Case studies

In CIS regions, passenger railway traffic is a highly specific field. Suburban railway routes are often cut due to their unprofitability. This may have a negative impact, not only on the passengers, but also on the social and economic conditions in the regions. The Russian Central Federal District authorities faced the rail routes reduction problem. They decided to launch alternative bus routes simultaneously with the cancellation of the railway routes in order to reduce adverse impacts.

In 2012, a railway operator decided to create a strategic railway network to embrace the need to increase the scale and volume of cargo traffic. This network was comprised of three railway ports and six transport and logistics terminals. The network was aimed at enhancing the efficiency of cargo transportation. The first stage of launch would increase cargo traffic by 100-120 million tons per year.

RUSCON is one of the major container shipping companies in the CIS region. The company needed a container yard planning solution to modernize one of the rail container terminal and determine maximum capacity of the whole facility and its components. It sought the expertise of container yard simulation specialists from Dilibrium Consulting Company to model terminal components including the container yard, transshipment equipment, and rail infrastructure.

One of the largest beer manufacturers in Eastern Europe faced a logistical challenge most manufacturing company’s face, high transportation costs. The company’s plan was to decrease distribution and transportation costs from the plant to suppliers and ultimately lower costs for their customers.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup is in Russia, and in preparation for the event, the extensive rail network of the enormous country had to prepare for increased traffic. A railway operator in Russia, conducted an event preparedness assessment involving 31 railway stations across the eleven host cities of: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Sochi, Saransk, Samara, Rostov-on-Don, Volgograd, Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, and Yekaterinburg. The project was contracted out to IRTS, a company specializing in the development of transport systems.

Transportation, specifically freight transportation, uses a huge amount of fossil fuels, particularly oil. In order to reduce this consumption and therefore lower greenhouse gas emissions, new and more energy efficient systems must be identified. This can be done using a number of different factors, including the better use of intermodal terminals.