Since 2009, AYAT SHIPPING has deployed its business activities specializing in liner services to Caspian, and provides the entire spectrum of freight shipments in this region. Throughout 8 months out of the year (April - November) AYAT SHIPPING has 6-8 sailings per month between the ports of Marmara and Caspian Ports (Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Dagestan, Kazakhstan). In addition, transportation by land or rail to internal destinations of Caspian and neighbor countries after the sea transportation is also within the scope of our multimodal transportation services. All our shipments to the Caspian Sea are realized through the Volgo-Don Canal in the navigation period. It takes vessels about 4 days to reach Rostov where customs clearance procedures for Volgo-Don transit passage are conducted. The vessel passes 18 locks through the Volgo-Don Canal and it takes about 7 days to reach Astrakhan and about 3 days to Turkmenbshi from Astrakhan.