On October, 18 in Moscow Russian Railways, the Japanese corporation Mitsui and Russian Troyka signed a memorandum of understanding, reports the press-service of Russian Railways.
The companies agreed to cooperate with each other in the organization of containers transportation from Japan and the Asia – Pacific Ocean region via Transsib to Russia, the CIS and Europe.
Due to the document, Mitsui will put cargo to Russian Troyka, look for new customers, Russian Troyka will cooperate with Mitsui on the questions of containers transportation organization with the help of Russian Railways.
At the same time, according to Denis Surnin, spokesman of Russian Troyka, it is not high time to speak about the date of the first train dispatch and its cargo.