BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 29. The average daily cargo transportation volume from Russia to Azerbaijan via railway and the volume which is transited through Azerbaijan has increased by 20.9 percent since March 16, Trend reports citing the Russian media.
Moreover, Russian Railways JSC stressed an increase in average daily cargo transportation volume by 11.1 percent through the Naushki border station with Mongolia, by 2.2 times through Kazakhstan to China and by almost twice to Belarus and through its territory.
“We are reorganizing logistics amid the closure of cargo transportation with Finland,” Russian Railways JSC said. “We are holding the talks on additional freight trains with China Railway to expand the export volumes.”
The shipment of goods from Russia to Finland has stopped since March 26. Finland’s VR Group railway company has stopped passenger transportation between Finland and Russia via Allegro trains since March 28.
VR Group announced the termination of cooperation with Russian Railways JSC on March 1, except for the cooperation required for cross-border transportation.