The first express container block train within the TURKUAZ project has left from Paysan station in Turkey, Report informs, citing ADY Container LLC, a subsidiary of Azerbaijan Railways.
It consists of 21 containers, each 45 feet long, loaded with plant-based animal supplements.
TURKUAZ is a new joint logistics product developed by ADY Container LLC and its partners from Turkey and Georgia. The express container block train will carry cargo twice a week from Istanbul and Mersin to Baku and back, thereby increasing the yearly volume of freight traffic on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line.