The first freight train from the Chinese city of Jinhua (Zhejiang Province) departed for the Turkmen port of Turkmenbashy, marking the start of a new route within the Trans-Caspian International Transport Corridor. This was reported by the online publication ‘Business Turkmenistan’.

The train, consisting of 100 standard containers with clothing, accessories, metal products and other goods, will cross the border at the Khorgos checkpoint, pass through Almaty, Tashkent and Ashgabat, and end its journey in Turkmenistan. The cargo will then be delivered by sea to the port of Baku on the Caspian Sea.

The new route is aimed at reducing the load on the Kazakh port of Aktau and speeding up logistics between China, Central Asian countries and Central and Eastern Europe.