Severstal MORE USES WATER TRANSPORT FOR DELIVERY OF METAL
Cherepovets Steel Mill, one of the largest integrated steel mill in the world (part of the Division of Severstal Russian Steel ``), the navigation in 2012 increased the volume of metal transport waterway by 3% to 1.41 million tons. The growth achieved by increasing transporting products to the Russian market: during the navigation Russian customers sent 102 thousand motor vessels that metal, which is 3 times more than in 2011.
In recent years, in order to reduce transportation costs and, consequently, improve business CherMK increasing metal transport by ship. In the current navigation focus was on the increase in traffic volumes of metal to customers in the Russian market, compared with last year, they have tripled, - says Director of Purchasing and Logistics Division Denis Pavlyuchenko.
The volume of water inside the delivery of products to Russia increased primarily due to increased shipments of metal pipe manufacturers. Among the clients that delivered the greatest volumes of Company `Pipe Plant Profile-Akhras` and `Production Company Ltd. DIA`.
From April to November, the volume of export shipments totaled 1.31 waterway mln.tn. Of these, nearly 88% of the metal, or 1.16 million t - sent to customers via the ports of St. Petersburg, including through the terminals of its own stevedoring company Severstal `` - `ZAO Neva-Metal #39;.
Direct appointment (without reloading in Russian ports) to export markets sent more than 80 tons of metal.
