PKP CARGO has won one of the largest rail coal transport tenders this year. The company will transport approximately 12 million tons of “black gold” and over one million tons of limestone sorbents for PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna. The contract covers the years 2016-2018. Its maximum total value is nearly PLN 289 million. The new agreement is an extension of the existing cooperation between PKP CARGO and PGE.
– By winning the prestigious tender to serve PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna, we once again confirm that we are the carrier of first choice for the largest industrial groups in Poland. Our success is due, among other things, to the new commercial strategy of PKP CARGO – says Jacek Neska, Member of the Management Board for Commercial Affairs at PKP CARGO.
Rail operators in Poland transport approximately 15-20 million tons of goods per month. The execution of transport services for PGE by PKP CARGO under the newly signed agreements will involve the monthly transport of an average of 330,000 tons of coal. Under the new contracts, PKP CARGO will deliver coal from Silesia, including to the Dolna Odra Power Plant in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship and the Opole Power Plant. The PKP CARGO Group also comprehensively services railway sidings at some mines from which coal is sent to PGE power plants, as well as at two PGE plants to which this fuel will be delivered.
In carrying out transport under the newly signed agreements, PKP CARGO will operate an average of ten trains per day. These are mostly block trains with a minimum net weight of 2,300 tons. To serve PGE, the largest Polish carrier primarily uses popular freight wagons, so-called coal hoppers. The most frequently used locomotives in this case are the ET22 and ET41 electric locomotives and the ST44 series diesel engines. PKP CARGO is the largest rail freight carrier in Poland, with a market share exceeding 56 percent in terms of transport performance (first half of 2015). In addition to rail freight transport, the PKP CARGO Group is also a freight forwarder and an operator of terminals and sidings. It is also involved in the repair and maintenance of rolling stock.