotive will depart for   station depot Metallostroy for check and adjustment of the train equipment and further transportation to Uzbekistan.


Reference: Talgo trains are operated on railways of Spain, USA, Germany, Finland, Kazakhstan  and drive at full speed of 250 km/h. The cost of one train amounts to  18 mln. Euro.

“Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” (part of Universal Cargo Logistics Holding) – is the largest group of stevedoring companies at the North-West of Russia. It handles all types of dry cargoes; operates by modern specialized terminals for handling of container, reefer, ro-ro cargoes, cars, metals and coals. The group of companies JSC “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” includes CJSC “Fourth Stevedoring Company”, LLC “Multipurpose Reloading Complex” in Ust-Luga and a number of service companies. In 2010 the turnover of the group of companies “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” amounted to 12.1 mln. tons of cargoes.

LLC “Universal Forwarder” (part of International transportation group Universal Cargo Logistics Holding) arranges handling operations and forwarding of cargoes in sea and river ports of Russia, CIS and Europe and performs  multimodal and mixed transportation, charter of sea and river vessels, works as vessel agent in Azov and Black Seas’  basin. The company has wide affiliated network in Russia.