Reliable rail container shipping across Europe, Russia and the CIS

Shipping groupage and full containers by rail.

The cost of shipping goods in rail containers is affordable and much more advantageous than air or road transport, which is why the service is in high demand. On the Com-Stil freight exchange website, you will find quality and affordable rail container shipping services within Russia and to CIS countries, Eastern Europe, China and other Asian countries. The services presented on our exchange include not only the transportation of the customer's cargo to its destination, but also customs clearance.

 

Why is container and rail shipping in demand among customers?

Of all the methods of transporting cargo in Russia, rail shipments in containers are among the most popular and cost-effective. Customers throughout the country choose this option because of a number of advantages:

• Versatility. Containers can transport different types of cargo, regardless of weight, volume and shape.
• Technology. Modern containers equipped with refrigeration and insulated equipment allow safe transportation of perishable products, chemicals, goods requiring specific temperature conditions.
• Safety. The rigid structure of containers protects cargo from mechanical damage.
• Product preservation. The recipient receives a sealed container with cargo, which guarantees the integrity of goods in transit.
• Functionality. Delivery of a container from a railway station to its destination can be carried out by other types of transport without the need to reload the goods.
• Simplicity of procedure. Loading and unloading of containers is relatively simple, and this type of cargo transportation simplifies the work of freight forwarders.
• Ability to deliver cargo to remote regions. Rail transport makes it possible to deliver goods to populated areas where it is more difficult to deliver by car.
• Affordable price. The cost of transportation by rail is low compared to other types of delivery.

Containers for transporting cargo by rail are a stable, reliable and inexpensive type of delivery. They can transport cargo over long distances, regardless of weather conditions.

Dimensions of the platform area for a standard platform: 2870×13300 mm, area - 36.8 m². Useful cargo capacity: 60-75 tons. Maximum cargo height — 2600 mm (height together with platform up to 4 m), for oversized cargo — up to 3900 mm (up to 5.3 m).

What is included in the rail container shipping service?

When choosing this type of goods delivery within the country, the customer can order cargo transportation in any type of wagon: full, covered, gondola, groupage, platform, wagons for coal or timber transport, hopper for bulk cargo and others. For transportation of perishable goods, containers with refrigeration units are used; for transportation of small cargo — mail and baggage wagons.

The service of rail shipping of personal items and goods in containers within Russia includes:

• customs documentation processing;
• packaging (if required);
• insurance;
• cargo protection;
• monitoring cargo movement throughout the entire route;
• receiving the container at the station, accompanying it to the destination;
• presenting the cargo for loading.

The service also includes advice on receipt, loading and unloading of goods, insurance and customs documentation, calculating delivery costs, transporting cargo from the railway station to the warehouse by truck, and cargo protection.

To find a carrier on our exchange, go to the "Rail Shipping Order" section, select an appropriate request from a transport company or create a request yourself, specifying the characteristics of your cargo.

What determines the cost of rail container shipping?

The price of services depends on a number of factors: weight, volume and characteristics of cargo, type and number of containers required for transportation, route and distance between the dispatch address and destination. The cost of rail container shipping is calculated individually for each customer.

Benefits of carload and container rail shipments.

• Rail delivery of cargo to remote regions;
• low cost of shipment and cargo delivery;
• reliability, accident-free operation, cargo preservation.
• Movement of freight trains independent of weather conditions.

The complex of transport rail services includes:

the possibility of using all types of freight rail wagons, full, groupage, covered, gondola, rail platforms, rail wagons for timber and coal transport, hoppers for bulk cargo transport, grain, fertilizers, etc.;

• use of refrigerated containers and rail platform areas for all types of containers.
• mail and baggage wagons, dispatch of small cargo by wagons.
• Rail transportation of special oversized cargo, industrial bulk cargo.
• customs documentation processing
• monitoring cargo movement throughout the entire shipping period
• cargo packaging, cargo storage at stations (at warehouses)
• cargo protection, insurance;
• receipt of cargo at railway stations, delivery to customer warehouses;
• presentation of container for loading, presentation of special wagons;

To find a carrier, add your cargo by specifying its exact data in the request, and the transport company will respond to your listing. Using the Com-Stil exchange services, you can find a customer or contractor in just a few minutes. You can also consult with our specialists and ask questions by phone, indicated on the website.

Rail shipping by wagons or containers can be ordered using the contacts of carriers on the website, as well as through a request in the "Rail Shipping Order" section.