Railways have implemented many solutions to exploit and improve the quality of freight train services, bringing high revenue growth.
Promoting the exploitation of specialized ships, revenue growth
Having just seen off the express freight train leaving Yen Vien station early this morning, Mr. Nguyen Trong Trung, Deputy Station Chief of Hanoi Railway Attendant Station (Hanoi Railway Attendant Group under Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company) excitedly shared that this time there is a lot of cargo so there are more trains, the work of the train conductors and technical workers of the wagons is also better.
Mr. Trung said that currently, Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company is organizing freight trains between Yen Vien - Song Than. These are express freight trains, the journey is just over 40 hours; goods are packed in containers, sealed with lead. The train has high revenue, an average of about 270 million VND to 280 million VND/trip, equivalent to 540 million VND to 560 million VND/turn. Therefore, it is necessary for train captains and technical escort workers to follow the train to perform cargo tasks quickly, ensure safety, and ensure the train schedule.
"This is one of the prerequisites, contributing to improving service quality so that customers trust and continue to choose rail transport. Therefore, the unit has selected and arranged 48 train leaders with solid expertise, proactive and flexible in work, divided into 16 train teams to meet the task. At the same time, we take care of living conditions on the train and accommodation at the station so that the brothers can work with peace of mind, ensuring service to customers," said Mr. Trung.
For more information, the leader of Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company said that the company has worked with Viettel Post Joint Stock Corporation (Military Telecommunications Industry Group) to organize the operation of an additional pair of express trains HH15/16 transporting containers from Yen Vien to Song Than and vice versa with a frequency of 6 pairs/week. From there, the number of express freight trains on this route will increase to an average of 22 pairs/week.
Therefore, despite the impact of the Bai Gio tunnel collapse and the Chi Thanh tunnel collapse on the North-South railway line, which forced the cancellation of many trains, revenue from trains on the North-South route in the first 9 months of 2024 still increased by 7% compared to the same period in 2023.
At the same time, the company worked with units under the Vietnam Chemical Group to regularly run 2 pairs of cargo ships/day specializing in transporting apatite between Xuan Giao - Lam Thao; bringing 9-month revenue up 11% compared to the same period in 2023.
Flexible rates, exploiting many new cargo flows
The leader of Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company said that in the first 9 months of 2024, despite many difficulties, the output and revenue of freight transport both increased compared to the same period in 2023: Tonnage increased by 9%, revenue increased by 8%.
This is the result of many solutions to promote freight transport. Along with maintaining stability and developing traditional cargo flows such as: North-South freight trains, apatite, international freight, cement, fertilizer, domestic materials, food, etc., the unit actively searches for and exploits new cargo flows and expands and develops existing cargo flows.
At the same time, there are flexible solutions for freight rates. The company regularly monitors the market economy and raw material prices to adjust freight rates based on the following principles: Freight rates are based on transportation costs, selling prices must be consistent with market prices; long-distance transportation is encouraged; freight rates for two-way transportation are lower than for one-way transportation. Freight rates are reduced to attract freight to take advantage of empty returns; freight rates are consistent with the characteristics of each route and each cargo flow.
The company also implements many operational solutions to optimize cost efficiency such as: Organizing reasonable train operations, establishing trains of sufficient length and frequency, prioritizing the establishment of through-haul freight trains, limiting freight trains in cutting-off sections, and improving the speed of cargo delivery.
Thoroughly prevent the unloading and pulling of freight cars. Prioritize the allocation of freight cars with a flow that can handle two-way cargo, large-volume, stable cargo, high freight, and fast wagon turnover such as apatite and international transit.
Arrange large traction locomotives to pull freight trains, increase the total weight of the train to reduce the number of train pairs without reducing transport output.
"Every day, closely monitor the unloading of goods at each point to urge unloading and release wagons, thereby having wagons to supply and load goods, promptly meeting the requirements of the cargo owners. At the same time, based on the unloading capacity of each station and each cargo owner, to arrange suitable loading vehicles, limit the supply of vehicles to points that are being unloaded, pulled, etc. All solutions are aimed at improving service quality, best meeting customer needs", the leader of Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company emphasized.
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