South Caucasian Railway jointly with Georgian Railways to launch transparent tariff ratesApril 1, 2009 - 14:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - As a result of joint work of South Caucasian Railway CJSC and Georgian Railways, from Apr. 1, 2009, 20ft container transportation cost on Karmir Blur-Poti- Karmir Blur route comprises CHF 0.48 (around USD 300) per container/km, SCR SJCS Press Service reported.According to SCR CJSC Transportation Service Center Manager Ilya Kelperis, lowering of tariffs will provide the transparency of rail transit cost in using several kinds of transportation and increase railway transportations volume. South Caucasus Railways is an Armenia-based 100% branch of Russian railways public corporation. Armenian railways were transmitted into concessionary administration of South Caucasian railways in accordance with Feb. 13, 2008 concessionary agreement. The term of Concessionary agreement is 30 years with 20 years of prolongation right. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Court in Azerbaijan extends former Karabakh leader’s arrest by 5 months The Binagadi District Court in Azerbaijan has granted the prosecutor’s petition to extend the arrest of Arkady Ghukasyan. Ucom General Director joins High-Tech Development Panel Discussion The discussion was titled "The Role of International Corporations and Investors as Catalysts for Development of High-Tech Ecosystem." U.S. still believes “peace is possible” between Armenia, Azerbaijan The United States continues to believe that peace is possible between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Vedant Patel says. Dozens detained as antigovernment protest continue in Armenia At least 63 people demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation were detained on May 14 as they blocked streets in Yerevan. |