Regular Liner Services With Russia to Start in September

Two container ships are scheduled to start sailing from Russia’s Astrakhan to Iran’s port of Anzali in September as per a decision by the International North-South Corridor Taskforce, which includes Lotus Special Economic Zone of Astrakhan, Russia, and Iran’s Anzali and Chabahar FTZs, says Seyyed Jalil Jalalifar, a member of Iran-Russia Chamber of Commerce. 
Russia will provide the delivery of all products, including temperature-sensitive products that require refrigerated containers from Astrakhan to Iran’s northern ports and then to Iran’s southern ports via intermodal freight transport, in cooperation with Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization and the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways. 
“This shipping line would offer Full Container Load shipment, regular services and fixed tariffs that would not alter by changing market prices or seasons,” Jalalifar was quoted as saying by the news portal of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development.