Uzbekistan begins cargo transportation to Europe through the Caspian and Black seas

The first train with copper concentrate covers a route with a total length of more than 4,000 km.

Photo: Uzbekistan Railways

JSC Uztemiryulkonteyner has started delivering goods to Europe on the new railway route.

It is noted that on December 16, the first container train loaded with a cargo of JSC AMMC was sent to the Bulgarian port of Burgas.

This freight train consisted of 46 cars of copper concentrate and 91 20-foot containers. The container train travels more than 4,000 km along the route "Uzbekistan - Turkmenistan - Azerbaijan - Georgia - Bulgaria/Europe".

This transportation of the freight train was carried out with the help of foreign partners from Turkmenistan - TLTsT OJSC, ADY Container LLC from Azerbaijan and GR Logistics and Terminals from Georgia.