EuroChem Group AG, Zug, Switzerland, has inked a contract for the purchase of 700 new generation hopper cars with Russia’s United Wagon Co (UWC). The new rolling stock will be used to transport the mineral fertilizers of the company’s various plants, including the Usolsky potash plant. Under the contract, the new hopper cars will be completed before the end of the first half of 2019.
The new hopper cars will each have a capacity of 76.7 mt and will require a maintenance overhaul only every eight years, compared with every two years for the old style hopper car.
“Capacity building in potash production and sales is one of our priorities,” said EuroChem Head of Logistics Kirill Kholostov. “Control of the entire supply chain through our own logistics infrastructure, as well as the use of advanced related technologies, ensure our competitiveness in domestic, and in foreign markets.”