BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 4
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
Makhachkala Sea Trade Port of Russia’s Dagestan plans to resume ferry service with Turkmenistan, said Minister of Transport and Road Industry of Russia’s Dagestan Shirukhan Gadzhimuradov, Trend reports with reference to Mirmol information portal.
Overall, 95 percent of the work is ready at the international port checkpoint, he added.
Ashgabat considers the development of the North-South and East-West transport corridors as a priority direction of its policy. These projects concern the expansion of communications between the countries of Central Asia with further access to the markets of Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.
The Turkmenbashi International Seaport of Turkmenistan provides transshipment of cargo from Afghanistan to Azerbaijan and Turkey and in the opposite direction. Containers from Spain intended for consignees in Uzbekistan are being unloaded.
Turkmen products are regularly shipped from the seaport to Turkey, Russia, Bulgaria, Romania and other countries - urea, polyethylene and polypropylene, petroleum coke.
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