In our country with its territory, an established transport system is of great importance for economic growth and the quality development of trade and production. How did the transport market in Russia develop and will continue to develop? What are the largest transport companies in Russia are worthy players in the logistics services market?
The role of transport companies in the Russian economy
The success of many large and not so enterprises, companies and dealers depends on logistics efficiency by 70%.
All this in general affects the level of economic well-being of the country, creates the prerequisites for the development of business and employment, which, in turn, affects the standard of living of every citizen.
There is an inverse relationship: economic growth is always accompanied by a growth in the transport and logistics services market. The market for transport services is very dynamic and quickly adapts to changing economic trends.
Transport as a sphere of the economy has the following specifics: without producing products on their own, they participate in its creation, providing raw materials for production, and the consumer with finished products. Transport costs are always included in the final cost of products and raw materials.
At the moment, the urgent task was to improve transport links in the regions, even in the most remote ones, to create new transport routes between settlements that were not previously communicated directly, as well as to provide large enterprises with dedicated communication lines. This is both the modernization and expansion of the largest transport companies in Russia, as well as the emergence of local transport companies within individual regions, as well as their harmonious interaction.
Only then can we talk about substantial economic growth and an increase in GDP.
The largest transport companies in Russia: rating
Many industries and trading holdings have their own transport department, which is responsible for the transportation of goods. However, more and more companies are outsourcing transport services.
At the same time, regional enterprises most often turn to the services of local, not very large transport companies. But if production has large scale and sales volumes, then its representatives often resort to the services of the largest transport companies.
Consider the 10 largest transport companies in Russia in terms of turnover, rating and the number of tasks solved for 2017:
1. Of course, the first place in this list is held by the Russian Railways holding, engaged in cargo transportation by rail.
2. FSUE Russian Post is a company that provides comprehensive transport and logistics services to the population, as well as engaged in the transportation of mail.
3. JSC "First Freight Company" - a company engaged in cargo transportation on an industrial scale. This company is an operator of rolling stock, that is, it has its own wagons and containers that can be transported in cooperation with another carrier company.
4. Globaltrans is a multifunctional transport company that uses various methods of transportation and modes of transport in its arsenal. The company is also an operator of rolling stock, and also has its own machines for freight transportation.
5. PJSC Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port - this company is the leader of the Russian stevedoring market, and also occupies an honorable third place in terms of cargo transportation in Europe. The company's cargo turnover in 2017 reached 144 million tons.
6.PJSC Transcontainer is the largest multimodal container operator in the Russian Federation. Often, cargo can only be delivered by several means of transport alternately. For example, first by sea, and then by rail and to the final destination by road. Transcontainer provides precisely this type of service. The volume of traffic in 2017 amounted to about 2 TEU.
7. Aeroflot Group is a transport company engaged in passenger and cargo transportation by air.
8. "DPD in Russia" - a company that transports mail and courier items, and also provides integrated logistics services to legal entities.
9. SPSR Express - a large transport and logistics company in Russia, engaged in express delivery of goods, cargo and other things, as well as providing integrated logistics services.
10. JSC "Lorry" - an automobile transport company engaged in a large volume of cargo transportation.
The list of large transport companies in Russia can be continued further, but we considered only the largest ones.
Russian Railways
Russian Railways (Russian Railways) is the largest transport company in Russia engaged in cargo transportation, passenger transportation on an all-Russian scale. Russian Railways concludes contracts with the largest companies of the Russian Federation, the scale of payments for which are measured in billions of rubles.
The company owns about 100 thousand kilometers of railways, as well as an impressive fleet of rolling stock, consisting of long-distance and short-distance passenger cars, as well as freight cars for the transportation of a wide variety of goods, including natural gas and oil.
Russian Railways does not occupy the last place in the ranking of Russian employers, as it supports regular payments to employees, provides all its employees with an expanded social package.
Post of Russia
Russian Post is the largest mail delivery company. It owns more than 3 million transport units, and also cooperates with other logistics companies.
In 2017, Russian Post took 6th place in terms of EMS delivery quality, having risen in the ranking by a record number of positions, more than 50. Russian Post is not considered an attractive employer according to various online surveys.
Globaltrans
Globaltrans has been engaged in various types of cargo transportation for more than 14 years across Europe and Russia. The property has its own truck, as well as rolling stock.
The company's assets amount to more than 69 billion rubles for 2017 according to Forbes estimates.
Trends in the development of the logistics market in 2018-2019
If in 2016/17 there was a decline in the market activity of transport companies, at present there is a tendency to increase the Russian logistics market.
According to forecasts of the agency M. A. Research, weakly positive dynamics will be observed. It will not allow to grow to the level of 2014, after which there was a decline. The main direction of the development of transport companies in 2019 will be the reduction of logistics costs and the optimization of supply chains.