OREANDA-NEWS. Joint Stock Company Freight One (Freight One or the Company) has taken part in the XII International Conference Transport Services Market: Cooperation and Partnership, held in Moscow on October 24.

Oleg Bukin, CEO of Freight One, took the floor during the plenary session discussing new approaches to improve services for consignors.

Mr Bukin talked about an alternative technology of consolidated fleet management, currently explored by Freight One. "Instead of usual technological outsourcing Freight One's approach focuses on targeted fleet management in coordination with the carrier, in which timely and smooth supply of railcars for loading remains the operator's responsibility. A corresponding contract to launch the technology of empty gondola fleet management may be signed between Freight One and Russian Railways before the end of this year," the top manager said.

The Company's CEO also attended the awards ceremony of the 2nd Contest of RZD-Partner trade magazine held for the best publication by students and postgraduates of railway institutes and universities. The contest is supported by Freight One, and this year's winner of the Freight One Special Prize is Yuri Nauman, a student of the Siberian Transport University, who was awarded a two-week internship at the Novosibirsk Branch of the Company.

"We are happy to promote operator business efficiency, and support of talented young students is a big and important part of this process. This year we are pleased to observe that the quality of the studies and the research capacity of the publications have grown. We are grateful to RZD-Partner magazine for this useful initiative and we wish the contest to gain further development and recognition, and we are willing to support it in the future," Oleg Bukin said.

At the gala reception by the end of the conference Freight One received the Partner of JSC Russian Railways award. Vadim Morozov, the First Vice-President of JSC Russian Railways awarded Oleg Bukin the diploma of the Best Railway Rolling Stock Operating Company.

For reference: The Transport Services Market Conference is one of the most relevant and significant platforms for discussion of problems and prospects of the sector's development, annually bringing together executives of Russian ministries and departments, State Duma and Federation Council members, economists, transport industry specialists, and the media.