Čd cargo profile

ČD Cargo Profile

ČD Cargo Profile 1

Content

Content 1

About Us 2

Introduction 5

Transported Commodities 6

Carriages Organization 10

System trains 12

Examples of the ČD Cargo carriages 14

Combined transport 18

Lovosice Terminal 20

Another services 21

Wagon Fleet 24

List of the selected wagon series 26

ČD Cargo freight transport in 2008 30

About UsThe company ČD Cargo, a. s. was established on 1 December 2007 in the form of a deposit of part of the enterpriseČD a.s. We are the largest Czech rail transporter. We offer transportation of a wide range of goods, from rawmaterials to products with high added value, as well as the transportation of containers, non-standardconsignments, the leasing of railway wagons, shuttle transport, and other transport services. We offer ourservices on both a national and international level according to the varied requirements of our clients. Thestrategic objective of ČD Cargo, a. s. is to retain its leading position on the market for rail freight transport in theCzech Republic and Central Europe and to be an effective customer-centric company. The company aims tomaximise its financial results by means of the active business organisation of existing and new orders for freighttransport and to optimise the costs of transportation and the operation of the entire company.

With an annual volume of around 86 million tons we are one of the five largest railway transporters amongstthe member state of the EU. We provide services to customers at approximately 1,100 places in the CzechRepublic and through subsidiaries spread around Europe. Our revenues are more than CZK 17 billion. ČD Cargo, a. s.has more than 900 locomotives at its disposal, both electric and diesel. Customers can load their goods ontoapproximately 26,000 wagons of various kinds and onto almost 3,000 hired wagons. The company isconcentrating its investment activities on its vehicle fleet.

Dear business friends,

a new period of our work and, at the same time, cooperation

with you, started by establishment of the independent

company ČD Cargo, a. s. According to its birthday, our company

is still a baby, but it brings considerable experience of a mature

woman from the Czech Railways’ bosom.

And we want to and will continue the experience and a good

reputation that we have built in the field of freight transport.

Satisfied customers have always stood in the first place of the

area of our interest, and satisfied are those convinced that for

their money they got the top quality services.

In order to improve our work quality according to customers’

needs, we proceeded to a massive renewal of our rolling stock.

It is connected with progressive re-branding for the company’s

new blue-blue face. The first locomotives in their new look

are already leaving depots throughout the Czech Republic

worldwide, in order to deliver your goods on time and safely

to their destination.

We believe that our business strategy will ensure a permanent

increase in traffic volumes as well as an increase in our

customers’ satisfaction. We want to be your reliable stabile

partner who offers quality and complex services.

We are going to extend cooperation with our partners even

more, when building and extending sidings and public logistic

centres. We see small deficiencies here, making up for which is

necessary so that nobody doubt that railway freight traffic is

the most advantageous and, even more, ecological way of

moving anything to any place.

Surely you will agree with me that a prosperous company is

not made only by well concluded deals and contracts, but also

by people who work on their fulfilment. Here I would like to

accentuate devoted and loyal work of our employees at any

level, who with us even coped with our company regeneration,

which we underwent last year, and who still stand fast in their

positions to fulfil responsibly their everyday hard tasks. Even

thanks to them we are such a strong and significant European

company in the field of freight transport.

In conclusion, allow me to wish you only good experience of our

company’s operation and thank you for your confidence in us.

Josef BazalaChairman of the Board of Directors and Director General

“Czech Railways has many services tooffer in the field of freight transport”

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Coal

Coal carriages belong to the fundamental activities of our

freight traffic. Their share in the total carriages is about 30 %

in all traffic modes (domestic transport, import and export).

Transit carriages make up a significant part.

Almost one half of lignite is directed to power stations of the

company ČEZ, a.s., another part is designated for both do-

mestic and foreign consumers, especially in Slovakia. Coal from

the Ostrava-Karviná coalfield ensures operation of energy and

metallurgical giants not only in our country, but even abroad

(Austria, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia). These carriages are

usually realized in full train loads. For minor consumers we

are able to ensure carriages of graded coal in groups of

wagons or as individual wagon-load consignments.

Coal and lignite carriages are realized in the wagons of the

following types: Falls, Eas, Eaos, Es, Faccs, or in modernized

Talls wagons.

Besides coal and lignite, the commodity “coal” involves also

coke and briquettes. For simplification, in communication

with customers three basic commodity groups are spoken

about - coal, lignite, coke.

Building materials

The railway occupies an irreplaceable position in carriages

of construction materials and minerals used in civil engi-

neering. Approximately 8 million tons of construction mate-

rials are transported in Czech Railways’ wagons a year.

Mostly it is limestone, lime and cement, building materials,

minerals, slag and ashes. Carriages of desulphurization com-

modities to power stations and heating plants throughout

our country are very important too.

These materials are often transported in hopper wagons. Cove-

red high-sided or low-sided wagons can be used too. Carriages

of palletized goods and part loads are ensured with Gbgkks,

Gags/Gas, Hbbillns, Habbillnss, Kils or Laails wagons, building

blocks and precast stones are transported in Res, Rils wagons,

masts and structures in Roos or Laaps wagons, Faccs, Falls or

Falos wagons are used for bulk goods carriages (crushed aggre-

gate and quarry gravel, ashes, slag, glass sand and foundry

sand), Es, Eas or Res wagons are utilized for carriages of prefab-

rication, sleepers, pavement blocks and other goods like that.

Food and agricultural products

In this field of activities internal as well as international carriages

of food and agricultural products are included. Besides ensuring

the carriage itself, we develop analyses of transport needs and

propose possible solutions, including a quotation. For long-term

projects we guarantee the price stability. In cooperation with in-

ternational partners we schedule trains according to our cus-

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Transported Commodities

tomer’s individual needs. We also participate in carriages reali-

zed through inland river ports, such as Děčín or Ústí nad Labem.

Among foodstuff transported on ČD Cargo trains food and

oils, molasses, potatoes, cereals, seeds, food industry waste,

and other goods of a vegetable or animal origin. Under cer-

tain conditions we are able to transport live animals.

For carriages of food modern high-capacity wagons with

sliding wall, hopper wagons and insulated wagons are used.

Grain carriages are ensured with Tdgns, Tadgnss, Hadgs

wagons, biscuits and drinks are transported in Ibb(hpp)s

wagons, covered Eas and Es wagons are utilized to carry apples,

potatoes or sugar beets, Gags, Gbgs, Gbgkks, Hbbillns and

Habbillnss, eventually Kils or Laails wagons are used for car-

riages of palletized goods.

Chemical products and liquid fuels

We have got long-lasting experience in a safe transport of chem-

ical products and liquid fuels. We are specialized in carriages of

a whole range of raw materials, semi-finished products and

products which, with their content, influence on all industrial fields

and affect people’s everyday life. The most important raw mate-

rials carried are certainly petroleum, oils, petrol, diesel, gases, fer-

tilizers, acids, chlorides, oxides, hydroxides, sulphates, hydro-

carbons, phenols, asphalt, plastic products, cotton wool, banda-

ges, paints, resin, cosmetic products, washing powder or tyres.

A very perspective market segment, in which we offer our

services, is carriage of bio-ethanol and MEŘO (coleseed oil

metylester).

For carriages of liquid gases, mineral oils and other chemical

liquid products railway tank-wagons, such as Zaes and Zacns are

used; Tdns and Tadgnss wagons are used for carriages of bulk

goods (fertilizers). Detergents, plastic products, tyres and other

chemical products on pallets and in bigbags are transported in

Gbgkks, Gas, Hbbillns, Habbillnss, Kils, Laails and Rils wagons,

granulated resin in Tams wagons. During carriage of chemical

goods it is necessary to observe loading instructions, especially

the stipulations in Annex I to the Regulations Governing the

International Carriage of Dangerous Goods (RID).

Wood

We offer very advantageous conditions for carriages of wood

and stationery. We transport more than 4 million tons of these

goods a year. We ensure both internal and international car-

riages of green timber, sawn timber, wood chips, wooden fur-

niture as well as its parts, wood-pulp and stationery.

Wood from the regions affected by the hurricanes Kyrill and

Emma was transported especially on the trains of ČD Cargo. By

the fact that in this extraordinary crisis situation we managed

to remove almost 1.8 million tons of wood substance from

the woods we demonstrated four-square that we were able

to response operatively to increased requirements of cus-

tomers in a crisis situation.

We transport wood chips either by classic technology in Fmmrs

and Tirs wagons (the railway transport enterprise ČD Cargo

does not provide them) or in special containers for chips

carriages that are placed on the flat wagon by threes, so-called

WoodTainers. For carriages of wood chips it is possible to

schedule trains individually, or to participate in realization of

the whole technological process.

For carriages of a particular type of wooden or paper materials it

is necessary to use a certain type of the railway wagon and to ob-

serve the loading instructions. The types of Res, Eas, Roos, Laaps

are used for trunk wood, Es, Eas wagons for logs, Res, Eas, Rils,

Roos, Laaps, eventually covered Hbbillns, Habbillnss or Laails wa-

gons for sawn timber. Wooden boards, paper and wood-pulp are

transported in Hbbillns, Habbillnss, Rils, Kils and Laails wagons.

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Automotive

Customers from the field of the automobile industry are very

important for ČD Cargo too. In addition to motor road vehi-

cles made in the Czech Republic, we ensure also transit car-

riages, e.g. from Slovakia to Germany, from Poland to Italy,

and on other routes. For carriages of automobiles private

wagons are especially used.

We are able to offer tailored products, such as a container

train transporting decomposed automobiles from Mladá

Boleslav to Kaluga, Russia, for final assembling.

We are able to ensure deliveries of metal sheets or other

components for manufacturing of automobiles.

Iron, steel, machinery

We have got considerable experience in carriages of iron and

engineering products too. We transport raw materials necessary

for production, especially the iron ore, as well as iron, steel,

non-ferrous metals and products made of them. We succeed

in smart carriages of shipbuilding plates. We are also able to

ensure transport of big machines, such as turbines, pumps,

compressors or steam generators, including out-of-gauge

loads.

A significant commodity in railway transport is also scrap

iron. For its carriages scrap system trains are tailored to cus-

tomers, such as THŰRINGEN, BADEN - WŰRTEMBERG,

LOWER SAXONY, SCHROTT EXPRESS, especially directed to

metallurgical enterprises in the FRG.

Open or flat wagons are used for carriages of this commodity.

Iron products are transported in Es, Eas, Ks, Res, Tams, Rils

wagons, sheet iron in Smmps or Shimmns (coils) wagons, rails

in Res or Scmms wagons, steel pipes and tubes in Res, Roos or

Laaps wagons. Scrap iron is transported in Es and Eas wagons.

Other commodities

We offer you interesting conditions for carriages of goods

that are not included in other groups of the commodities

transported. In case of interest in carriages of such untradi-

tional consignments we try to offer our customers the opti-

mum way of transport in terms of both price and connecting

logistic processes. Within the frame of additional services we

ensure adjustment of carriages of exceptional consign-

ments.

Regarding a variety of the goods types included in this com-

modity, for carriages of them it is possible to utilize virtually

all wagon types included nowadays by the company ČD Cargo

in its operation. Selection of a particular wagon then de-

pends on the goods character and type, on the way of its se-

curing in the wagon, and on a required way of protection

against climatic influences during carriage.

Several types of Uaaik low-loader wagons or Smmp flat wagons

are available for carriages of special loads (big weight, unusual

dimensions).

Military consignments

We are a reliable partner not only for the Armed Forces of the

Czech Republic, but also for the whole NATO. We participate

in carriages of military equipment for manoeuvres in the

Czech Republic as well as abroad, including carriages for foreign

operations.

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Carriages Organization

For carriages of any goods above weutilize various types of freight trains.

Express freight trains (Nex)

are designed for carriages of priority consignments in international traffic, in combined

transport, and in a superior system of carriages of priority goods.

Fast freight trains (Rn)

are utilized for carriages of important or priority consignments.

Empties trains (Vn)

are designed only for transport of empty freight wagons to the loading terminal.

Direct freight trains (Pn)

are trains transporting goods between formation yards, and consigner’s trains.

Pick-up goods trains (Mn)

are designed for delivery of goods to neighboring or intermediate stations, for collection

from neighboring or intermediate stations and for further manipulations.

Sidings trains (Vleč)

are used for running onto the siding branching off from the open track or to the loading

terminal with return to the station, from which they were dispatched. They can be de-

signed even for running from the station onto the siding branching off from the station,

or vice versa.

Single wagon loads

Carriages of goods in single wagons are an appropriate so-

lution for the customer who requires carriage of goods of

a small amount. Individual wagons are transported from

consignor to consignee by usual freight trains through

several marshalling yards. Informative data on the timetable

are available at www.cdcargo.cz in SPONA application.

Groups of wagons

Customers with bigger amounts of goods can utilize carriages

in groups of minimum 5 wagons at more favourable prices.

Full train loads

Full train loads represent the most suitable way of carriage

for large goods volumes, especially for bulk substrates. They

are composed of the wagons transporting only one con-

signment and running directly from consignor to consignee

without any other formation works. The consignment run-

ning time is thus significantly reduced and full train loads are

therefore highly competitive compared to road transport.

Due to simplified manipulation, carriages by full train loads

are cheaper. The only condition for this transport form uti-

lization is a sufficient amount of goods that will fill the full

train loads.

Termincargo

Termincargo term carriages provide more quality and faster

carriages of goods by means of fast freight trains between

selected stations where trains couple and uncouple groups of

wagons, for which connecting trains to other stations exist.

Carriages are often used in a so-called night jump (loading

in the afternoon/evening – running on the train during

a night – unloading in the next morning/afternoon). The net-

work of fast freight trains connecting important economic

centers of the CR works in this regime.

Detailed transport terms and conditions and the list of sta-

tions included in Termincargo system are available at

www.cdcargo.cz in the part On-line nástroje / SPONA.

System trains

A considerable part of our products portfolio are system full train

loads. These trains are our special product designed for wagon-

load carriages. They provide a fast and quality connection with

possible completion of the consignment at intermediate sta-

tions. They carry goods from more consignors or for more

consignees. Therefore, they can be utilized by all customers

who have not got sufficient load for full train loads. ADRIA,

CARPÁTHIA EXPRESS, EAST TRAIN and ITALIA belong to them.

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Adria

Adria trains belongs among the full train loads, thanks to

which our customers can transport fast and effectively their

goods from the Czech Republic (especially from the Ostrava

region) to the port Rijeka or other destinations in Croatia or

Bosnia and Herzegovina. These trains are also suitable for

transit consignments from Poland and other Baltic ports.

Only special military consignments, empty private wagons,

consignments in Interfrigo wagons, out-of-gauge loads and

live animals cannot be transported on these trains.

The most significant advantages of Adria train utilization are

possible completion of the consignments at intermediate

stations, connection of transit consignments from Poland

and Germany, and consignments monitoring throughout

their carriage. The trains are dispatched approximately twice

a week and their total running time is about 50 hours.

Carpáthia Express

Carpáthia Expres full train loads allow fast and effective con-

nection on the route of the Czech Republic – Romania. All

types of the goods can be transported on them. The excep-

tions are special military consignments, empty private wagons,

consignments in Interfrigo wagons, out-of-gauge loads and

carriages of live animals.

The main advantages of this train utilization are possible connec-

tion of transit consignments from Poland and Germany,

neutrality of carriage reservation on the train, and consign-

ments monitoring throughout their carriage. Consignments

for the trains Carpáthia Express are collected at the station

Brno – Maloměřice, into which they can be transported accor-

ding to the timetable from any station in the Czech Republic,

or from stations of neighbouring railways, e.g. from Ger-

many. The train is dispatched from Brno every day. Time of

running to the station Curtici does not exceed 24 hours.


System trains

East Train

System EAST TRAIN started operation in 2008 and runs on the

route of Bohumín – Mosty u Jablunkova – Fiľakovo/Štúrovo -

Bihárkeresztes – Episcopia Bihor with connection to further

stations in Romania.

It arose as a response to a rapid economic development of

Romania after its admission to the European Union. Although

it is designed especially for carriages of metallurgical goods,

it can be utilized by other customers too.

Italia Express

Italia trains represent full train loads, by means of which you

can transport fast and effectively your goods from the Czech

Republic to Northern Italy and Slovenia, including the port

Koper. Italia trains are advantageous not only for carriages of

consignments from the Czech Republic (delivery to the sta-

tions of Ostrava or Břeclav), but also for transit consign-

ments from Poland and Baltic ports.

On this train you can transport almost all types of the goods.

The exceptions are only chemical products, rolling stock run-

ning on its own wheels, motor vehicles, special loads and

out-of-gauge consignments (PLM) without prior agreement.

The trains are dispatched from Ostrava up to 5 times a week.

Italia train sets are utilized not only for consignments to railway

stations, but also to the MVO (Magazzini Veneto Oreintale) ter-

minal in the town of Santo Stino di Livenza. Here ČD Cargo

offers further services in cooperation with its partners.


ConfectioneryTatranky, the wafers and other confectionery are distributed

by train right from manufacture too. The distributing ware-

house is situated on the north-west outskirts of Prague,

nearby the urban area Tuchoměřice. Biscuits and other pro-

ducts are loaded into insulated or standard covered wagons

in the production plant in Opava, wagons loaded in another

chocolate factory are coupled with the train in Olomouc, and

the wagons are then transported to Středokluky railway sta-

tion, or to the warehouse at Tuchoměřice, by a so-called night

jump. The consignments cover the distance between Opava

and Středokluky (368 kilometers on the railway) in 13 hours,

which is the time fully comparable to truck transport.

GlassAbout 50 thousand tons of glass in various forms are trans-

ported on the railway per year. Considering the character of

goods, its packaging and placing in the wagon as well as selec-

tion of a suitable wagon series is very important in these car-

riages. In an ideal combination of these factors carriages of such

crispy goods are realized with minimum number of claims.

Glass is traditionally transported from manufacturing plants

in a wide range of products, starting with glass bottles to

various utility glass, to insulating materials of glass fibres.

On the other hand, scrap glass, which is recycled for further

glass production, is transported to these plants. Vetropack

Moravia Glass, a. s., Avirunion, a. s., UNION LESNÍ BRÁNA a. s.

or individual plants of the enterprise Bohemia Crystalex

Trading, a. s. belong to our long-standing customers.

White technologyCarriages of white technology from the producer MORA

MORAVIA s.r.o. to distributing warehouses in the Czech and

Slovak Republics belong among traditional railway car-

riages. On the manufacturing plant’s siding, branching off

from the station Hlubočky-Mariánské Údolí, cookers are

loaded into two-axle freight wagons of Hbbillns series which

hold up to 208 cookers. The wagons are then included into

regular Czech Railways’ trains and transported by a so-called

night jump to the railway station of Měšice u Prahy on the

track of Praha–Všetaty. White technology is transported in

cooperation with the Slovak carrier ZSCS to a Slovak distri-

buting warehouse at Dobrá Niva u Zvolena too.

MORA MORAVIA s.r.o. produces about 400 thousand cookers

a year, and approximately 20 % of this amount is transported

on the railway. The majority is of domestic carriages. A minor

part of export carriages, especially to Romania, states of for-

mer Yugoslavia, and Poland are realized on the railway too.

Wood chips Wood chips are loaded on the siding Stora Enso Timber

Ždírec s.r.o. at Ždírec nad Doubravou and on the siding Stora

Enso Timber Planá s.r.o. at Planá u Mariánských Lázní, and

full train loads are transported to the railway station

Hněvice onto the siding Mondi Packaging Paper Štětí a. s.,

for Biocel Paskov, a. s. to Paskov, and for customers in Austria.

580 thousand tons of the raw materials were transported by

this system in 2008.

Carriages are usually realized in full train loads composed of

16 Sgs wagons. Three special containers (Wood Tainers) espe-

cially made for wood chips carriages with respect to these

raw materials characteristic features are placed onto each

wagon. ”Wood Tainer“, container carriage system with inno-

vative turning unloading, protected by patent, belongs to

the products already developed.

All mail railway carriages in the Czech Republic are ensured

with three pairs of Nex trains that run on the route of Praha–

Ostrava and back. The trains run under the names ”Poštovní

expres (Mail Express)“, ”Poštmistr (Postmaster)“ and ”Poš-

tovský panáček (Postman)“ and are composed exclusively of

own Česká pošta´s wagons of Postw and Gbkkqs series.

The railway wagons carry mail matters between modern au-

tomated sorting nodes (Collecting Mail Node, CMN). Putting

them into service put an end to the necessity to sort mail

right in the running railway wagons. This activity was rather

staff-demanding as it required very qualified labour able to

sort fast and accurately large amounts of mail matters under

the conditions of a running railway wagon.


Examples of the ČD Cargo carriages

Post System TrainsNowadays Česká pošta operates eight CMNs in the Czech

Republic: Praha-Malešice, Brno, Plzeň, Olomouc, Ústí nad

Labem, České Budějovice, Pardubice, Ostrava. Of these

places, only Brno, České Budějovice, Plzeň and Ústí nad

Labem do not utilize railway transport.

TyresSince November 2005 tyres – products of the company

MITAS, a. s., have been transported in wagons too. This com-

pany belongs to the leading European producers of tyres for

construction, agricultural and other off-road machinery. Till

2005 almost the whole production had been transported by

trucks from the manufacturing plant at Strašnice to interme-

diate stores and the final customers. It was up to 250 trucks

a month. Their rather difficult loading in a cramped area of

the firm, together with insufficient storage area led to the

MITAS representatives’ decision to invite tenders for ensuring

completely storage and, in fact, the whole logistics and distri-

bution of the produced products. Hardly anybody expected

that these carriages could be transferred from the road onto the

railway. However, the company THL Group s.r.o., ensuring

the whole logistic chain, evaluated Czech Railways’ offer as

the most advantageous. A group of six covered wagons of

Gbgkks series, specially dedicated to these carriages, de-

parts from MITAS’ siding every day. Loading is realized

smartly by means of special high-lift trucks. Approximately

180 tyres are loaded into each wagon.

Every day the train transports goods that would have to be

otherwise transported by eight or nine trucks. The logistic

process was rationalized, and exhaust emission was at least

partially reduced in the centre of Prague.

Precast stones The company KB-BLOK systém, s.r.o. utilizes more and more

ČD Cargo services to transport its products – vibro-pressed

concrete construction elements. Last year more than 400 rail-

way wagons loaded with these products passed through the

production plant’s gates in Postoloprty, terminating in dis-

tributing warehouses throughout the Czech Republic. The

customer utilizes advantages of carriages in full train loads.

AutomotiveOur company takes a significant share in both import and

export of passenger cars, and it is expected that after com-

pletion of construction of the plant of Hyundai at Nošovice

in North Moravia the carriages for the car industry will still

increase. Czech Railways ensures operation of sidings in two

important Czech motor works, Škoda Auto and TPCA in

Kolín.

Malt and beer Even the key product for brewing – malt – is transported on

the railway. We transport more than 3,500 wagons of this

product a year. Malts produced in the Czech Republic are di-

rected to consumers not only in Western Europe, but also on

the Balkans, to the countries of the former Soviet Union as

well as overseas. Large consumers of the Czech malt are

nowadays Polish breweries. Malt is transported in modern

wagons with an automatic self-discharging system.

Regular carriages of the goods which were previously very

typical for the railway – beer – were renewed last year. Bottled,

tinned as well as keg beer produced by Plzeňský Prazdroj for

the Scandinavian market is regularly transported in covered

railway wagons from the warehouse in Domažlice to Hallsberg,

Sweden, from where it is further distributed to its customers.


Fuel to the airportČD Cargo interferes in air transport too, transporting tank-

wagons with fuels for planes to Ruzyně airport. We provide

almost six thousand railway wagons to the siding a year,

which represents approximately 300,000 tons of aviation

fuel.

Bohemia Express

An internal origin or destination station for Bohemia Express

container trains is Lovosice. Bohemia Express I connects

Lovosice Terminal with Duisburg, Germany. For the first time

it set out for its 700 km long journey at night from 6 to 7 Octo-

ber 2005. Nowadays three trains are dispatched on this

route a week, and they transport especially tank containers

for carriage of various chemicals and silo containers, in

which granulate for production of PET bottles and other

plastic products is transported. Since 8 June 2006 customers

have been able to utilize Bohemia Express II trains 3 times

a week to transport containers, swap bodies as well as semi-

trailers between Lovosice and the land terminal Hamburg

Bilwerder.


Combined transport

Combined transport means carriage of goods in one trans-

port unit (container, swap body, road-trailer), while more

transport modes are utilized during transport. The major

part of the route is realized on the railway, inland waterway

or by sea without goods manipulation. An initial part (col-

lection) or a final part (delivery) is realized generally on the

road or even on the railway. Our company ensures combined

transport throughout Europe, in cooperation with other rail-

way enterprises and significant national as well as interna-

tional combined transport operators.

Combined transport types

Combined transport has two basic types of transport sys-

tems, accompanied combined transport (carriages of road

vehicles on trains composed of special low-loader railway

wagons) and unaccompanied combined transport (carriages

by means of large containers, swap bodies and road-trailers).

We also offer inclusion of railway transport into our cus-

tomers’ logistic chains, including preparation of a logistic

project. We develop, together with the customer, an analy-

sis of his transport needs, propose possible solutions, including

a quotation, and realize the project.

Inclusion of railway transport into the customer’s logistic

chains brings many advantages. Trains are scheduled accor-

ding to the customer’s individual needs. It allows customers

better planning with regard to the manufacturing process

(e.g. arrival and departure of trains according to the manu-

facturing needs); it is cost-stabile and more environmentally

friendly than road transport. One full train loads manages

to replace up to 70 truck runs, by which it contributes i.a. to

the removal of heavy freight transport from urban areas and

low-capacity roads.

Combined transport is divided into an accompanied trans-

port, so-called RoLa (carriages of road vehicles, including

drivers), and an unaccompanied transport (carriages of con-

tainers, swap bodies and road-trailers).

Projects in an accompanied combined transport are always

temporary; in many cases they replace an insufficient road

infrastructure. Submitter of an accompanied combined

transport lines can be also the state that can regulate road

traffic or protect the environment in this way. Operation of

these lines is very expensive; it means very high operational

costs on one hand, especially maintenance of special low-

loader wagons, and very low revenues on the other hand.

An unaccompanied combined transport is a more perspec-

tive system as, compared to an accompanied combined

transport, “dead” weight of a tractor is not carried and trans-

port of drivers is not necessary at the same time.

We have long-lasting experience in operation of both of

these combined transport types, nevertheless, no combined

transport line has been operated on the territory of the CR

for several years.

In an unaccompanied combined transport ČD Cargo ensures

transport of full train loads between seaports and terminals

in the Czech Republic, inland terminals between one another,

and transport of transit trains via the Czech Republic or car-

riages of individual consignments. In cooperation with com-

bined transport operators we ensure operation at average

of 150 combined transport full train loads a week. In the

theoretical graph of train running the trains have the top

priority and are maintained in the category of freight expresses.

Thanks to cooperation with neighbouring railways some

trains are operated on the basis of technical and commercial

confidence, which guarantees fast dispatching at border

transit stations. For example, running time between Prague

and Hamburg is 12 hours and corresponds to an average

transport speed of over 60 km/h.

Transport units

Containers

ISO 1 containers are transport units that can be transported

by railway, road and sea transport thanks to their unified di-

mensions. They are utilized especially in carriages between


Combined transport

seaports and inland terminals, from which they are delivered

to the end customers by road vehicles. In transfer points the

containers are manipulated mostly with gantry cranes or reach-

stackers. Containers are stackable. Usually they are owned by

ship-owners, logistic operators or leasing companies.

Swap bodies

These transport units are designed especially for continen-

tal carriages. They differ from containers especially in their

dimensions and dead weight. However, both swap bodies

and ISO 1 containers have fastening elements mounted

identically.

Road-trailers

In Central Europe operators provide combined transport

even in specially adjusted road-trailers (semi-trailers). Com-

pared to common road-trailers they have only a reinforced

frame in the points that serve fastening for reachstackers

during manipulation in terminals. Carriages are realized in

special railway wagons with a ”pocket“. There is space for

placing semi-trailer axles at the wagons central part. These

semi-trailers are loaded onto/unloaded from the railway

wagon by means of the same handling devices as swap bodies

or containers.


Technical parameters of the most utilized

containers of series ISO 1A and 1C

Type

Inner dimensions (mm)Number

of palletslength width height

1AAA 11 998 2 341 2 655 24

1AA 11 998 2 341 2 350 24

1A 11 998 2 341 2 197 24

1CC 5 902 2 341 2 350 11

1C 5 902 2 341 2 197 11

Technical parameters of the most utilized

types of swap bodies

Type

Inner dimensions (mm)Number

of palletslength width height

A 1219 12 192 2 500 2 660 29

A 1250 12 500 2 500 2 660 31

A 1360 13 600 2 500 2 670 33

C 715 7 150 2 500 2 670 15

C 745 7 450 2 500 2 670 18

C 782 7 820 2 500 3 000 19

Technical parameters

Inner dimensions:

Length 13.7 m

Width 2.5 m

Height 2.67–3 m

Loading area utilization 34 EUR pallets

Loading capacity up to 102 m3

Container terminals

Trieste

Rotterdam

Duisburg

Bremerhaven

HamburgHafen

HamburgBillwerder

Dunajská Streda

Lovosice

BratislavaBudapest

Mělník

PrahaŽižkovPraha

Uhříněves

ZlínBrno

Ostrava

Combined shuttle trains

Lovosice Terminal

Lovosice Terminal is a significant centre for the combined

transport in the Czech Republic. The terminal is designed for

dispatching of continental trains and trains to seaports.

The terminal is situated advantageously on Pan-European

Corridor IV and is a part of Lovosice city industrial zone. By

means of full train loads it offers interconnection with Ger-

man inland terminals, Scandinavia and Benelux. Besides

that, it provides services related to storage and manipula-

tion of containers and palletized goods.

Lovosice Terminal is operated by the subsidiary company

ČD-DUSS Terminál, a.s., on the principle of all customers’

neutral access to dispatching.

Road - trailers on the track

On 8. June 2006 operation of the combined transport full

train loads was opened from Hamburg-Billwerder (inland

container terminal) to Lovosice. By this train České dráhy, a.s.

started regular carriages of swap bodies and especially road-

trailers adjusted to transfer onto the railway to the Czech

Republic. The train is operated by the company Bohemia-

kombi s.r.o., and the end customer is the company Hangart-

ner Danmark A/S.

Modernization of Lovosice Terminal

In October 2006 construction works on modernization and

expansion of Lovosice Terminal started. The terminal recon-

struction has been divided into two stages, while stage is

now completed.

The terminal reconstruction is co-financed from the Euro-

pean funds through the Infrastructure Operation Program.

Total investments into the whole stage will amount to CZK

184 mil. The second stage constitutes especially the terminal

expansion and thus a possibility of manipulation with loading

units along tracks through the length of 600 m. It will enable

to dispatch full train loads without a necessity to uncouple

them.

Within the frame of construction works two warehouses

with a direct track connection inward will be modernized

and extended, their capacity will reach 2 500 m2. The ware-

houses are a part of the Lovosice logistic centre that will

thus be able to offer also other services in addition to the

container terminal ones – goods assembly and disassembly

and transfer onto road vehicles.

Lovosice Terminal

Railway stations with associated logistic services

ČD Cargo also provides other logistic services, without which

integration of railway transport into logistic chains would

not be possible. It is for instance transfer between the rail-

way wagon and the road vehicle, short-term storage, customs

clearance or consignments completion. There is a sufficient

number of areas suitable for side transfer between railway

and road vehicles in the majority of railway stations in the CR.

We offer associated services at almost thirty railway stations

all over the CR. Mostly they are county seats and important

economic localities. These stations are equipped with vari-

ous mechanisms enabling transfer of goods between the

railway and the road or warehouse.

In selected railway stations we also provide both long-term

and short-term covered and outdoor storage of various sorts

of goods, from pallet goods to bulk substrates. All covered

warehouses are equipped with a side-loading platform for

unloading of one to fifteen railway wagons. Some ware-

houses enable end unloading, which enables unloading of

containers right from the railway wagon. Platforms for road

vehicles are side as well as end.

Sidings

In addition to standard freight transport ensured by various

types of trains, our company operates railway lines and rail-

way transport on sidings – private industry tracks.

We manage to assist to our customers from the very begin-

ning of the siding construction – we provide advisory serv-

ices when designing the siding and at customer’s request we

develop technology of its operation. On a regular basis we

ensure maintenance and controls of the siding technical

conditions, inspections and measuring of tracks, switches

and crossings, controls of structure clearance and removal

of undesirable vegetation.

We ensure your siding complete operation – provision and

collection of wagons and other related services, including

lease of tracks in a connecting station or marshalling yard.

Lease of railway freight and tank wagons

Our business activities include also lease of railway freight

and tank wagons.

Offer for our customers - lease of all series of freight and tank wagons of ČD Cargo

- arrangement of lease of other companies’ wagons

- lease of wagons in and out of services for the purposes of

loading capacity utilization and storage

- consultancy and advisory services in the field of wagons

Main advantages of the wagon lease - leased wagon does not have to be returned back cleaned

after every unloading

- the lessee pays automatically decreased carriage charges

on ČD lines

- the lessee does not have to pay wagon demurrage and lay-

over charges

- the lessee holds better control over running of both loaded

and empty wagons (e.g. for logistic purposes)

- possible utilization of the wagon also for the purposes dif-

ferent from goods carriage (e.g. storage, shifts on sidings,

filming, etc.)

Charges- Lease charges are contractual. The offering price is submit-

ted on the basis of complete consideration of the whole

business case. Which factors affect the offering price?

- Required number and series of the wagons, duration of the

lease, purpose of utilization, place of operation and actual

demand-and-supply situation on the market.


Another services

Information systems

Customers utilizing our services can monitor movement of

their consignments. They can do so by means of internal

on-line systems, which are CEVIS (central wagon informa-

tion system) and CNP/CDZ (central freight office/central con-

signments database). Customers get access to the information

usually through website, e-mail or FTP.

Transport safety

Safe transport of passengers and goods is one of our priori-

ties. Carriages of dangerous goods are realized in accordance

with stipulations of the Regulations Governing the Interna-

tional Carriage of Dangerous Goods (RID) and the Govern-

ment Decree No. 1/2000 Coll., on regulations governing

carriages in public freight railway transport.

Since 1 January 2003 every firm carrying dangerous goods

on the railway has been obliged to appoint safety advisors

for carriages of dangerous goods. They are responsible for assis-

tance in preventing risks during these activities with regard

to people, property and the environment. Safety advisors are

holders of the Certificate of Approval of the Safety Advisor

for Carriages of Dangerous Goods in Freight Railway Trans-

port. This Certificate is issued by the Ministry of Transport of

the Czech Republic, Department of Railways, Combined and

Railway Transport.

Our company offers its customers an external provision of

activities of the safety advisor for carriages of dangerous

goods. Scope of his work is defined by the stipulation of Section

1.8.3 RID, e.g. control of carriage of such goods and remedy

of eventual inadequacies, control of filling out of accompa-

nying documents or elaboration of reports on accidents.

Safety advisors also offer advisory services or, for instance,

training of workers in the field of carriages of dangerous

goods.


Freight wagons, which our company

utilizes for carriages, provide a guarantee

of a quality loading capacity. Besides

purposefully equipped wagons,

characteristics of which you will find in

the following overview, we own

460 diesel locomotives, 480 electric

locomotives, including bi-current ones

with possibility to enter foreign railways

tracks (interoperability). We also offer

a capacity and technically perfect

background for maintenance of both

locomotives and wagons.


Wagon Fleet


Technical parameters of selected series of railway freight wagons

Indication of Weight Load limit Width of Length of Height of Length of Loading Loadingwagon series of empty load load load wagon area capacity

wagon

t t m m m m m2 m3

Eanos 24,5 65,5 2,72 14,49 2,10 15,74 39,40 82,50

Eas 23,5 56,5 2,76 12,80 2,03 14,04 36,00 72,00

Es 10,7 29,0 2,76 8,76 1,50 10,00 24,00 36,00

Faccs 23,0 57,0 12,74 38,30

Falls 26,8 53,0 1,85 12,44 13,50 75,00

Gags 24,5 55,5 2,60 15,20 2,40 16,52 40,00 100,00

Gbgs 15,3 24,5 2,60 12,70 2,40 14,72 33,00 80,00

Gbgkks 15,5 24,5 2,63 12,73 2,67 14,02 33,00 88,00

Habbillnss 30,0 60,0 2,84 21,20 2,80 23,26 60,30 161,40

Hadgs 25,0 55,0 2,60 15,20 2,40 16,52 40,00 95,00

Hbbillns 17,6 27,4 2,95 15,44 2,85 16,70 45,60 123,70

Ibbhps 16,5 23,5 2,55 10,85 2,00 14,02 27,50 55,00

Kbkks 13,0 23,0 2,82 14,94 16,24 42,00

Kils 15,0 25,0 2,67 12,76 2,60 14,02 34,20 88,80

Ks 14,5 25,5 2,82 12,52 13,86 35,30

Laails 30,0 50,0 2,68 2x12,76 2,60 28,04 64,4 177,60

Laaps 28,0 52,0 2,66 2x12,77 2,50 28,04 67,80 167,60

Res 25,0 55,0 2,64 18,50 19,90 49,00

Rils 25,0 55,0 2,66 18,52 2,40 19,70 49,30 99,00

Roos 25,5 54,5 2,60 18,79 2,50 20,04 48,80 121,20

Scmms 25,5 54,5 2,50 14,00 15,24 43,40

Sggmrss 29,8 93,2 2,44 2 × 13,82 29,59 67,40

Sggrss 28,9 94,1 2,44 2x12,38 26,70 60,40

Sgjs 25,5 54,5 2,75 18,80 21,84 51,70

Sgnss 20,0 70,0 2,34 18,40 196,64 43,10

Sgs 24,9 47,0 2,78 18,68 20,04 51,93

Shimmns 21,5 68,5 2,01 10,80 2,48 12,04

Smmp 19,8 60,0 3,10 14,00 15,24 43,40

Smmps 24,5 55,5 3,10 14,00 15,24 43,40

Tadnss /Tadgnss 27,3 54,7 21,64 82,00

Talls 28,6 51,4 13,52 61,00

Tams 24,0 56,0 2,76 12,80 2,00 14,04 36,00 72,00

Tdns / Tdgns 14,5 25,5 9,64 38,00

Uaais 70,0 55,0 2,40 12,00 30,68 28,80

Za 19,2 43,5 12,34 48,00

Zacns 24,5 55,5 17,00 95,00

Zek 12,2 19,5 8,84 24,00


List of the selected wagon series

Eas

Eas wagon is a four-axle high-sided open wagon with drop

ends. The wagon is designed for carriages of dry bulk goods

and part loads that do not require covered room for car-

riages.

Falls

The wagon of Falls 54 group is a four-axle hopper wagon.

The freight railway wagon is designed for carriages of coal

and coke on 1435-mm-gauge tracks, fully complies with

conditions for international operation in the RIV regime.

Habbillnss

Habbillnss wagon is a four-axle covered wagon with sliding

walls equipped with eight movable partitions. This wagon is

designed for carriages of bulky loads, part-load consignments

or palletized goods sensitive to climatic influences that do not

require airing during carriage. Loading and unloading can be

carried out sideways by high-lift trucks or overhead by crane.

Hbbillns

Hbbilns wagon is a two-axle covered wagon with sliding

walls. It is designed for carriages of freight sensitive to cli-

matic influences that requires covered room with no possi-

bility to air during carriage. It is suitable especially for

palletized goods, bulky loads and part-load consignments.

Ibbhps

Ibbhps wagon is a two-axled insulated freight railway wagon.

The wagon is designed for carriages of any perishable goods,

food products, drinks etc., except for fresh meat that requires

keeping of the constant temperature during carriage. The wa-

gon can be used in the environment with temperatures from

-20°C to +35°C.

Kils/Laails

Kils wagon is a covered two-axle wagon with movable covers and

fixed end walls without stanchions. It is designed for carriages of

both part-load consignments and bulk packaged consignments,

or consignments loaded on pallets which require protection

against climatic influences during carriage. Multiply wagon set of

type Laails is compound of two units Kils.

Laaps

Four-axle multiply wagon set with fixed high-strength stanchions

and fixed end-walls compound of two units. Wagon body of one

unit is compound from two fixed and-walls and 12 pairs of fixed re-

movable stanchions of 2050 mm height. Stanchions are linked with

floor sleepers. The multiply wagon set is intended for transportation

of trunk wood with bark of 2m minimum length, round wood,

sawn wood, pipes and piece goods of 2,3 m minimum length.

Res

Res wagon is a four-axle flat freight railway wagon with hin-

ged sides and stanchions. It is designed for carriages of pro-

ducts of the engineering, metallurgical and civil engineering

industries, long loads and road vehicles.



Rils

Rils wagon is a four-axle flat freight railway wagon with

a movable cover and fixed end walls, without stanchions. It

is designed for carriages of long loads, big part-load con-

signments, products of the engineering, metallurgical and

civil engineering industries that require protection against

climatic influences or damage.

Roos

Four-axle bogie flat wagon with fixed strengthened stanchions and

fixed end-walls. The wagon is specified for transportation of round-

wood of 3 m length and more up to loading length of wagon. The

wagon can also be used for transportation of wooden poles and

steel pipes. Wagon body is compounded from two fixed end-walls

and 10 pairs of stanchions of 2100 mm height linked with floor

sleeper, which enables to use all commonly used mechanical.

Sggrss 80’/Sggmrss 90’

Sggmrss/Sggrss wagon is a six-axle articulated freight rail-

way wagon for this series combined transport. The wagon is

designed for carriages of large containers and swap bodies.

Shimmns

The 4-axle Shimmns wagon is intended for the transport of

steel coils up to a maximum diameter of 2250 mm. Wagon is

equipped with bogies designed for axle-loadings of 25 ton-

nes at a loaded speed of 100 km/h and can thus carry a load

of up to 78,5 tonnes. The wagon is equipped with 5 loading

cradles and a tarpaulin hood.


Smmps

Smmps wagon is a four-axle flat freight railway wagon without

side walls. It is designed for carriages of long loads, big part-

load consignments, wheeled and tracked equipment.

Tad(g)nss

Tad(g)nss wagon is a four-axle hopper railway wagon with

an opening roof. It was delivered in two modifications: wa-

gons for carriages of grain crops and dry food products, and

wagons for carriages of other dry bulk goods, especially fer-

tilizers and other chemically aggressive substrates.

Tams

Tams wagon is a four-axle freight railway wagon with an

opening tarpaulin roof. It is designed especially for carriages

of products of the engineering, metallurgical and civil engi-

neering industries, big part-load consignments, exceptionally

even for carriages of bulk dry substrates that require protection

against climatic influences.

Zacns

Zacns wagon is a four-axle tank wagon designed for carriages

of liquid. It fully complies with conditions for an international

operation in RIV regime and the Regulations Governing the

International Carriage of Dangerous Goods (RID).

➢ Completion of the list of freight wagons in the part ”Wagon

Fleet“

Talls

Four axle bogie hopper vagon for transport of loose materials

which require covered area for transport. The way of dischar-

ging is manually or pneumaticaly, by side hopper valves. Wagon

originated by modernization of wagon type Falls 54th group.

Germany

AustriaSlovakia

Poland

Import and acceptance in transitExport and handover in transit

5 000 - 7 500

2 000 - 3 000

1 000 - 2 000

200 - 800

< 100

3

3

2

5

4

60,2

82,2

92,7

99,5

100,0

thousand of tons

no. of cross-border transfer stations

share in %growth

thousand of tons

no. of cross-border transfer stations

share in %growth

5 000 - 6 500

3 000 - 4 000

1 800 - 2 500

300 - 750

< 200

2

2

4

5

5

38,8

62,2

91,1

98,7

100,0

Vojtanovstate border

Břeclav state border

Č. Velenicestate border

Děčín state border

Mikulovice state border

Frýdlant v Č.state border

Lichkovstate border

Meziměstí state border

Petrovice u K. state border

Chebstate border

Mosty u J.state border

Č. Těšínstate border

H. Lidečstate border

Bohumínstate border

Lanžhot state border

Znojmostate border

Č. Kubicestate border

H. Dvořiště state border

Plzeň

Brno

PRAHA

6 531- 10,3 %

6 565- 7,6 %

9 1

75

- 3

,5 %

2 3

42

+ 9

,8 %

5 645

- 6,1

%

10 847

- 7,0

%

8 882- 3,5 %

11 404+ 1,1 %


ČD Cargo freight transport in 2008

Operations of cross-border transferstations and the exchange of goods withneighbouring countries

Source: Statistics of ČD Cargo, a. s.


Automotive

Others

Chemical products

Liquid and gas fuels

Scrap iron

Foodstuff, agricultural products

Building materials, minerals

Ore, slag

Large containers, UTI

Empty wagons

Iron, steel, iron products

Brown coal

Black coal

Coke

Wood and products made of wood

14,9

12,9

15,6

5,1

4,7

46,811,6

9,4

31,3

8,7

8,7

30,3

Export and transit handover

by goods type

- shares in %

Germany and countries located beyond it Slovakia and countries located beyond it

12,5

5,9

25,7

5,24,9

45,7

13,5

11,3

27,6

10,6

10,6

26,4

Poland and countries located beyond it Austria and countries located beyond it

22,6

14,3

23,7

8,0

6,3

25,2

19,6

16,2

28,4

4,74,7

26,4

21,3

5,9

15,8

8,2

4,2

44,6

14,5

6,5

24,1

13,0

5,5

36,5


by goods type

- shares in %


by goods type

- shares in %


by goods type

- shares in %

Import and transit acceptance

by goods type

- shares in %


by goods type

- shares in %


by goods type

- shares in %


by goods type

- shares in %

ČD Cargo, a. s.Jankovcova 1569/2c

170 00 Praha 7 - Holešovice

www.cdcargo.cz

ČD Cargo Profile - 2009Issued by ČD Cargo, a.s.

Marketing and Communication Department: Karel Houška, Zdeněk Šiler

Sales Promotion Department: Michal Roh

Photographs: the archive of ČD Cargo, a.s., the archive of Railreklam, s.r.o.,

and the archive of Ostravské opravny a strojírny, s. r. o.

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