Intermodal Service
An intermodal service uses advantages of every mode of transport, which allows optimizing the cargo delivery pattern to customers’ requirements concerning the lead time and cost of delivery, safety of goods, possibility of stacking and transloading of cargo in transit.
Intermodal Division of the AsstrA group has been operating since 2002. Since then company’s experts have designed effective patterns and routes of cargo delivery by using rail, sea, and road transport as well as port facilities, sea and river vessels of various types.
Cargo Types
- overweight cargo
- long haulage of lightweight and voluminous cargo
- bulk, granular and unitized cargo
- long haulage of small-size shipments being delivered in rail containers (rented or “last trip” containers)
- oversized and off-gauge cargo
This service of AsstrA does not cover transportation of ultra-oversized and ADR hazard class 1 cargo.
Geography of Deliveries
- from Europe to remote regions of Russia and Middle Asia
- from China, Turkey to CIS countries
- through Russian ports (Nakhodka, Vladivostok, Tuapse, Novorossiysk, Temryuk, Rostov, St.Petersburg), Baltic ports (Riga, Klaipeda, Ventspils, Tallinn and others), Ukrainian ports (Odessa, Iljichevsk)
- export of goods from remote regions of Russia through a temporary storage warehouse and further transportation by road to the countries of Western Europe.
Transport
- motor transport
- rail transport
- sea transport (containers, shipload lots)
Benefits of using AsstrA’s intermodal services:
- oversized cargo transloading
- warehousing at transloading points
- ferry services
Full Service Package
AsstrA guarantees a reliable delivery of cargo and takes complete responsibility for the entire delivery process:
- door-to-door delivery
- coordination of activities of all participants of the delivery process
- supervision over traffic routes and required delivery dates
- management of loading/unloading works
- execution of shipping documents
- full service package for cargo handling and transloading in ports
Other Specific Features
The cargo considered oversized for motor transport can appear properly sized for rail carriage, which allows a considerable cost reduction.
AsstrA’s experts deliver cargo by various means of transport with cargo transloading from one mode of transport to the other at transloading points without the participation of a cargo owner. They also provide rail service by all types of a rolling stock.