Prices for rail cars, thermos, containers.
The cost of rail freight transportation is calculated from the tariffs for railway freight wagons, tanks, platforms for transportation of containers. The cost of rail transportation is calculated depending on the types of goods and their quantity. Carriage and feeding of wagons on branches and collecting them in the train. Regardless of quantity of cargo, method of its transportation, type and weight of cargo, transportation cost depends on quality of cargo delivery, cargo safety, cargo insurance, time of transportation, speed of cargo transportation. Railway price, transportation depends on the specifics of the cargo being transported, which package of documents needs to be prepared, the location of the cargo, the invoice value of the cargo, the number of customs codes. Package of cargo, number of loading places by country, direction by country, distance of transport to the place where cargo is located. Transport distance, number of transit countries to the place of unloading, transit fees for rail transport for this cargo, payment terms, for the transport of this cargo, delivery time and even weather conditions.
Total cost of rail transportation will be formed based on details of cargo transportation, its size and characteristics, type of used wagon, their number, direction and promptness of delivery. Resources spent on loading, transshipment works, additional services of forwarder such as cargo escort in transit are also taken into account. Customs broker’s services for fast passage of all customs procedures, including customs clearance of cargo. Total cost of rail freight shipment includes the payment of customs duties according to the cargo tariff for export-import operations between countries. The railway transportation tariff is determined according to the cargo position in the Unified Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature of Goods – according to its ETSNG code (depending on which category the cargo belongs to). Expended human and technical resources, number of wagons, type of railway shipment will be reflected in the contract for transportation with the total cost and indication of all transportation services. In general, freight transportation by rail is characterized by sufficient cost-effectiveness compared to other, more “costly” modes of transport.