РЖД ожидает роста погрузки в апреле

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  • 05/04/24

План погрузки на сети российских железных дорог сформирован на текущий месяц в размере 3,42 млн т/сут. (102,6 млн т), что выше 3,40 млн т /сут. (105,3 млн т) в марте, сообщил заместитель генерального директора РЖД — начальник Центра фирменного транспортного обслуживания Алексей Шило на брифинге на этой неделе. Тем не менее ожидаемый результат на 2,7% ниже, чем годом ранее.

В РЖД ожидают сохранение тенденций I квартала. «В частности, мы берем в расчет снижение [относительно аналогичного периода прошло года] перевозок угля на 2,2 млн т в южном направлении, строительных грузов — на 1,2 млн т, а кроме того, мы видим уменьшение предъявления черных металлов и, как следствие, сопутствующих грузов — металлолома и железной руды. Пока заявки по поставкам металлургической продукции на внутренний рынок сокращаются, ожидаем потери в этом сегменте в апреле на уровне 1 млн т», — пояснил Шило.

Но во II квартале в компании ожидают улучшения ситуации. Планируется рост перевозок нефтепродуктов, зерновых грузов, а также минеральных удобрений. «Начинают оживать перевозки строительных грузов: во внутрироссийском сообщении сокращение немного уменьшается, видим увеличение предъявления в этом сегменте», — отметил Шило.

Значительное влияние на погрузку окажут объемы экспорта угля. В госкомпании ожидают некоторого восстановления отправок в южном направлении, которые резко снизились после прекращения отгрузок в феврале на Таманский терминал навалочных грузов (ТТНГ), принадлежащий компании «Отэко», ввиду высоких, по мнению грузовладельцев, ставок перевалки. В «Отэко» сообщили, что соглашение о возобновлении поставок достигнуто пока только с Распадской угольной компанией, входящей в «Евраз», с другими добывающими компаниями переговоры еще продолжаются.

Потенциал для прироста погрузки отмечается и на северо-западе, где есть свободные мощности по перевалке зерновых грузов.

Высокий уровень загрузки ожидается на Восточном полигоне, объединяющем Красноярскую, Восточно-Сибирскую, Забайкальскую и Дальневосточную железные дороги. Через так называемое «контрольное сечение КПМИ» (Комплексный план модернизации и расширения магистральной инфраструктуры до 2024 г.) Комсомольск-на-Амуре (Хабаровский край) — Волочаевка (Еврейская автономная обл.) в текущем году планируется перевезти 162,2 млн т различных грузов. Проектная провозная мощность на этом направлении на 31 декабря 2023 г. составила 173 млн т/год, таким образом, гарантированные мощности будут загружены примерно на 93,8%.

Предполагается, что из запланированного объема 111 млн т придется на угольную продукцию, 15 млн т — на контейнерные грузы, 13,4 млн т — на нефтепродукты, 6 млн т — на черные металлы. «По итогам I квартала прирост грузопотока через контрольное сечение составил порядка 2%. В то же время у нас достаточно много грузов идет по Восточному полигону во внутрироссийском сообщении, не доезжая до контрольного сечения КПМИ. Эта погрузка идет более высокими темпами, чем было заложено в планах, в том числе и потому что угольные компании Кузбасса выиграли тендеры на поставку продукции для потребителей из Хабаровского края», — сообщил Шило.

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