Public Joint Stock Company 'TransContainer' announced preliminary operating results for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2016. For the quarter, the company's rail container transportation volumes in Russia were up 15.8% year-on-year to 893,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) following a 12.4% growth in the third quarter of 2016. Domestic transportation increased by 9.4% year-on-year, while growth in international transportation accelerated by 22.7% year-on-year, demonstrating a double-digit increase in volumes across all market segments. The operating results reflect strong market recovery in both the fourth quarter and the full year of 2016, driven by an improved containerization, an increase in transit transportation and improving macroeconomic environment in the second half of the year. For the full year of 2016, the company's Russian rail container market grew by 10.2% year-on-year and amounted to a record high volume of 3,261,000 TEU.