SCR READY TO ASSIST IN TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT IN ARMENIA
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
19.05.2009 19:17 GMT+04:00
South Caucasian Railways CJSC General Director Shevket Shaydulin has
met with Armenian Transport Workers and Freight Forwarders Association
members, the company’s press service reports.
Parties discussed issues concerning complex transport services,
particularly, container train dispatch, transfer to transparent
tariff rates, organization of legal activities in freight delivery
process, increase of train speed, as well as concessionary terms and
registration of some export products.
Mr. Shaydulin expressed willingness to provide maximum assistance
within cooperation frameworks. "Our mission consists in developing
national transportation company and raising efficiency and service
quality through specific strategic goals. The company particularly
focuses on long-terms effectiveness and financial stability,
service quality enhancement, enlargement of transport production on
RA territory and integration to Euro-Asian transportation-logistic
system," he noted.
Makar Arakelyan, Head of Armenian Transport Workers and Freight
Forwarders Association, expressed satisfaction with Shaydulin’s
professional approach to corporate client’s problems in the sphere
of transport services organization. "I strongly hope for mutually
beneficial cooperation contributing to Armenia’s economic development,
especially in the sphere of export. Our activities are mainly aimed at
protecting freight forwarders’ rights in Armenia and abroad," he said.
South Caucasian Railways CJSC is a 100% subsidiary of Russian Railroads
OJSC. Under a concessionary agreement dated February 13, 2008, it
passed under SCR CJSC’s concessionary management. The agreement was
signed for 30 years, with possible extension of additional 10 years.