Transportation in open-top wagons
Open-top wagons are railway wagons with high walls without roof. It is possible to download in them everything that does not need protection from atmospheric precipitation, namely: coal and ore, timber and fluxes, etc. Still in the gondola carriages it is possible to transport large-sized cargoes, metal rolling, timber, that is, such loads, which require the upper load with using specialized loading equipment such as a loader, an excavator, a crane.
There are various types of open-top wagons:
- open-top wagons with 14 hatches in the floor for unloading;
- open-top wagons without hatches for unloading;
- open-top wagons with end walls, which open.
Advantages of transportation in open-top wagons
- The possibility of transportation to distant and near distances of oversized and large-sized cargoes;
- large load-carrying capacity (one wagon with payload corresponds to three heavy-duty vehicles);
- the possibility of choosing a car suitable for one or another kind of cargo;
- delivery of cargo regardless of weather conditions;
- affordable transportation cost;
- minimal risks of cargo damage.
In the organization of transportation in the open-top wagons we provide:
- Selection and timely submission of sufficient number of wagons for loading;
- accompaniment of wagons during transportation (tracking of wagons and eliminating the causes of delays during the journey);
- consignor 's services.