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INSTC - First shipment
July 4 , 2024
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- Russia’s national railway company announced that the country has shipped two coal-laden trains to India via the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC).
- For the first time, two trains with Kuzbass coal headed to India along the International North-South Transport Corridor.
- The trains set off from the Kemerovo region.
- They followed along the eastern branch of the INSTC through Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas.
- The INSTC is a multimodal route that connects St. Petersburg to the port of Mumbai in India across 7,200 kilometers (4,500 miles).
- It comprises a railway, road network, and seaports.
- INSTC, initially known as the NSTC project, the agreement was signed by Russia, Iran, and India in 2002, making them the founding members.
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