
Delivery of goods to the destined port was hindered by severe weather conditions in December 2012, namely frost, storm and insufficient water level in the river of Don. In spite of these force-majeure circumstances Russian Railways Logistics promptly took measures to fulfill the contractual obligations to the client.
The branch of Russian Railways Logistics in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don in cooperation with the management of the port of Rostov city, took actions to organize icebreaking services for vessels and to change the port of destination. After becoming the hostages of severe weather conditions on the sea, ”Esaul” and “Comanche” ships were welcomed at the Universal Port of Rostov and their cargo was unloaded and transferred to the trucks and sent to the city of Shakhty and forwarded by rail to Voronezh-Kurskiy station of South-Eastern Railway.