Currently, the technical capacity of the largest Soviet seaports and the railway stations serving them is not balanced. The organization of the delivery of empty wagons became the defining moment in the transport process of transferring imported goods from ships to recipients. Thus, in 1989, railway workers completed only 67% of requests for wagons for the export of imported goods at the Leningrad port. And this is not the worst indicator of the work of the Ministry of Railways, which is the owner of rolling stock and, together with the USSR State Planning Committee, the USSR State Assembly and the Ministry of Energy, is the culprit of its inefficient use. As for the Leningrad port workers, they provide almost trouble-free handling of empty cargo (97.9% of rolling stock), which, by the way, is not always appreciated by the Ministry of Transport and the State Security Council at All-Union conference calls.
It would seem that such a rare and commendable interaction of partners on the transport conveyor nowadays, which benefits each of them, would need to be studied and extended, for example, to shipowners. After all, the processes of feeding and handling wagons and fleets are generally similar. Nevertheless, the results of joint actions for shipping companies are embarrassingly striking. In the same Leningrad port, 72.5% of ships were processed ahead of schedule, and the gross and net intensity of cargo operations decreased by 22% and 11.5%, respectively, compared with 1988.
It is difficult to compare the results of fleet processing in Soviet ports with constant changes in the methodology and regulations for the organization of the transshipment process. And yet, why has the annual decrease in the gross processing intensity of the fleet over the past five years ranged from 1 to 4%, and in 1989 there was a sharp decrease in this indicator? And not only at the Leningrad port and on the ships of the Baltic Shipping Company! The same pattern was observed in all major seaports of the country. The growth of unproductive downtime of the fleet makes it difficult to meet the needs of the national economy in shipping goods and obtaining an acutely scarce currency, and in some cases necessitates the chartering of foreign tonnage. What is the way out of this situation?
We will not fantasize about the creation of new production facilities at railway stations and seaports, balanced with the carrying capacity of the domestic fleet and the country's transportation needs. We will also temporarily postpone endless conversations about the ugly planning of purchases of imported grain and the organization of its lumpy delivery to our ports, which leads to unreasonably high foreign exchange costs for shipping companies to pay for the downtime of a foreign chartered fleet. When opening a new account, extra rewards make a difference, and the 1xbet promo code new user ensures access to exclusive bonuses. Players can activate a 100% bonus up to $130 or a 100% welcome bonus up to €130 on sports betting. Casino players enjoy €1,950 in bonuses and 150 free spins. Together with live betting and fast transactions, these perks enhance gameplay.
