In order to expand the range of goods suitable for transportation in containers, JSC TransContainer supplements its container fleet with a new type of containers.

The first 20-foot open-top container was manufactured at the branch of JSC TransContainer – Shakhunya Container Repair Depot of the Gorkovskaya Railway. Containers of this type do not have a rigid roof, which is replaced by a sliding or removable cover made of tarpaulin, plastic, or reinforced plastic material. The cover is usually supported by hinged or removable roof beams. Using open-top allows transporting goods, the loading of which in ordinary containers involves the use of expensive handling equipment or tooling. While open-top cars can be loaded using equipment for loading gondola cars. In world practice, open-top is used to transport pipes, equipment, some types of bulk cargo and goods packed in big bags. In other words, they can transport goods that do not require special measures of protection from atmospheric precipitation.

Currently manufactured containers are undergoing certification in the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. The production facilities of Shakhunya Container Repair Depot allow the production of up to 60 containers of this type per month.

The expansion of the special container fleet will allow JSC TransContainer to offer its customers a more complete range of services in organizing multimodal container traffic within Russia and to foreign countries.