KTZ Express launches new container train on Trans-Caspian International Transport Route
In transit through Kazakhstan, for the first time the container train traveled from Xi'an (China) to Izmit (Turkey) via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), Strategy2050.kz reports.
The train arrived on the territory of the country through Altynkol border station. Then, along the TITR route, it will go to the port of Aktau and will be delivered to the port of Baku by a feeder vessel. After the cargo will be delivered to Turkey through the territories of Azerbaijan and Georgia.
The container train consisting of 41 forty-foot containers with various consumer goods will cover the distance from the departure point to the destination in 16 days.
“1.1 thousand TEUs have already been transported in transit via the Trans-Caspian Route in three months of 2020”, Dmitry Abdullayev, head of KTZ Express JSC, said.
According to him, the route also provides Kazakhstani exporters with the opportunity to deliver their products to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, as well as to the ports of the Black and Mediterranean Seas, and the company is continuously working to create favorable tariff conditions and attract volumes to the promising trans-Kazakhstan route.
