Mazda to ship vehicles to Russia via Trans-Siberian Railway
HIROSHIMA —
Mazda Motor Corp said Thursday it will begin shipping automobiles to Russia in October by the Trans-Siberian Railroad to reduce transportation times to meet growing demand.
Mazda will transport vehicles by sea to Zarubino near Vladivostok and then use the railway. The automaker will be able to reduce shipping times by up to 30 days although costs are almost the same as with the current shipping route through Europe, it said.
The automaker estimates vehicle sales in Russia at 78,000 units in fiscal 2008, which ends next March, surpassing all other European countries.
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rajakumar
Trade route via trans siberia rails booming with japan cars ,for growing russian economy.
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proxy
Does no compute....does not compute....Vladivostok is in Russia...does not compute...does not compute...
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unscrejects
Could be true, but form what I recall, they charged about $4,000 to ship a car from Hiroshima through Vladivastok where's to ship from Hiroshima to Antwerp or through the Bosphorous was, respectively, less than $1,000 and $3,000. For Antwerp the rate was ligit but for the other two it was highly inflated and the difference was kicked back by the shipping company as a hidden profit. Shipping through Siberia takes not much less, in fact it is a major risk for vehicle damage and theft. I know because I carried out the market study and paperwork for Mazda's entry into Russia (the morons defrauded me hence I'm talking).
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proxy
But it is much faster shipping IN Russia by rail When a ship with $100 million worth of cars is floating around the ocean the cost of holding that much inventory gets expensive fast.
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unscrejects
Proxy : Come again? Faster shipping in Russia? By rail? Have you ever seen what it entails? Every car has to be driven onto a railcar. Then the loaded carriers have to be shunted every time the train is moved through different depots. On ships the cars are tied down on four corners and the insurance industry already understands all risk involved. On the otherhand the Russian rail haulage has no study for insurance. Imagine the possiblities: theft in Siberia, fire, damage through railway shunting, scratching of paint.... The reason for going directly through Russia is something other than this article mentions. I'd guess it's more to do with export taxes that can become fuzzy once we go into 'unregulated' Siberia.
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shanetaft
Hello group, this seems like a pretty interesting conversation. I am a student at a community college in the US and am enrolled in a Geography class. I am doing a project on Russia's far east, Primarily the Vladivostok region, and its socio-economic development since the post Soviet Union era, and where it looks to be going in the future. I am just beginning to broaden my horizons outside of the states and realizing that there is so much more going on in the rest of the world. I would really appreciate anyone's thoughts, or if someone has some suggestions as to where to get some relevent information it would really help me out. I appreciate it, and thanks for reading.
Shane
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