Thermally insulated tank car for transportation of chemically active substances, model 15-6900

Evgeny Gerasimov, Commercial Director at Khimprom

"Our enterprise pays special attention to issues of manufactured products quality and safety of their transportation. That was the very reason why we decided to supplement our freight fleet with Tikhvin new generation tank cars. It is important not only to conduct timely repairs of the current rolling stock, but also to invest in innovative rolling stock which will provide additional protection during freight traffic process, as well as preserve freight integrity and properties".

Alexander Babochenko, Head of logistics department at Bashkir soda company

"BSC products are supplied to a wide range of enterprises of chemical, oil and gas, metallurgic and defense complex of the country, for us it is extremely important to provide quality and reliability of transportations of our freights. The advantages of new tank cars is obvious. The between-repairs run and terms of carrying out of scheduled repairs have been increased two times, that can provide for up to almost three times reduction of service maintenance costs of tank cars fleet. In addition to that, tank cars service life is increased — 8 years. Payload capacity is great as well. Accordingly, when a particular chosen volume of freights is transported, required fleet of cars is reduced, and the tariff for empty haul (return) is reduced as well".

Maxim Kurovsky, Managing Director for Logistics at Ilim Group

"We are systematically implementing our coherent policy aimed at the modernization of our fleet on account of new generation freight cars. We have already received the batch of tank cars produced by United Wagon Company and have evaluated new opportunities in the work. We have a much more effective freight traffic now. Among other things loading of freight increased considerably, and freight flows are optimized. Such positive results influenced our decision to conclude the second transaction. We hope that that’s just the beginning". 

Maxim Kurovsky, Managing Director for Logistics at Ilim Group

"Last year we purchased the batch of chemical tank cars of model 15-6900 from «United Wagon Company»; the batch made it feasible to replace ordinary tank cars, operated by us earlier. According to our calculations, this investment will pay off in 3-4 years. It should be noted that these tank cars possess a higher payload capacity compared to outdated models. Tank cars operational use in severe conditions of the North, at low temperatures, turned out to be appropriate as well".

Sergey Nauman, Chief Executive Officer at Khimprom

"Maintaining a high-quality business culture is important to us, whether through modern corporate governance standards, tight quality controls on production and finished products, or an improved service for our clients. This is why we pay close attention to transportation side of our business and take decisions with great care. Having reliable and efficient rolling stock is hugely important to us. Given our previous experience of operating Tikhvin-produced tank cars for transporting chemicals, we have once again been able to opt for UWC’s new generation cars".