Russian Federal Freight Company's Q3 coal rail loading up 27%

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On October 14, Russian Federal Freight Company (FGK) released its operational data for the third quarter of 2026. Its railcar coal loading reached 7.8 million tonnes, up 27% year on year. During the same period, the company's total loading of all cargo types was 17.1 million tonnes, up 8% year on year, completing about 270,000 freight shipments, with freight turnover rising 24% to 34.6 billion tonne-kilometers.

Building materials were another major cargo source for FGK, with quarterly loading up 13% year on year to 5.3 million tonnes. Among other cargo types, loading of non-ferrous metal ores and sulfur-bearing raw materials rose 75% to 480,000 tonnes, ferrous scrap grew 64% to 260,000 tonnes, metal products doubled to 202,000 tonnes, coke increased 33% to 106,000 tonnes, chemicals and soda ash rose 56% to 97,000 tonnes, and oil and petroleum products grew 26% to 37,000 tonnes. FGK General Director Dmitry Murev said demand from industrial clients for the company's railcars increased, and optimized car scheduling and reduced dwell times for loading and unloading operations also contributed to the quarterly freight growth.

In the third quarter, FGK deployed the largest number of gondola cars on the West Siberian Railway, accounting for 18% of the company's total gondola car deployment; the North Caucasus Railway handled more boxcar and flatcar transportation business, accounting for 14% and 18% of the respective car type deployments. Tank car deployment on the Kuybyshev Railway accounted for 29% of the same car type, while piggyback transport and high-speed flatcar deployment on the West Siberian Railway accounted for 30%. During the same period, the company's general flatcar loading rose 10.2% year on year to 314,000 tonnes, and piggyback flatcar loading increased 29% to 19,000 tonnes.