The heads of railway companies involved into Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) project, approved, on November 15, the next year’s tariff rates for freight transport for Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line.
The transport plan for 2018 along the TITR has been approved at the level of more than 3.5 million tonnes, and about 15,000 containers are planned to be transported from Turkey to Kazakhstan, Central Asia and China.
“We are also ready to discuss the transport of chemical products, ore, Kazakh coal along the Trans-Caspian route, and develop container transport. In 2018, we plan to transport 3 million tonnes of cargo via TITR,” the president of Kazakhstan Railways Kanat Alpysbaev said.
In the first 10 months of 2017, 1 million tonnes of cargo were transported on TITR route and by the end of this year, the companies estimate that the volume will increase to 1.3 million tonnes.
At the meeting, all railway companies, ports of the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea basin also agreed to set preferential attractive tariffs. By 2020, it is planned to transport 7-8 million tonnes of cargo along the TITR.
During the meeting, Kuryk port LLP from Kazakhstan and Lianyungang Port Holdings Group from China were admitted to the Association as associate members.
The General meeting was attended by the presidents of Azerbaijan Railways, Georgian Railways, Kazakhstan Railways, Turkish Railways, Aktau International Sea Port, Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company, Baku International Sea Trade Port and Batumi Sea Port.
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