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Javid Gurbanov: Cargo transportation via BTK railway to increase to 500,000 containers

19 July 2017 17:55 (UTC+04:00)
Javid Gurbanov: Cargo transportation via BTK railway to increase to 500,000 containers

By Sara Israfilbayova

An agreement to establish a logistics center was signed in Kars In the framework of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway project.

Javid Gurbanov, the head of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC, said this while his visit to Kars province on July 19, one of the Turkish TV channels reported.

Gurbanov noted that entrepreneurs will annually be able to send 2 million tons of goods with preferences by the BTK railway, further adding that in the future the volume of cargo transportation along the BTK route will be increased.

He went on to say the BTK railway communication project will ensure the development of the region.

He also expressed the hope that in the future cargo transportation from Kazakhstan and China via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway will increase to 500,000 containers.

The BTK railway is being constructed on the basis of the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey intergovernmental agreement. The main purpose of the project is to improve economic relations between the three countries and gain foreign direct investment by connecting Europe and Asia.

The project implementation began in 2007 and construction began in 2008.

The line is intended to transport one million passengers and 6.5 million tons of freight at the first stage. This capacity will then reach 3 million passengers and 17 million tons of cargo.

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