SCR IS DEVELOPING COOPERATION WITH YAKUTIA RAILROAD
by Alexander Avanesov
ARMINFO
Friday, August 30, 13:53
To develop cooperation with South Caucasus Railway (SCR) the
representatives of JSC "Railway of Yakutia" visited Armenia, the SCR
website says.
On August 29th the CEO of SCR Victor Rebets recieved Mary Atamanchuk,
Ludmilla Alekseeva, the advisor to CEO and the head of marketing and
contract work. They discussed the prospects for cooperation between
the two subsidiaries of Russian Railways.
During the meeting the parties discussed the implementation of joint
projects in the sphere of professional activity, humanitarian, social
and educational fields and discussed the process of preparation of the
Agreement on Cooperation between the two companies. In particular due
to this agreement the accumulated an exchange of experience between
Armenia and Yakutia's railway administrations will be implemented in
the spheres of organization of rail freight and passenger services ,
maintenance of rolling stock, insuring of traffic safety. The parties
will also cooperate in the field of information and PR policy,
corporate procedures and management activities. The agreement pays
particular attention to cultural and educational activities, work
with children, youth and family members of the employees of SCR and
YR. Mainly, the parties will cooperate in organizing various sports
activities, development of coaching, recreation and leisure of railway
employees, their children and families.
The other areas of cooperation between the two companies also includ
the military- patriotic education of the youth, the strengthening of
friendly intercultural relations, uniting various volunteer patriotic,
veterans, movements, community initiatives, creation and development
of human resources, development of contacts between the trade unions.
This is not the first visit of the Delegation of the railway Yakutia.
Last year in March the CEO of Railway of Yakutia Vasiliy Shimokhin
visited SCR. He considered the technology used in the diagnosis of
the Armenian railroad, the system of training of specialists in this
field, their applicability to the Amur-Yakutian railway. As V.
Shimokhin noted during the visit SCR and Yakutia Railway have many
features in common: both companies were the subsidiaries and dependent
companies of JSC "Russian Railways", they had almost equal volumes
of passenger and freight traffic, and SCR problems and challenges
are also relevant to the Amur- Yakutia railway. During the visit of V.
Shimokhin SCR and RY heads also visited the railway station of Yerevan,
considered the process of the development of the railway station
complex of Armenia, held a brief meeting to discuss mutual cooperation.