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The line is already operative but will reach its full potential upon completion.
The first container block train connecting Helsinki in Finland with the Nhava Sheva container port in India has already departed. It departed on 21 June carrying 32 40-foot containers full of paper-based products from a Swedish customer. Currently, it travels through Russia and will also cross Azerbaijan. Its next stops will be Astara and the Bandar Abbas port in Iran.
At Bandar Abbas, cargo will be transhipped onto a ship and will follow a sea leg through the Indian Ocean until its final station. The train, which is on the move, will take eight days until completing the route between Helsinki and Astara, situated at the Azerbaijan-Iran border.
Moreover, according to RZD Logistics, which collaborates with Nurminen Logistics for the service, the train’s total transit time will be shorter than initially estimated. Specifically, as the Russian company said, transit time between Finland and India will not exceed 22 days. Read more
Source: RAILFREIGHT.COM
