GEORGIAN Railways has become the latest freight operator to join the Viking container train project that groups together Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Romania to connect the Baltic and Black Seas by rail.
The companies GEFCO Turkey and Steveco could also become freight operators in Turkey and Finland, reported Think Railways of Bucharest.
"In its 12 years of operation, the Viking project has become widely known and successful, and the volume of transported freight increased more 100 times," said Lithuania's Deputy Transport and Communications Minister Saulius Girdauskas at a meeting for the project partners in Vilnius, Lithuania.
"Now one of the most important objectives for Viking is to become a major cargo artery between Turkey and the Scandinavian countries."
In January, train shuttle Viking registered a 22 per cent year-on-year increase in containers transported to 3,451 TEU. Last year Viking transported 41,185 TEU containers, eight per cent more than in 2013.
LOGISTICS
22 April 2015 - 21:29
Viking box train adds Georgian Railways linking Baltic to Black Sea
GEORGIAN Railways has become the latest freight operator to join the Viking container train project that groups together Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Romania to connect the Baltic and Black Seas by rail.
LOGISTICS
22 April 2015 - 21:29
Viking box train adds Georgian Railways linking Baltic to Black Sea
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