The story
The genesis of this company traces back to October 2003 when a branch of Russian Railways JSC, gave birth to the Center for the Transportation of Cargo in Containers, better known as "TransContainer". In March 2006, this branch underwent a transformation, emerging as an open joint-stock company and subsequently becoming a subsidiary of Russian Railways OJSC. The operator started its business operations in July 2006.
In November 2010, TransContainer orchestrated an IPO, resulting in a reduction of Russian Railways OJSC's stake in the operator to 50% plus one share.
In July 2017, the operator acquired a 30% stake in Freight Village Kaluga North LLC from the Freight Village Ru group, which owns two multimodal transport and logistics centers (TLCs) – in Vorsino on the border of New Moscow and the Kaluga Oblast and Rosva near Kaluga (both TLCs are part of the same-name industrial parks and operate in the "cargo village" format).
In the same year, 2017, TransContainer expanded its footprint with the establishment of a subsidiary - SpetsTransContainer LLC. This subsidiary, serving as a competence center, played a pivotal role in the development of specialized container transportation.
In October 2017, TransContainer established a subsidiary – TransContainer Freight Forwarding (Shanghai) Co., Ltd – on the territory of the People's Republic of China in the Pilot Free Trade Zone of Shanghai.
In September 2018, TransContainer acquired from Global Ports a 100% stake in Logistics-Terminal CJSC, which manages a container yard in St. Petersburg (Shushary), with a capacity of 200 thousand TEU per year.
In September 2018, PJSC TransContainer registered a subsidiary, TransContainer Mongolia LLC in Ulaanbaatar.
In December 2019, Delo Group, following an open auction, secured a 50% ownership stake, plus two shares, of TransContainer from JSC Russian Railways. By March 2020, Delo Group of Companies had successfully consolidated a majority stake of 99.6% of the company's shares, and by August 2020, this consolidation extended to encompass the entirety of the operator's shares.
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In November 2021, TransContainer acquired a second terminal (facilities of the property complex of Zabaikalsk International Terminal LLC) at the Zabaikalsk railway station, which is a strategic land crossing on the Russian-Chinese border.
By December 2022, the reconstruction of the Zabaikalsk terminal had undergone a comprehensive reconstruction, resulting in a tenfold increase in processing capacity since 2006, now having a capacity of 555 thousand TEU per year. The total investment volume for this endeavor surpassed 5 billion rubles.
In August 2023, TransContainer became founder of Container Terminal Usady LLC, which will build and operate a container terminal in Domodedovo District of Moscow Region. The facility with a design capacity of 424 thousand TEUs per year will be adjacent to the Usady railway station.
From Wikipedia’s article on TransContainer, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4