Iran Marine Industrial Company Starts Repairing Foreign Bulk Carrier
The Russian vessel has hit large pieces of ice in the Volga River.
Ra'yat Azad said that for the first time, a vessel from Russia entered the Iran Marine Industrial Company on December 25 for repair.
Specialists of the SADRA company are currently trying to fix some of the damages caused to this bulk ship, which hit large pieces of ice in the Volga River, he added.
Following the intensification of international sanctions against Russia after the start of the Ukraine war and the transit restrictions facing this country, Russia has increased its cooperation with Iran in order to use the capacities of the country to transport all kinds of goods.
Iran recently bought eight vessels as part of plans to expand trade with Russia through the Volga River starting in the spring of 2023. Russia is finalizing rules that would give ships from Iran the right of passage along inland waterways on the Volga and Don rivers.
Russia and Iran are building a new transcontinental trade route stretching from the eastern edge of Europe to the Indian Ocean, a 3,000–kilometer (1,860–mile) passage. The two countries are spending billions of dollars to speed up the delivery of cargo along rivers and railways linked by the Caspian Sea.
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