Kazakhstan has reached an agreement with China to increase the number of container block trains along the Middle Corridor to 600 per year, Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Transport Talgat Lastayev said at a ministerial roundtable "Sustainable and Digital Middle Corridor and Beyond" during COP29 in Baku, Report informs.
"We are attracting additional cargo. This year, 27,600 TEU containers were transported along the China-Europe-China route, representing a 25-fold increase," he noted.
The deputy minister added that on November 16, 2023, the railway administrations of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Georgia established a joint venture Middle Corridor Multimodal Limited: "The complexity of the route lies in its multimodality and numerous border crossing points. In this regard, the task is to digitalize logistics for direct container transportation from China to Europe."