Overview
- The train arrived at the Aprin dry port near Tehran carrying 62 forty-foot containers of sulfate cellulose.
- Russia’s trade mission in Iran said the cargo moved from the Northern Railway network via the corridor’s eastern route with a 13-day transit.
- Iran’s IRNA reported a 12-day journey with an origin about 900 kilometers north of Moscow and a route through Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran.
- Officials presented the delivery as a practical step in establishing regular multimodal services along the MTK North–South corridor.
- Aprin, opened in May 2025 as Iran’s principal multimodal logistics hub, is gradually moving toward planned throughput levels.