The analysis the existing delivery schemes of valuable cargoes and the estimation of an opportunity of adoption of trailer on flat car service for their transportation, страница 3

Trailer on flat car service attracts with simplicity, rather small expenses of time and means at an overload and delivery trailers in intermodal auto-railway communications. Transportations are characterized by high productivity, reliability, accelerated terms of delivery according to schedule of transportations of railways. Environmental pollution decreases approximately in 30 times compared with transportation in a direct automobile communication.

Among advantages of trailer on flat car service – clearing of motorways off heavy and large-sized vehicles, what provides the best safety of highways (movement of 160 thousand cars inflicts loss on roads less, than one lorry convoy), reduction of consumption of fuel and energy resources (the consumption of fuel on one kilometer-ton by rail at 10-15 time is less, than by motor transport), increase of transit opportunities of republic. Besides due to the use of trailer on flat car service it is possible to solve a problem of transportation of cargoes in lorry convoys with engines of Euro-4 and Euro-5 in conditions of absence now for them special fuel.

Rather important advantage of trailer on flat car service is the decrease of probability of the road accidents connected with the movement of cargo vehicles on highways in some times. The best conditions for protection of the cargoes transported by trailer on flat car service are created.

All over the world trailer on flat car service are regards as predictable process of overcoming of competitive relations between the road both railway and transition to relations of cooperation. In the European countries trailer on flat car service already became a part of logistical schemes of delivery of cargoes. And in some cases the trailer on flat car service is an integral part of a route because of working restrictions of the ecological and other character, concerning automobile transportations.

In this way for trailer on flat car service next advantages are inherent:

– a combination of qualities of two dominating types of transport – maneuverability, efficiency and speed of road transport and the great productivity, movement under any weather conditions and safety of a railway transportation;

– shortening of an idle time of lorry convoys in turns on customs transition (since several day up to hours);

– the strict schedule of delivery of a cargo to the consignee “from a door up to a door”;

– simplification of customs procedures on state borders;

– the control for advance of a cargo;

– shortening of term of delivery of a cargo;    

– creation of comfortable conditions for rest to drivers of lorry convoys along the line;

– protection and a safety along the line;

– reduction of the consumption of automobile fuel;

– significant decrease of environmental contamination;

– prolongation of service life of the car;

– guarantee of safety of highways;

– decrease of probability of the road accidents connected with movement of supersize vehicles;

– exclusion of additional charges along the line.

Alongside with unquestionable advantages of trailer on flat car service there are also shortcomings of this kind of transportation:

– noncompetitive tariff rates;

– greater initial financial investments on purchase of a specialized rolling stock, on development and construction (if necessary) reloading terminals;

– ineffective using of cargo capacity of rolling stock;

– application trailer on flat car service is limited to dimensions of cargoes transported by rail.

Positive difference of the organization of trailer on flat car service in Belarus is that the cost of initial investments is rather low. Owing to the fact that the dimension of loading on our railway is greater, than on the European railways, we can use platforms with higher floor that simplifies and makes cheaper a design of a platform. If the europlatform costs nearby 180 thousand dollars, cost of manufacturing of a new platform for transportations across the CIS countries keeps within in 30-50 thousand dollars. Besides on a network of railways of Belarus there is a plenty of the stations equipped by stages for horizontal loading of wheel transport, including military. Modernization of such stages under requirements of trailer on flat car service also will get by cheaply.