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.