Turkmenistan has become an official participant of the agreement on the North-South International Transport Corridor (NSITC), the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reports.
The article said that the eastern branch of the NSITC runs through Turkmenistan's territory.
"After the launch of the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway, and the longest part - 700km runs through our country, Turkmenistan's potential in the logistics of transit flows has become particularly impressive."
Steps are being taken to simplify logistics along this route to optimise freight traffic.
KTZ Express (Kazakhstan), RZD Logistics (Russia) and "Transport and Logistics Centre of Turkmenistan" recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a joint venture to develop transport along the North-South corridor.
The parties agreed to combine their competences to form competitive tariff rates and "seamless" transport of cargo from Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan to Iran, Middle East and Asia-Pacific countries.
Photo: Administration of Turkmenbashi Sea Port
"Turkmenistan's role in this route is that the Turkmenbashi International Sea Port will become a transport and logistics hub with routes leading eastwards to both Uzbekistan and Afghanistan."
In the search for optimal transport routes, Turkmenistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan this year agreed to launch a new multimodal "Southern Transport Corridor".
It will pass from southern Kyrgyzstan to Uzbekistan, then on to Turkmenistan, to the port of Turkmenbashi on the Caspian Sea and head north to Astrakhan. This will be the shortest route for cargo delivery.
"Neutral Turkmenistan" notes that local companies are developing optimal logistics solutions.
For example, Meno Logistics carried out an export cargo shipment from Turkmenistan to China, Mesgen Logistics - from Turkey to Turkmenistan, Mermer Kenar developed a multimodal cargo route from Georgia, Eminli Maslahat delivered cargo from France.
The intergovernmental agreement on the creation of the North-South corridor was signed by Russia, Iran and India in 2000. Since then, more than ten states have joined the document.
Credits: Eziz Boyarov
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