In Q1 2014, Lemtrans has transported 14.6m tonnes of freight.

In particular, coal transportation grew 37% to 8.85m tonnes making over 60% of the total freight handled. The volumes of iron ore raw materials dropped by 2% to 2.1m tonnes. In addition, in January-March 2014 the company transported 1.5m tonnes of ferrous metals, 1.2m tonnes of flux and 814,000 tonnes of coke.

Lemtrans CEO Vladimir Mezentsev said:

"Last year we worked hard to establish a long-term relationship with our key clients. We discussed and signed the strategic partnership agreements to optimise our transportations. Moreover, we changed our approach to clients by establishing a unit of service managers responsible for full coordination of handling operations. Now we use our car fleet more efficiently."

Profile:

Lemtrans is Ukraine's biggest private freight forwarding company that offers the full gamut of rail freight transport services.  The areas of main focus include freight forwarding services in inland and outland transportation market and rolling stock repairs.

Today Lemtrans operates more than 16,000 vehicles. In 2013, the volume of transported freight exceeded 48.5m tonnes.

Lemtrans is wholly owned by SCM Group.