TRANSCONTAINER DEVELOPED SUPPLY CHAIN TO DELIVER CARGO TO ARMENIA

RIA Oreanda
May 20 2010
Russia

Moscow. OREANDA-NEWS . May 20, 2010. TransContainer and Apaven
(the agent in the Republic of Armenia) have developed a multi-modal
logistics chain to move cargoes between Russia and the Republic
of Armenia via Verhni Lars-Kazbegi, the border crossing on the
Russian-Georgian border, the press service of the container operator
said.

The first two 20-foot containers came to Yerevan from Omsk on May
20th. They were moved by the rail in Russia and were reloaded to the
trucks at the Transcontainers terminal in Vladikavkaz. Then these
cargoes were sent further to the destination point via the Upper Lars.

The containers were moved by the Georgian roads at a height of 2,000
kilometres above the sea.

It took 19 days to deliver the containers from Omsk to Yerevan via
Vladikavkaz, which is 3 weeks less than through the ports of Southern
Russia.

Anatoly Kolobkov, the Director of the North-Caucasian railway branch
said that container transportation via Verkhni Lars has a high economic
and political importance for the partnership ties between Russia and
Armenia. The preliminary estimations are that the container traffic
there may be about 200 TEU per month at the first stage, and it is
expected to grow. It is a new achievement in multimodal transport
service, and its success will enable Transcontainer to develop new
alternative routes to deliver cargoes in the Middle East, including
Iran, and to provide the full range of freight forwarding services,
including delivery to the client’s warehouses.