Cuba imports railway carriages from Iran

Cuba imports railway carriages from Iran
Published on Tuesday, August 11, 2009

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- The Cuba Railroads company will receive 550
carriages produced by the Iranian company Wagon Pars for the
transportation of containers, oil and cement, among other cargos.

Gholam Reza Razzazi, general director of Wagon Pars, explained the
transaction is valued at $ 60 million, the website of Radio Havana Cuba
reports.

Wagon Pars is one of Iran's main companies. According to official
figures, it produces more than 1,500 transportation carriages, 40
locomotives and 250 train and subway coaches per year.

Caribbean Net News: Cuba (11 August 2009)
http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/cuba/cuba.php?news_id=18155&start=0&category_id=5