It is planned to reduce the transit time on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), also known as the Middle Corridor, from 18-23 days to 14-18 days in 2024, including from 6 days to 5 days in the territory of Kazakhstan.
About it Publika.az He reports with reference to the Kazakh press.
Previously, the delivery time of goods on this route 38-53 it varied between days.
The volume of cargo transportation within the framework of TITR during the first 9 months of 2023 88 % increasing 2 million has reached the ton. This figure in the same period of 2022 1.1 million there was a ton. The volume of cargo transportation on the route in 2022 2,5 increasing times 1.5 million has reached the ton.
It is noted that the corridor has become a serious alternative to existing routes. Its total throughput per year 5.8 million tons of cargo.
Container shipping in 2022 33 000 the current capacity of the Middle Corridor if it had been a twenty-foot equivalent (TEU) container 80 000 NOT containerized.
The strategic goal of Kazakhstan is the transmission capacity of the Middle Corridor by 2030 10 million is to deliver ton. To facilitate these efforts, the mentioned country has signed road maps with Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey to eliminate “narrow passages” and develop the Middle Corridor by 2027.
On October 26, an agreement was signed in Tbilisi between the companies “Kazakhstan Railway”, “Georgian Railways” and “Azerbaijan Railways” on the establishment of a joint venture for the development of multimodal transportation under TITR. In November, the new company “Middle Corridor Multimodal” was registered in the “Astana” International Financial Center.
The company will provide services based on the “one-stop” principle, guarantee delivery times and implement a coordinated policy for the development of multimodal service on the China-Europe/Turkey-China route.
Also, work is being continued in the direction of attracting European transport and logistics companies to the corridor. During the visit of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to Astana in June, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the German “Rhenus” company and the “Kazakhstan Railway” company on increasing cargo transportation on the TITR.
The document envisages cooperation in the field of development of logistic centers, increase of terminal capacity of Aktau and Kurik ports.
In June, the Lithuanian company “LTG Cargo” joined the TITR International Association, opening new opportunities for diversification of cargo flow from Kazakhstan to Lithuania and vice versa.
Currently, the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan and the Austrian “Rail Cargo Group” company are conducting negotiations regarding the latter’s entry into the TITR association and the opening of a representative office in Kazakhstan.
It should be noted that the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route passes through the territory of China, Kazakhstan, the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, Georgia to Turkey and European countries.
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