Research On The Development Strategy Of Rail Container Freight Transportation Of TransContainer C Ompany In Russia

The Russian economy relies heavily on rail.Russia is one of the largest countries in the world with production facilities concentrated in several industrial areas across the country.Moreover,certain locations are hardly accessible by road due to climate conditions and landscape.For such regions rail is the only reliable transportation mode.All of these factors have led to a significant share of rail transport in Russia,which clearly boats one of the largest rail systems in the world.PJSC TransContainer is the leading intermodal container transportation company in Russia.The company holds about 47%of the rail freight container transportation market and about 19%of the rail-side container terminal handling market in Russia.TransContainer owns 42 rail-side container terminals in major cargo formation centers in Russia.TransContainer develops integrated logistics solutions-high value-added services,including a complete chain of intermodal container transportation.Container transportation around the world allows the company to improve business efficiency and cooperate with customers.The changing of business environment forces companies to examine business objectives,development strategy etc.Analyzes and researches shows that the Company has own and general issues that need to be solved to improve quality and quantity of provided services and as the result increase shareholders' value.This paper includes SWOT analysis as one of main methodologies and will help better understand advantages and disadvantages of the Company and try to find solutions for existing issues with goal to improve development strategy of TransContainer Company in Russia.