Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 19
By Ali Mustafayev – Trend:
The volume of container transportation from China to Europe through Kazakhstan amounted to 100.000 containers, said Dmitry Potlov the Deputy Chairman of the Transport Committee under the Ministry of Investment and Development of Kazakhstan.
“The transit between the countries doubled during two years. For the 8 months of 2017 it has reached the level of 100,000 containers, which is by 44,000 containers more compared to the same period of the previous year,” said Potlov, Kazinform reported.
He added that the Kazakh government intends to purchase an additional number of wagons in order to increase the volume of container transportation.
“Presently, the Ministry of Investment and Development is considering the issue of purchasing additional platforms for the transportation of containers. We need about 10,000 wagons, according to preliminary calculations, but the purchase will be implemented constantly until 2020,” Potlov said.
The official also stressed that, the country plans to expand the grain wagon fleet, to increase the volume of grain transportation by the end of the year.