Russian Post invests 2 bln rubles in construction of Kazan logistics center

On January 29 at an extended session of Ministry of Information and Communication an Agreement on construction of Kazan postal logistics center near Kazan International airport was signed between Tatarstan Government and FSUE “Russian Post”.

The document was signed by Tatarstan Prime-Minister Ildar Khalikov and Director General of FSUE “Russian Post” Dmitry Strashnov.

The logistics center will handle both international and domestic mail. It will be equipped with mail automation equipment to sort and exchange mail as well as volume measurement and weighting systems and other devices. The sorting systems will be integrated with the post’s IT system.

Speaking with journalists, Dmitry Strashnov said that the postal logistics center is planned to be launched in a test mode at the end of the year. The center will be fully commissioned in 2015. According to Dmitry Strashnov, the center will process about 500 thousand items per 24 hours with 10-15 percent of them being international items. The value of investments by FSUE “Russian Post” into the project makes about 2 bln rubles.

By and large, 8 similar logistics postal centers are to be built in Russia.