UWC to deliver 3,600 container flat cars to RB GROUP

PJSC «Research and production corporation «United Wagon Company» (RPC UWC, the Group or the Company) (MOEX: UWGN), Russia’s largest manufacturer of freight cars¹, will supply 3,600 container flat cars to transport company RB GROUP.

The flat car, Model 13-6903, has a length of 80 ft and a load capacity of 74.5 t. Its ability to accommodate 20-, 30-, or 40-ft containers, including refrigerator and tank containers with a gross weight of up to 36 t distinguishes this railcar as unique among its counterparts. High-capacity containers of various sizes are placed and secured on the flat car in compliance with local technical conditions. The car’s frame is fitted with 4 fixed and 10 doubled movable pins to ensure that the containers are reliably secured.

The flat car is equipped with 25 t bogies having an increased maintenance interval of up to 1 million km (or 8 years). The service life of the flat car is 32 years.

This model has been part of the UWC Group’s product portfolio since 2017. The production line assembling the flat car uses automated and robotic systems to weld its load-bearing components.

Ivan Mikhalevich, Sales Director at United Wagon Company: “The container shipment market has been growing for several years now. Apart from export and domestic traffic, we can see transit shipments growing rapidly in transport corridors connecting China and Europe, Asia and the Far East, Russia and Europe. In an increasingly competitive transport market, the task of minimising transport costs is becoming ever more pressing. The solution can be achieved, among other things, through the use of technical advantages of the new generation of freight rolling stock, which is more efficient and reliable in operation.”

¹As reported by INFOLine-Analytics: https://infoline.spb.ru/news/index.php?news=205975