Novotrans Group of Companies is a Russian transportation holding involved in railway cargo operations, carriage maintenance, infrastructure projects, stevedoring, seaport operations. This is one of the largest private operators of rolling stock in Russian Federation and CIS countries with main focus on transportation of coal, gravel, timber, steel products and construction cargo. The holding comprises 24 companies in various regions of Russia and CIS. It is headed by the President Konstantin Goncharov. History The company was founded in 2004. In 2008, the company's own carriage repair facility was commissioned in the settlement of Tayturka, Irkutsk oblast; in 2009 — in Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo oblast; in 2012 — in Biysk, Altai krai; in 2013 — in Kashira, Moscow oblast. Construction of Baltic carriage repair factory was commenced in 2019 in Volosovsky District of Leningrad oblast. In 2016, the company joined a self-regulatory organization called "Railway Transport Operators Union" (RTOU). In 2018, Novotrans commenced the construction of a multipurpose trade terminal Lugaport at Ust-Luga Multimodal Complex in Ust-Luga, Leningrad oblast, in the Luga Bay of the Gulf of Finland. In 2019, the Group finalized the purchase of JSC "Global-service". This made Novotrans the general agent of Rosmorport (Russian government seaport operator) as stevedoring company on route between Ust-Luga and Baltiysk port in Kaliningrad oblast. Present time Currently, the holding comprises 24 companies in various regions of Russia and CIS. It employs over 3500 workers. The total volume of the rolling stock exceeds 25,000 units. Four carriage repair factories are a part of the holding. These include Kashira Carriage Repair Factory, Kuzbass Carriage Repair Facility (KCRF, consisting of two production lines), Biysk Carriage Repair Facility, carriage repair facility in the settlement of Tayturka (JSC VRP) and Baltic Carriage Repair Factory in Volosovo. In the beginning of 2020, the second line of KCRF was completed, which increased its production capacity to 30,000 carriages per annum and made it the largest carriage repair factory in Russia. Ministry of Economic Development of Russia assigned to KCRF a status of the resident of Prokopyevsk territory of advanced social-economic development, located in the Kemerovo oblast. Repair operations of own carriages account for 50% of Novotrans factories utilization rate, the other half is a separate business. The company conducts construction of the multipurpose cargo terminal Lugaport in the Ust-Luga port. The project specifies the creation of grain processing and food processing terminals, as well as 3 piers for transshipment of