Baku port talks current stage of transportation of Turkish cargo to China [PHOTO]
By Trend
The first freight train with export goods from Turkey to the city of X'ian (China) arrived in Azerbaijan, the Baku International Sea Trade Port (Port of Baku) told Trend.
As reported, the cargo train is currently in the Azerbaijani port of Alat.
The freight train consists of 42 containers, each of which is 40 feet long, the port stressed.
The operators of the train sent from Istanbul to Xi'an via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway line are members of the international transport consortium - ADY Container (Azerbaijan), KTZ Express (Kazakhstan), GR Logistics (Georgia) and Pasific Eurasia Logistics (Turkey), said the Baku port.
“Transportation of containers from the Baku port to the port of Aktau (Kazakhstan) will be carried out by the ‘Beket Ata’ feeder ship, the operator of which is the ADY Container LLC. These trains will run regularly twice a month from 2020,” the port added.