According to Reports, The first rail transit shipment from Russia to India entered Iran on Tuesday through the Sarakhs border crossing with 39 containers on board. On July 6, the Russian freight headed for India departed from Chekhov station and travelled 3,800 kilometres through Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan before entering Iran. This marked the formal opening of the eastern portion of the North-South railway route.
Sources says that, “the cargo will travel 1,600 kilometres by train to the southern Iranian port of Bandar Abbas before being transported by water to India’s Nhava Sheva Port”.
“Mohammad Mokhber”,The First Vice President for Research and Technology, as well as the ministers of transport, oil, industry, and agriculture, greeted the transit cargo in the middle-eastern nation.
Mokhber said like “The transit capacity of the country has increased to 20 million tons and by planning and taking appropriate measures, transiting 300 million tons of commodities per year can be reached.
The “East, West, and Middle route” components make up the International North-South Transport Corridor.
Russia and Iran are working together in the maritime industry to shorten the train route from Russia to India by using the Caspian Sea. The commerce route, which is 7,200 km long, uses a multi-mode road network ships, and railways to carry freight. Through Iran and Azerbaijan, this route links Russia with India.
The corridor intends to more than halve the 40-day transit time connecting India and Russia while also reducing transportation costs between the two countries by around 30%. The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) reported earlier this week that it has allocated 300 containers to carry cargo between Russia and India.
“As per the policies prepared by the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, in the first phase, 300 containers have now been selected for transporting cargo to Russia, and if the need increases, the number of these containers would continuously expand”, said in a statement by IRISIL.
According to a multilateral agreement signed by Russia, Iran, and India on September 12, 2000, the groundwork for the North-South transport corridor were laid. The actualization of the corridor, however, didn’t start until 2002.
Additionally, India wants to add Chabahar port to the INSTC. Moreover, Vladimir Putin, The president of Russia, will travel to Iran to have a visit there.
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