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CIS-Cargo - railway
logistics without any border
 German railway logistics company CIS-Cargo GmbH,
founded in September 2004, is the only rail carrier in Sassnitz/Mukran ferry port
(Germany). CIS-Cargo GmbH organizes rail freight transportation between Western
Europe and the Baltic, CIS and neighboring countries, loading of freight onto wide gauge
rail cars in Sassnitz/Mukran (Germany), Klaipeda, Sestokai (Lithuania), and Brest
(Belarus).
There are 8 experienced and professional employees in the company's offices in
Mukran, in Klaipeda - 3 employees.
Recently CIS-Cargo with its long-term partners founded a company CIS-LTR
located in Baltijsk terminal (Russia). Its task is organizing and guaranteeing smoooth
rail freight traffic between the ferry line Sassnitz/Mukran - Baltijsk to be opened
this autumm. At present there are 2 employees in Baltijsk. CIS-Cargo is closely
cooperating with the company DiRail Deutschland KG, which has the experience of
many years of working in rail logistics field.
The customer always comes first
 The philosophy of CIS-Cargo GmbH is
based on orienting towards the needs of the customer and rendering service of high
quality. The company's director Dirk Hein thinks, that basic transportation alone is
not enough: "We are constantly looking for new ways to improve our service. One of
our strengths is that CIS-Cargo has strong partners for every eventuality. With
their help we quickly solve all possible problems rising during the cargo
"journey".
The company's motto - "With CIS-Cargo - without any
border" perfectly reflects the customers' geography. They are initial shippers
in Eastern and Western Europe, also in USA and Canada, individual shippers (retailers,
SME's), and sellers/buyers (ex-works).
CIS-Cargo employees speaking English, German, Lithuanian, and Russian for the
customer's convenience are on site in Sassnitz/Mukran (Germany), Klaipeda, Sestokai
(Lithuania), and Baltijsk (Russia) interchanges.
CIS-Cargo transports different machinery and equipment (tractors, cranes,
excavators, agricultural equipment), project loads (breweries, brickworks, mixing plants),
building constructions (e.g. for reconstruction work in Afghanistan), military goods,
steel, agricultural and chemical goods.
CIS-Cargo renders the following services:
- Plans the loading capacity for rail freight cars, issues
freight offers for rail transportation and counts all freight. The company maintains
direct contractual agreements with the rail companies involved, with the shipping
companies and with reliable partners
- Organizes transshipment and loading of freight onto Russian
rail freight cars
- Orders and provides rail freight cars for European track gage and broad gage (also
special-purpose cars)
- Where required, draws up loading plans and calculation procedures for excess loads
and unusual shipments and has them approved by the participating rail companies
- Implements and supports the provision of freight documents and
dispatches the freight
- Creating commercial invoices in the required languages
- Clearing customs
- Creating freight documents CIM/ SMGS
- Providing authorizations:
- Veterinary and pest control certificates
- Transit authorizations
- Authorizations for transportation of dangerous goods
- Environmental certificates
- Authorization for transportation of military goods
- Provides transportation-related services:
- Temporary storage and picking
- Transportation monitoring and handover to recipient
- Car status information for loaded freight cars and containers
- Goods insurance
- Troubleshooting for the entire transportation process
Key statistics
Route |
Volume of rail cars in (2005) |
Volume of rail cars (January - March
2006) |
Volume of rail cars
(April - December 2006) PLANNED |
Via Sassnitz/Mukran-Klaipeda |
687 |
304 |
520 |
Via Sestokai |
256 |
38 |
188 |
Via Baltijsk |
0 |
0 |
810 |
Via Brest (Belarus) |
746 |
275 |
563 |
Via Chop (the Ukraine) |
12 |
0 |
0 |
Other routes |
0 |
45 |
27 |
Total |
1701 wide gauge rail cars (turnover - 5,4
million EUR) |
662 wide gauge
(turnover - 2,8 million EUR) |
2108 wide gauge rail cars (turnover - appr.
7 million EUR) |
CIS-Cargo GmbH
Im Fдhrhafen Sassnitz-Mukran
DE-18546 Sassnitz/Neu-Mukran, Germany
Tel. +49 38392 67895 Fax: +49 38392 67896
E-mail: info@cis-cargo.de
CIS-Cargo Klaipeda
Kairiu st. 1, LT- 95367, Klaipeda, Lithuania
Tel. +370 46 300 771 Fax: +370 46 300 770
E-mail: violeta.vlasoviene@cis-cargo.de
CIS-LTR (Baltijsk)
Tel. +7 4012 377641 Fax: +7 4014 521515
E-mail: cis-ltr@gazinter.ru
www.cis-cargo.de
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