BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 25
By Nargiz Ismayilova - Trend:
The volume of cargo transportation by containers of ADY Container LLC between Azerbaijan and Turkey amounted to 1,166 units from January through May 2020, the company told Trend.
According to the company, there was a significant increase in transportation from Turkey to Azerbaijan in 2020.
In the reporting period, container shipping increased by almost 4.47 times compared to the same period of 2019, the company noted.
The volume of container cargo shipping of ADY Container between Azerbaijan and Turkey amounted to 261 units in the mentioned period.
In the first 5 months of this year, 5,204 containers with cargo were exported, which is 8 percent higher or 4,825 containers compared to the same period of 2019. At the same time, 8,148 containers were transported in transit, showing a growth of 24 percent or 6,593 containers.
The total growth of transportation amounted to 20 percent or 20,477 containers.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, ADY Container continues to import and export international transit freight under normal conditions.
In the first quarter of 2020, 11,321 containers were transported by Azerbaijani railways, which is almost 10 percent more compared to the first quarter of 2019 (10,250 containers).
ADY Container LLC has begun expanding cooperation, mainly with countries in the Far East region - China, Japan, South Korea, as well as with Ukraine, Turkey, Russia, Iran and India, in order to increase the volume of cargo transportation along the international East West Transport Corridor, North-South Transport Corridor and Trans-Caspian International Transport Route.
ADY Container LLC is engaged in storage, maintenance and transportation of containers in accordance with international standards.
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