TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, August 20. Uzbekistan has launched container transportation on a new multimodal route with India, Trend reports.
According to Uzbekistan Railways, Uztemiryulcontainer JSC has organized a new multimodal route for container transportation from Indian Mundra, Nhava Sheva and Chennai ports to Uzbekistan. The cargo was delivered by sea from India to the Iranian Bandar Abbas port and then by rail to Uzbekistan's Sergeli station.
Containers are first transported from the port of Bandar Abbas to Sarakhs station on Iranian platforms before being transloaded onto the platforms of Uzbekistan Railways and shipped to Uzbekistan via Turkmenistan.
The first freight train, consisting of 20 containers, passed 2,673 kilometers in 20 days. In the future, it is planned to reduce the delivery time to 15 days.
Meanwhile, the trade turnover volume between Uzbekistan and India totaled $388.6 million from January through June 2024. This indicator has increased by 35.6 percent year-on-year ($286.5 million in January–June 2023).
India ranked 12th among the countries with the largest volume of foreign trade turnover in Uzbekistan.