For the first time, a block train has been dispatched from Uzbekistan to Brazil.
Uzbekistan, Tashkent – According to Podrobno.uz, on Wednesday, December 11, the first block train carrying urea departed from the Tashkent First Dry Port Terminal, destined for Brazil. The train consists of 54 forty-foot containers, each filled with 28 tons of fertilizer.
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The train route runs through the territories of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. In the port of Poti (Georgia), the containers will be transferred to a vessel that will transport them to the Brazilian port of Paranaguá.
The shipper of the cargo is Uzkimyoimpeks, serving as the sole agent for export-import operations in Uzbekistan's chemical industry.
The delivery time is 60–70 days: the rail journey to the port of Poti will take 20 days, while the sea leg from Poti to Paranaguá will take an additional 35–45 days.