Dear readers! We present to your attention the third issue of the LOGISTICS journal. First of all, we would like to draw readers' attention to our new partner R1 Development, a development company that creates a new generation environment and specializes in the construction of industrial, logistics, commercial and residential real estate. One of the projects of R1 Development is the Druzhba industrial park network.
Dear readers! We present to your attention the third issue of the LOGISTICS journal for 2025. Our editorial staff, like all our colleagues, is preparing for the TransRussia 2025 exhibition, the largest event in the industry. In this issue, we have prepared an interview with Natalia Lomunova, Director of TransRussia, with whom we are talking about a flexible approach, new participants and digital services. We continue the series of articles from P.V.
Dear readers! We present to your attention the first issue of the LOGISTICS journal in 2025. First of all, we would like to draw readers' attention to our new partner R1 Development, a development company that creates a new generation environment and specializes in the construction of industrial, logistics, commercial and residential real estate. One of the projects of R1 Development is the Druzhba industrial park network.
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Sheremetyevo Contributes to 67% of All Cargo Traffic in Moscow Air Cluster
Sheremetyevo International Airport recently published its cargo performance results for the first 6 months of 2019. In total, the airport processed 148 thousand tons of cargo, 22 thousand tons of mail. The volume of cargo traffic in Sheremetyevo in January-June 2019 has increased by 2% compared to the same period in 2018. Sheremetyevo Airport is the top airport in the entire Moscow Air Cluster in terms of cargo traffic: the airport's share of the total volume has increased from 61% to 67%, compared to the first 6 months of 2018.
The increase is attributed to the growth of cargo traffic of international airlines up to 111 thousand tons — by 2.6% compared to 2018. The volume of cargo traffic of domestic airlines remained the same as in 2018 — 37 thousand tons.
The structure of cargo traffic in Sheremetyevo demonstrates a consistent growth trend in export traffic: in the first six months of 2019, the export of international airlines has grown by more than 45% compared to the same period last year. Compared to the same period in 2018, domestic lines have shown around a 10% increase in export cargo and around a 20% increase in transfer cargo.
The principal international destinations that contributed to more than 50% of total cargo traffic are China, Germany, the Netherlands, and the US. The largest increase of cargo traffic in export and transit in January-June 2019 was recorded for the following destinations: Liège (LGG), Milan (MXP), Hong Kong (HKG), and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (PKS). In import and transit in January-June 2019, the biggest boost was recorded for these destinations: Chongqing (CKG), Beijing (PRK), Seoul (ICN), and Paris (CDG).
Sheremetyevo International Airport is a top 10 hub airport in Europe and the largest airport in Russia by passenger and cargo traffic, the number of takeoff and landing operations, the total area of terminals, and cargo facility capacity. The Sheremetyevo route network includes over 220 destinations. In 2018, Sheremetyevo Airport served 45,836 million passengers, a 14.3% increase compared to 2017.
2018 saw Sheremetyevo top the ASQ ACI program's ranking for customer service among the largest airports in Europe, whose passenger traffic exceeded 40 million passengers per year and enter the list of the world's best airports according to ACI Director General's Roll of Excellence.
Skytrax assigned the top rating–5 stars–to Sheremetyevo Airport.
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