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Jun 11, 2010 (newstodate): The sustained shortfall of transit cargo for Russia has brought cargo volumes at Estonia's Tallinn Airport to bottom levels.
In May the airport handled a total of 540 tonnes of cargo - a decline by 70.7 percent, compared to last year's volumes.
This brings totals in January-May 2010 to only 5,727 tonnes, which is down 31.3 percent, y-o-y.
Behind the formerly large shipments of ex-China goods for Russia by air via Tallinn Airport is the Turkish transport and logistics company ULS that operates a large, now empty cargo terminal and a fleet of trucks at the airport.
An ULS spokesperson earlier told newstodate that the company hopes to see the traffic resuming from September this year, but industry sources doubt that this will happen.
Behind the problem is a sharpened attitude by the Russian Customs towards trans-border transiting of consumer goods from China into Russia.
In May the airport handled a total of 540 tonnes of cargo - a decline by 70.7 percent, compared to last year's volumes.
This brings totals in January-May 2010 to only 5,727 tonnes, which is down 31.3 percent, y-o-y.
Behind the formerly large shipments of ex-China goods for Russia by air via Tallinn Airport is the Turkish transport and logistics company ULS that operates a large, now empty cargo terminal and a fleet of trucks at the airport.
An ULS spokesperson earlier told newstodate that the company hopes to see the traffic resuming from September this year, but industry sources doubt that this will happen.
Behind the problem is a sharpened attitude by the Russian Customs towards trans-border transiting of consumer goods from China into Russia.