Rail freight transport
Practice of transporting cargo by rail
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| November 19 2024 | Container Corporation of India plans to commission a roadmap study with a leading consulting firm (Ernst & Young, KPMG, or PwC) to explore entry into the global container shipping industry, with initial target areas being the Middle East and South Asia. |
| July 7 2022 |
International North–South Transport Corridor
Russian company RZD Logistics successfully completed its first transport of goods to India via the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC), confirmed by Russian, Iranian, and Indian trade companies.
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| April 2022 | Indian Government reduced Indian Railways' land licensing fee for CONCOR from 6% to 3% of the land's market value, a strategic move to assist the company's privatisation process. |
| 2021 | Initial projection for CONCOR's privatisation process, involving the Indian Government selling 30.8% of its 54.8% shareholding, was set for this fiscal year but was subsequently delayed. |
| November 7 2019 |
New Eurasian Land Bridge
The first Chinese freight train passes through the Marmaray tunnel to Europe, running from Xi'an using a Chinese locomotive. This achievement reduced transportation time from China to Turkey from a month to 12 days, and is considered part of the Iron Silk Road.
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| January 2018 |
International North–South Transport Corridor
India joined the Ashgabat agreement, a Multimodal transport agreement aimed at creating an international transport and transit corridor between Central Asia and the Persian Gulf, with the route planned to be operationalized by mid-January.
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| April 2017 |
International North–South Transport Corridor
First dry run of container movement via the green corridor was conducted to test and verify smooth customs facilitation, connecting India with Russia and Europe through Iran.
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| 2016 |
Eurasian Land Bridge
Freight rail service between container terminals in China and Europe became fairly regular, with some city pairs having one train per week.
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| October 2015 |
Eurasian Land Bridge
A new customs facility in Wuhan's Wujiashan industrial area was planned to open, allowing exports from the Wuhan region to clear Chinese customs locally.
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| 2014 |
International North–South Transport Corridor
Conducted dry runs of two freight routes: first from Mumbai to Baku via Bandar Abbas, and second from Mumbai to Astrakhan via Bandar Abbas, Tehran, and Bandar Anzali to identify and address key transportation bottlenecks.
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| April 2014 |
Eurasian Land Bridge
Wuhan transportation authorities planned to initiate direct freight train services to European destinations (Czech Republic, Poland, Germany), starting with 1-2 trains per month.
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| March 2011 |
Eurasian Land Bridge
A test run of a freight train from Chongqing to Duisburg via Alashankou, crossing Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, and Poland was completed in 16 days.
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