With the help of railway tracks, millions of tons of a variety of cargo are transported annually. Such popularity of the railway is associated with established infrastructure, profitable cost and relatively small time costs when delivering goods to different countries. Different types of containers are used on the railway: cargo car, tank. The most common containers are the railway, with the exception of the sectors of the mining and heavy industry. The versatility of containers allows you to save on overload of goods, helps to reduce time costs. Such a container, along with the contents, can be overloaded from the railway platform to the vehicle, unloaded in the port.
The main thing is speed
First of all, the railway is chosen by those for whom the speed of transportation is important. Sea transportation is cheaper and have wider geography of transport routes, but they are quite slow. In this regard, a number of restrictions on the types of goods transported are imposed. In addition, the railway tracks go deep into the countries, to remote areas, which means that they deliver goods throughout the country or a number of countries without a tara overload.
You can buy a container inexpensively
More and more enterprises buy their own containers, demand is growing every day. Such interest is caused by the low price of the container, reliability, versatility, convenience of operation, the lack of the need for permanent maintenance. It is much more profitable to buy a container than to rent it periodically.
On the road by rail
The popularity of railway transport is associated with formalities in relations of many countries. An established infrastructure helps to overcome bureaucratic wires, thereby saving the precious time. The reliability of the railway has long been known, accidents and emergency situations are very rare, and insurance companies guarantee payments.
Safety is above all
The Ministry of Tracks and Messages determined a number of requirements of special goods presented for transportation. Special cargo includes perishable products and dangerous goods. Perishable products should be transported in special refrigerators having the appropriate quality certificate. Dangerous goods transported in railway containers should be equipped with a special labeling determining degree of danger and type of cargo. The speed of movement of the composition, which is determined according to the rules of movement of trains of the Ministry of Railways, depends on the type of cargo.
In modern international trade, the railway containers play an important role as the main container for transporting any cargo in all countries of the world.