BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 31
By Sadraddin Aghjayev – Trend:
The first export freight train to Russia and the third container train in the direction of the Chinese city of Xi’an in transit through Azerbaijan departed from Ankara by the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway, the subsidiary of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC, ADY Container LLC, told Trend.
"The 15-container train headed from Ankara, Turkey to Russia’s Vorsino station. The train is expected to cover a total of 4,650 kilometers of steel highway in 8 days," said the company.
ADY Container continues activities as part of the process of diversifying routes and increasing the transit capabilities of Azerbaijan.
The train coming from Ankara (Turkey) to the Chinese city of Xi'an is a new logistics product presented by ADY Container LLC together with partners in Turkey, Georgia, and Kazakhstan, the message reads.
In addition, an online meeting was held this week on the results of the audit for 2020 on the ships of the transport and oil fleets of the Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) CJSC.
According to the ASCO, the audit revealed a number of shortcomings, most of which have already been eliminated. Measures are being taken to eliminate other shortcomings.
Following an external audit conducted by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), one of the authoritative classification organizations, a five-year certificate was issued to the ASCO.
As a result of the audit conducted in the relevant departments and on various ships of the ASCO, it was confirmed that the ASCO's Integrated Management System (IMS) conforms to ISO international management standards in the field of quality, health, safety, environmental protection and energy efficiency. Following the audit, a five-year certificate was issued to the ASCO.
Based on the requirements of international management standards ISO 9001-2008 (Quality Management), ISO 14001-2004 (Environmental Management), ISO 50001-2011 (Energy Efficiency Management) and OHSAS 18001-2007 (Labor Protection), ASCO ships were developed and the Integrated Management System (IMS) was implemented in the field of quality, health, labor safety, environmental protection and energy efficiency.
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