RZD Logistics (a subsidiary of Russian Railways) and Azerbaijan Railways will develop the International North–South Transport Corridor. The partners have agreed on a pass-through rate aiming to attract more freight traffic to the multimodal route. This route will start in India, and pass through Iran and Azerbaijan to Russia, in both directions.

Currently all freight flowing from India and Iran to EU is concentrated in sea-based routes. An average transit time from Nava Sheva (Mumbai) to Moscow by conservative sea route is 40 days. The alternative new multimodal route including sea, rail and road transport allows to reduce transit times by half – to 19 days.

Another service advantage is favourable tariff, reported at $3146 for a 40 ft container.

According to Pavel Sokolov, CEO of RZD Logistics, the service is launched as an alternative to sea transportation. RZD Logistics is successfully developing similar project in Asia offering regular container services from China to EU and back through Russian territory.

7th April 2016

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