Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 14
By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:
Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company CJSC is ready to involve the existing free potential for the implementation of the ferry transportation to Iran, a source in the company told Trend Jan. 14.
Currently, the company has 13 ferries on its balance, which work in the directions of Alat-Aktau-Alat and Alat-Turkmenbashi-Alat.
"Annual potential of the company's cargo transportation by ferries is 95,000 cars, or 4.56 million tons of cargo. Considering this figure and the actual transportation of cars, which is 40,000-70,000 cars per year, with the launch of the ferry to the Iranian ports of Amirabad and Rasht the company is ready to involve the available free capacity in the directions of the Alat-Amirabad and Alat-Rasht," the source said.
According to the source, it is also possible to involve the RO-RO vessels in these directions.
Currently, the company's fleet includes two RO-RO vessels, which work in the directions of Aktau and Turkmenbashi, he noted.
During a visit to Baku this week, the head of "Iranian Railways" Mohsen Pour Seyed Aghaei said that Iran intends to start transportation by ferries within six months from the port of Amirabad to Baku International Trade Port in Alat.
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