 The first ferry will carry 52 freight cars of grain and oil products on 10 November.He traveled with Deputy Prime Minister Karim Masimov, Finance Minister Natalya Korzhova, and Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Baktykozha Izmukhambetov to Beijing, China from 16–17 November 2006 to boost bilateral relations.Akhemetov was convicted of corruption and given a ten-year prison sentence in December 2015; he was released from prison after two years, on September 21, 2017.