Cargo transshipment record for 2023

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Astrakhan Oblast renews 10-year record for cargo transshipment by the end of 2023

Astrakhan Oblast is one of the main links in the North-South International Transport Corridor using sea and river transportation. We note that cargo traffic is steadily growing, the majority - 90% of cargo - is directed towards Iran. We have established transit of Belarusian goods towards Central and South-East Asia, we are modernizing our port facilities, purchasing new equipment. The President's instruction to create conditions for the passage of ships through the Volga-Caspian Sea Shipping Channel (we are talking about ensuring a 4.5-meter draft for ships - editor's note) has been fulfilled.

The complex of these measures allowed us to increase cargo traffic by 1.5 times compared to 2021.

In 2023, cargo transshipment amounted to 4.5 million tons, which has not been the case for 10 years.

We note this year's growth in cargo transit through our ports, it is almost 2 times higher than the figure [for the same period] last year.

Of course, it is important that another major project within the framework of the North-South ITC in the region is the development of a port special economic zone, the only one for Russian ports, which, together with the special economic zone of industrial production type, has now formed the Caspian cluster. Infrastructure for container transportation is being built there.

The need to build ships is of great importance for the development of cargo transportation along the corridor. Today our shipbuilding enterprises have started construction of 4 container ships, which are adapted to cargo transportation along the Caspian and Volga, and which can carry up to 530 containers. Also 2 chemical tankers have been built and 10 dredgers are under construction, one of them is already working on the Volga-Caspian Canal.

All these activities will lead us to the fact that the necessary conditions will be created for the transit of goods through the Volga-Caspian Canal.

Author: Igor Babushkin, Governor of Astrakhan Oblast

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Frequent questions

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Containers are being delivered to the port of destination without repacking.

THC is not included in the tariff cost. ITS LLC provides services on FIFO terms (without loading and unloading). The cost of THC is paid by the sender and consignee at the ports of departure and destination, respectively.

The container stock is located in PJSC Astrakhan Port.

Documents for export transportation with transit in Iran:

  • CCD (Cargo Customs Declaration);
  • Invoice;
  • Packing slip;
  • Cargo information;
  • Consignment note/ Rail waybill.
Documents for export transportation with the destination point in Iran:
  • ССD (Cargo Customs Declaration);
  • Cargo information;
  • Specification;
  • License/ other permits for the export of cargo;
  • Phytosanitary Certificate (for sawn wood);
  • Multimodal declaration (dangerous goods).

  • Contract/ power pf attorney from the consignee to the B/L for the forwarding agent or representative;
  • Telex release issued by the agent at the port of departure;
  • Additional expenses payment;

The standard storage period at PJSC Astrakhan Port is 14 days since the day of unloading.

Our company grants the opportunity to book a container in all directions including India, UAE, China, South Korea and other countries.

We provide ref.containers, only along the route with the final destination in Iran.

When transporting on the North-South TC, 2 B/L are issued. The first bill of lading covers the entire route from Astrakhan to the destination port and vice versa. The second bill of lading (a feeder B/L) is necessary for carrying out customs procedures in Russia during transportation across the Caspian Sea.

Transportation across the Caspian Sea to Iran takes from 5 days up to a couple of weeks. The duration depends on the congestion of the Volga-Caspian Canal and weather conditions.

A customer can find out the location of the vessel by calling the office of ITS LLC. There are no public access programs for tracking ships at the moment.