What North-South International Transport Corridor Means for Iran

... North-South transport corridor over other routes (in particular, over the sea route through the Suez Canal) are thought to be the cutting of distances by half or more, as well as reducing the cost of container transportation, compared to the cost of container transportation by sea. Gradually, countries such as Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Syria, Oman, and Bulgaria as an observer joined the agreement on the ITC inauguration. The project had been reviewed and coordinated for quite a long time before its implementation commenced. It’s only in the recent decade, when Russia ...