TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, November 25. Russian FESCO transportation company plans to launch a container train from Moscow to Uzbekistan’s capital city of Tashkent, Trend reports.
The issue of the development of cargo transportation between the two countries was discussed during a meeting between Chairman of the FESCO Board Andrey Severilov and Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Russia Botirjon Asadov.
"Today, the share of FESCO is 35 percent of all container traffic from the ports of the Russian Far East to Uzbekistan. For the republic, this route is one of the key ones in the delivery of imported products and the export of its own goods to world markets," Severilov said.
As per data provided by the company, the local FESCO Tashkent Shuttle service has delivered more than 7,500 40 foot equivalent unit containers from Vladivostok to Tashkent since the beginning of 2023.
Meanwhile, FESCO has launched a new cargo transportation service from Japan via China and Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan in September of 2022. In total, the company transported 8,500 20 foot equivalent unit containers to Uzbekistan in 9 months.
Moreover, in October of 2022, FESCO established a subsidiary in Uzbekistan. Fesco Turan is engaged in the development of container transportation by rail to Uzbekistan from Europe and South Asia.
