In April 2022, 2 new ships will start operating in the direction of Baku-Turkmenbashi-Baku. They will serve container transportation.

transport links between Europe and Asia have increased
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This is reported by the railway magazine Railway Supply with reference to the website of the Georgian Railway.

Along with the number of ships, the number of weekly runs will also double. Shipments are carried out jointly by GR Logistics and Terminals, a subsidiary of the Georgian Railway, the Turkish company Pacific Eurasia Logistics, the Azerbaijani company ADY Container, the Turkmen transport and logistics center, the Uzbek company Uzbekemiril-Expedition and the Kyrgyz railway operator.

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It is noteworthy that the first ship on this route has been operating since April 2019 and has transported 17,500 containers during this time.

In 2021, compared to 2020, the volume of freight traffic along the route increased by 101%. Many important meetings were held to develop the route, and finally the results that are visible today were achieved.

The best transportation results were recorded in May 2021, when the travel time from Turkey to Kyrgyzstan was 18 days, but the Georgian Railway continues to work actively to improve the result and reduce the delivery time to 12 days.

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