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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) — China has launched a new freight rail route linking Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, with Azerbaijan's capital Baku via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR).
The first train on this route departed on Monday from the Nanchang International Land Port, carrying marble products, cotton fabric, wallpaper, and other goods to the port of Baku. It will cross the border at the Khorgos checkpoint and travel through Kazakhstan before crossing the Caspian Sea, local media reported.
The new freight transport route using the Nanchang International Transport Route (TITR) will reduce transit time from the previous 50 days to 18 days, eliminating the need to bypass the Suez Canal and the Red Sea. It will also minimize cargo damage and the costs of multiple transshipments associated with long-distance sea transport, and reduce exporters' logistics costs by an average of 15-20 percent, according to the Nanchang Railway Logistics Service Center.
According to the planned schedule, after goods are delivered along the new route to Baku, which functions as a key hub for international multimodal freight transport along the Trans-Caucasian International Transport Route (TITR), they can then be transported to Turkey and a number of other countries and regions around the world.
According to the railway department, there are currently 13 routes operating in Jiangxi Province for international rail freight transport between China and Europe and China and Central Asia, covering more than 200 countries and regions around the world and serving over 500 foreign trade enterprises.
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