Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The first container train through Iran has been launched from the Chinese port of Siyamen to Sergeli station.

Containers with household appliances (refrigerator, washing machine, gas stoves) are transported from China by sea to the port of Bandar Abbas and enter Uzbekistan through Turkmenistan, where they are loaded onto railway platforms in the port of Bandar Abbas in Iran.

The block train, consisting of 39 40-foot containers, should arrive in 14 days from the port of Bandar Abbas to the Sergeli station.

Currently, the container train has crossed the territory of Uzbekistan and should arrive in Tashkent on 25 June.