BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 19. Shipping companies of Astrakhan (Russian region) are ready to join the work on the creation of a shipping line on the Caspian Sea to Turkmenistan's Turkmenbashi International Seaport, Trend reports.
This was stated by the Governor of the Astrakhan region Igor Babushkin at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
"We have worked with our shipping companies on the issue of opening a shipping line, they are ready to get involved in this work. In addition, our shipbuilders are ready to build vessels to work on the Caspian shipping lines, there is enough experience and competence. This will contribute to the growth of cargo traffic and reduce the costs of cargo owners when transporting goods across the Caspian Sea," Babushkin said.
Meanwhile, at the beginning of this year, negotiations were held in Astrakhan with the participation of representatives of Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan on the opening of regular shipping lines on the Caspian Sea between Russian ports and the Turkmen port of Turkmenbashi.