Russia – Russian parties are carrying out a trial shipment from the European part of Russia to Iran via the rivers and the Caspian Sea within the framework of the “North-South” shipping corridor, amid expectations that the journey will take a shorter period compared to the Suez Canal.
The financial leasing company STLC, in cooperation with the Russian Export Center and partners from the business sector, is organizing a trial shipment to ship goods across rivers from the European part of Russia to the Caspian Sea and from there to a port in northern Iran.
The step aims to evaluate the commercial effectiveness and economic feasibility of using a shipping corridor linking rivers in the European part of Russia with the Caspian Sea within the framework of the “North-South” shipping corridor.
Based on the pilot shipment, specific proposals will be prepared to develop an integrated water route within the framework of the “North-South” shipping corridor.
The Russian Export Center said, in a report published yesterday, that a cargo ship carrying 3,000 tons of barley set off from the dock of Dubovka Port in the Volgograd region towards one of the ports in northern Iran.
The trip is expected to take 15 to 20 days, which is a shorter period compared to the traditional route through the Suez Canal, and at a lower cost as well.
The “North-South” shipping corridor is a multimodal route from St. Petersburg to the port of Mumbai in India, with a length of 7.2 thousand kilometers and passes through Iran.
The corridor is considered an alternative path to the maritime navigation route, which connects Europe, the Gulf states and the Indian Ocean via the Suez Canal, and includes “north-south” 3 international shipping paths: through the Caspian Sea (using railways and ports) and two land paths, western and eastern.
Source: RT
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2024-04-25 07:34:58
