BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

02/08/2007

Belarus: Belarus not to refuse from railway transit of Phosphorus

Belarus does not intend to refuse from railway transportation of phosphorus made in Kazakhstan via the republic's territory to European countries, head of the Belarussian Railway Company Vladimir Zherelo said on Wednesday.

Belarus "has been working not one decade" with the transportation of Kazakh phosphorus, the official said answering an Itar-Tass question. "And due to the crash that took place in the Lvov region of the neighbouring Ukraine recently we will not refuse from these shipments," Zherelo pointed out stressing that "thoroughly worked out schemes and systems of safe shipments of yellow phosphorus and even more hazardous cargoes" are applied on the Belarussian railway. In particular, specialists have developed special routes bypassing major populated localities. Sixty wagons with Kazakh yellow phosphorus have been transported via the Belarussian territory over the first half of the year, ITAR-TASS reports

"Taking into consideration the crash on the Lvov railway of Ukraine, we are taking additional measures for ensuring safety of transportation of this cargo. But if we refuse from work if a slightest malfunction or somebody's error occur we will simply lose it," Zherelo stressed.

Source:

http://www.railway-market.pl/?p=wiecej&id=2455

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