According to an agreement between transportation companies KTZ Express and Jiangsu International Rail Freight Express, container transport trains will commence from the Chinese province of Jiangsu through Kazakhstan. The state railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy’s (KTZ) press services reports that the document was signed in the Chinese city of Nanjing between KTZ and Jiangsu province’s largest state-owned commercial group SOHO Holdings Group.
The agreement between KTZ Express and Jiangsu International Rail Freight Express focuses on strategic cooperation. The companies have agreed to jointly organize and dispatch container trains through Kazakhstan, specifically along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TCITR). KTZ already agreed earlier in 2024 to organize and transit 3,500 container trains from Xi’an, Jiangsu, Beijing, Zhengzhou and Chongqing through Kazakhstan.
Earlier this year, Yuxinou and KTZ organized a joint TCITR service from Nanjing to Apsheron in Azerbaijan. The average transit time is no more than 18 days.
Jiangsu is home to 85 million people. The province ranks second in China in terms of economic development. Its 2023 gross domestic product (GDP) was $1.8 trillion, and province accounts for 15% of the country’s total industry.
