- Topic of the practice - LDz Cargo Ltd., a subsidiary company of SJSC «Latvijas dzelzcelš» (in English «Latvian Railways») provides freight carriage by rail. APOVS is automated system for operative management of carriages. The service is offered to carriers only. Component parts of APOVS are the following: upkeep of container and wagon data base according their numbers; administration of technological documents, control of formation plan and train condition, control of dislocation of locomotives; mutual payments for the use of freight wagons; inventory of wagon acceptance/delivery, processing of delivery list; control of freight loading and discharging; prognosis of freight arrival; upkeep of freight wagon "Archive" since 1995.
- Location of the practice - Rigas region/ Latvia
- Start date of the practice- 1995
- Description of the practice- Access to the central data base is provided with data teleprocessing system, which allows clients to connect with the mainframe computer, to receive notifications and to send responses, to process information and real-time dialogue. Client can receive information on operations with the freight wagon. Information on dislocation of freight wagons is received from railways of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldavia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kirghizia and Russia (except Far East and Transbaikal region). The results of tracking are offered to clients twice a day, using e-mail or telephone. Client receives the following information on each wagon: index of the train; station were the last operation with the train was carried out; railway of dislocation; date and time of the operation; type of the operation; weight of freight; code of freight; code of freight receiver; terminal of the wagon. Five times a day client receives information on operations with freight private wagons on Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian railways. Inventory of controlled wagons can be corrected each month. Client receives information on the expected freight arrival in terminal (VCOS): location of wagons in Latvia and Russia. The system allows client to track the movement of its wagons in the territory of Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian railways, and on the railways of CIS countries. After entering into a contract, the client is registered in database, and the client receives a password, which allows him to access the wagon tracking. Information in database is updated every two hours. Client receives information on kilometrage of private wagons, as well as on the repairs to be carried out.
- Evidence of success - A record amount of freight was carried in 2011 – almost 60 million tons. This ranks Latvia as the fourth busiest rail freight carrier in Europe after Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. According to the strategic goals of LDz and the company mission, this leading position has been achieved with hard, focused and consistent work. An increase of 20% in freight volume was achieved in 2011 compared with 2010. It is a more positive trend than in Europe as a whole, where, according to the consolidated statistics of the Community of European Railway (CER), the average growth of rail freight volume in 2011 was 4%.
- Contact details to obtain further information - Latvian Railway, Vasilijs Demidovs, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
