ARGUS Dry Bulk Logistics

This new monthly report on dry bulk export logistics from Russia contains news and analysis on dry bulk transport infrastructure, industry trends and future projects.

It covers volumes and costs of transportation and transshipment, offers comparisons on the efficiency of deliveries by different modes of transport, provides analysis of existing and new port facilities, data on freight costs, and publishes forwarding costs and related expenses.

Benefits:

• Integrated approach — in-depth information about the regional dry bulk transportation market, including tariffs, market news, expert assessments, statistics and more
• Unique and regular data on dry bulk river transportation
• Business tool — provides taxpayers and tax authorities with access to independent assessments of the total costs associated with deliveries of goods, helping them determine the fair market price or price differential on a particular delivery basis
• Reliability — Argus has many years’ experience of reporting on different commodity segments, as well as established contacts with experts and major market players
• Objectiveness — a transparent methodology based on information about completed transactions and supply/demand balance.

Markets covered:

• Open-top railcars
• Covered cars
• Platforms
• Mineral hoppers/grain carriers

• Dry cargo river fleet in Russia
• Shipbuilding and ship repair yards

• Shipbuilding yards
• Ship repair yards
• Costs of railcar repair
• Container carriage market
• Export and inland truck transportation of bulk cargoes
• Intermodal transporting of bulk cargoes for exports

• Sea and river freight rates assessments for dry bulk vessels
• Railcar lease rates
• Handling costs of bulk cargoes at Russian and Baltic ports, and port infrastructure reviews
• Export costs for bulk cargo transportation by river during navigation season and handling costs of bulk cargoes at anchorage
• Reviews of railway tariff policies in Russia, Ukraine and the Baltic states
• Reviews of the rolling stock, bulk river cargo and railcar production markets, including development prospects in these areas
• Statistical data:
  - rail data
  - port cargo handling
  -river transportation of bulk cargoes for export during navigation season

Customers that benefit:

• Large and medium-sized cargo owners and their trade divisions
• Railcar operators
• Ports and port complexes in Russia and the Baltic states
• Shipowners and operators of sea and river dry bulk fleets
• Producers of fertilisers, metals, coal and grain
• Survey companies
• Rail forwarding companies
• Railcar manufacturers
• Lease companies
• Tax authorities