22.12.2025 Rossiyskaya Gazeta published an expert opinion by IEDT on the coal industry Coal companies point to rising rail tariffs, falling global prices, and sanctions, which affect export profitability, as well as infrastructure constraints. At the same time, Russian Railways (RZD) ha... Media about us
19.12.2025 IEDT: How the “Take-or-Pay” Mechanism Could Change Loading Volumes and Logistics A serious debate has recently unfolded around the proposal to introduce the “take-or-pay” mechanism into the Charter of Railway Transport. Opponents of this economic model predict an almost mass exodu... Media about us
11.12.2025 TASS Citing IEDT: Companies Failed to Present 2.9 Million Tonnes of Coal for Loading in November In November 2025, companies failed to present 2.9 million tonnes of coal for loading on the Russian Railways (RZD) network under approved applications, according to a statement published on the RZD Te... Media about us
08.12.2025 IEDT Took Part in the Round Table “Ship or Pay” On 8 December, the business daily Vedomosti held a round table dedicated to discussing the “ship or pay” mechanism and its impact on the development of rail freight transportation. One of the key spea... IEDT news
05.12.2025 IEDT Scientific Council on the Management and Assessment of Freight Car Fleets On 5 December 2025, a thematic meeting of the Scientific Council of JSC “Institute for Transport Economics and Development” (IEDT) was held, focused on the development of methods for efficient managem... IEDT news
02.12.2025 Kommersant Quotes IEDT: Coal Will Give Way to Industrial Cargo and Containers The Institute for Transport Economics and Development (IEDT) notes that the coal industry is experiencing a global decline in demand, primarily driven by the gradual energy transition and the course t... Media about us
28.11.2025 IEDT at the 3rd Astrakhan International Forum “North–South ITC – New Horizons” The 3rd Astrakhan International Forum “International Transport Corridor (ITC) North–South – New Horizons” was held in Astrakhan on 26–28 November 2025. Alexey A. Zamkovoy, Deputy General Director of t... IEDT news
26.11.2025 IEDT participated in the 83rd meeting of the CIS Council for Railway Transport The eighty-third meeting of the Council for Railway Transport of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held on 25–26 November in Baku, the capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The Institute for... IEDT news
19.11.2025 IEDT signs cooperation agreement with PGUPS for joint activities On 19 November 2025, during the XIX International Forum Transport of Russia in Gostiny Dvor, a formal ceremony was held to sign a cooperation agreement between the Institute for Transport Economics an... IEDT news
18.11.2025 Kommersant: according to IEDT, tariff incentives may slow down railway development “The main source of investment return in large-scale infrastructure projects is the full implementation of the tariff policy. A reduction in the railway tariff can directly increase the payback period... Media about us
18.11.2025 Kommersant: IEDT analysis showed the impact of coal producers on the operation of the Russian Railways network According to the Institute for Transport Economics and Development (IEDT), in October 2025 coal producers failed to provide 1.7 million tonnes of the cargo they had declared for loading, including 1.1... Media about us
17.11.2025 General Director of IEDT Comments to Rossiyskaya Gazeta on the Advantages of HSR and Promising Transport Technologies High train speeds on the Moscow–Saint Petersburg route over distances of up to 1,000 kilometers make them a viable alternative to air travel, the General Director of the Institute for Transport Econom... Media about us