Reaching one billionth ton of coal

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- 787 million tons of coal have been transported until now by CE TENT railway. If we were to add to that coal transportation in TPP "Kolubara" A, Veliki Crljeni, which became part of the corporate enterprise twenty years ago, that number approaches the amount of 900 million, and in a couple of years we will transport the billionth ton of coal, said Nikola Tomić, director of Railway transport CE TENT, during the celebration of 30 August, Day of RT. On that day in 1969, first quantities of coal have been transported for thermal power plant "Obrenovac". From annual transportation of only 12.000 tons, reached 45 years ago, Railway transport has today, as a branch of CE TENT, developed into a powerful system with transportation of nearly 30 million tons of coal per year.

-Today we are doing well considering what we went through. It is enough to say that during the May floods, 7.000 cubic meters of rock and gravel have been taken away from the tracks. And all this had to be compensated, along with regular speed of 75 kilometers per hour. I can proudly say that we have established traffic in record time. Five days after the floods, railway Vreoci – Obrenovac was put into operation, stressed Tomić.

Railway transport had, according to Nikola Tomić, an upward trend of transportation before the floods. Until the middle of May, transport was even 7% above balanced amounts. RT was on its way to break another record in annual transportation. Floods have put RT CE TENT a few steps back, but, as Tomić said, "this year will be a year of stabilization, and possibly the next, and already in 2016 we hope to set new records."

Railwaymen of CE TENT have, while humbly celebrating 45 years of operation, established the award, Plaque of gratitude "Miša Purnat", at the suggestion of the Union of shift workers. The plaque bears the name of the first head of railway transport, and shall be awarded each year in the future to people who, by their own efforts, have encouraged development of RT. The first winner of the award is Stevan Stević, a longtime manager of RT, now retired.

(Monday, September 1, 2014)