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The new agreement on international railway transport concluded between Finland and Russia is due to be ratified in the near future. In practice, the bi-lateral agreement sees the deregulation of rail transport between Finland and Russia in the Finnish rail network. Previously, this was subject to a Finnish State Railways (VR) monopoly. The change will be significant, as the total value of the railway logistics market in Finland is valued at EUR 450 million, with rail transport connecting Finland and Russia accounting for around a third of this.
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TIR procedures can be started in Finland in the normal way also for TIR transports ending in Russia at least until 30 June 2015. Also transports arriving from Russia are handled normally, provided that the customs service of another country (for example Russia) has used a TIR customs guarantee document (TIR Carnet) as a transit document in its own territory.
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Pasi Kuusijärvi has been appointed as the director of the business line as of 10 February 2015. Before his new post, Kuusijärvi acted as sales manager at the Special Transports and Projects business unit. Hannu Vuorinen, Senior Vice President, Special Transports and Projects continues to be responsible for special transports at Nurminen.
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