LP Trans (a member of Demetra-Holding) transported the all-time high volume of industrial cargo and raw materials of 4.7 million tons in January-March 2025. This is up one third from 3.6 million tons transported during the same period last year.
Mineral fertilizers and raw materials accounted for 94% or 4.4 million tons, which is traditionally the majority of transported cargo.
The transportation of mineral fertilizers to export terminals grew significantly from 1.4 million tons in Q1 2024 to 2.05 million tons in Q1 2025 (+46%). The upward trend resulted from increased exports of mineral fertilizers through the ports of the Baltic and Barents Seas, the Azov-Black Sea basin and land border crossings with China.
Domestic transportation in Russia increased by 21% from 2.2 million tons in January-March last year to 2.6 million tons in January-March this year. The growth resulted from increased transportation of raw materials to manufacturing plants for mineral fertilizers production purposes.
With the growth of the cargo base, the average monthly carloads increased to 22.3 thousand in Q1 2025 compared to 17.1 thousand in Q1 2024 (+30.4%).
Roman Vorontsov, General Director of LP Trans:
“The fertilizer transportation market is fast moving. With more than 15 years of operation, we learned to quickly adapt to external conditions and respond to current needs of our partners. The shift in logistics flows and continuous development of the company are the drivers. We work hard to improve and technically upgrade our fleet, which allows us to stand out among other rolling stock operators. We are currently developing route shipments, and have implemented an online fleet tracking service for our clients, which improves the efficiency of both shippers and consignees. We expect further improvements in 2025.”
