Routes offered by SCRW ( South Caucasus Railway) give option to save up to USD 2 000 per container, and to reduce the shipment time down to 10-19 days.

ArmInfo. The prospective of bilateral cooperation improvement and arrangement of multimodal transportations to Iran from European countries and back were discussed on the margins of the meeting held on January 24 by business representatives of Iran, Armenia and South Caucasus  Railway JSC. The meeting was arranged  by joint initiative of Armenian Ministry of Transport, Communications and Iranian Embassy to Armenia and SCRW JSC.

The activities of SCRW, main achievements of the Company, range of services offered was presented to attendants, particularly, in respect to cargo transportations to Iran and backwards.

Opening the meeting, Ilya Keperis, the Deputy  Director  of  SCRW  on Finance and Economy, stated that starting from 2008  the company has invested in Armenia about USD 250 mln USD, and appears also as an active participant of logistics market: a fast container  train works on Georgian line, appropriate tariffs are concorded with Georgia, services comprising other transport (vehicles, aircraft, vessels) are also supplied.  In late 2016 the first multimodal transportation from Europe to Iran has been implemented.  SCRW options were presented to attendants by Dmitri  Gvozdev, who mentioned  that the company supplies full range of  transportation services, particularly, in respect to the implementation of multimodal cargo transportations, cargo  transportations throughout CIS countries. Currently a single package product in respect to implementation of transit fees for Iranian companies is under development. 

 "The routs we offer give opportunities to save USD 2000 percontainer, and to reduce the shipment time down for  10-19 days. A simplified documents procedure is also applied here. The option and the tools of payments  for multimodal transportations were presented by Mellat bank representative.  Attendants of the meeting exchanged opinions due to the issues of mutual interest.