Volga-Dnepr Builds Up Presence in Russian Logistics Market

Volga-Dnepr has been consistently increasing its presence as a 3PL provider in the ground logistics market of Russia and CIS. As part of growing co-operation with a newly acquired customer — a project engineering company Telekom-Zapad — various shipments totaling 200 tones have already been successfully delivered as promised.

The scope of logistics services provided to the client in the last seven months covered a total distance of 71,000 km.

The cooperation started with delivering a 230 kg shipment of cable samples to Yakutsk, a Russian Far East city located about 450 km (280 mi) south of the Arctic Circle, as belly cargo on board a passenger aircraft. Transportation was then arranged for another similar shipment, this time by road.

“The customer was satisfied with our service and returned to us with a requirement for a series of cable shipments for Yakutsk Fuel and Energy Company. Around 190 tons of cable were carried by road and rail from Moscow to Kysyl-Syr and Bolshaya Markha settlements in Yakutsk region. Besides our capability to meet the customer’s needs with prompt solutions, we also offered a competitive price. The relations continued in early September, when we arranged for trucking of a 5-ton outsize low-voltage switchboard from Minsk, Belarus to Yakutsk. A number of similar logistics enquiries are now in plans,” commented Georgiy Shklyanik, Head of Logistics in Volga-Dnepr Airlines.

In addition to transportation itself, the logistics package also included cargo warehousing, packing and insurance services.

The logistics division emerged in the Volga-Dnepr Group in 2014 as part of the company’s evolving strategy of ‘Cargo Supermarket’. The division is charged with the responsibility to provide in-house ground logistics support for Volga-Dnepr Airlines and AirBridgeCargo Airlines operations, and also offers direct 3PL (third party logistics) services to outside organizations using any means of ground transport as well as air transport contracted from other airlines. The growing list of its subcontractors in Russia and CIS countries now includes over 120 companies. The division serves over 100 customers, with 17 of them on a regular basis.