OREANDA-NEWS. July 27, 2011. Freight One hauled 148.3 million metric tons of freight in the first half of 2011, an increase of 12.2% over the same period of 2010.

This figure includes 55.0 million tons of coal (+19.0%), 34.9 million tons of oil products (-7.6%), 12.9 million tons of ore (+8.6%), 12.2 million tons of construction materials (+74.6%), 6.9 million tons of cement (+4.5%), 10.3 million tons of ferrous metals (+15.7%), 2.7 million tons of chemical and mineral fertilizers (+3 5%) and 2.3 million tons of coke (+17.5%).

The increase in haulage is a result of the company’s balanced rate policy. The company’s rates were on average 6% below the total transport cost when hauling in state-owned wagons (rate from Rate List 10—1 + fee for using wagons during loading and unloading).

The company accounted for 21.8% of all freight haulage in Russia in the first half of 2011.