By Trend
Uzbekistan joined the China-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway
corridor, Trend reports with reference to the press
service of Kazakhstan Railway.
"The flow of containerized cargo has increased, especially to
Uzbekistan and through the Bolashak station to Iran, with the
accession of Uzbekistan, the corridor becomes significantly
shorter,", first deputy chairman of Kazakhstan Railways, Kanat
Almagambetov said at a meeting of railway administrations of these
five countries in Almaty.
Kazakhstan Railway said that the volume of traffic along the
China-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran corridor in 2018 was 1,000 TEU
(container in 20-foot equivalent).
"For the development of transit cargo from China to our
countries and in other directions, it is important to develop
acceptable tariff and other conditions," said Almagambetov.
During the negotiations, the importance of timely delivery of
goods to increase transportation was noted. In this regard, special
attention is paid to meeting the demand for fitting platforms. The
parties pledged to jointly provide the full amount of shippers with
rolling stock.
At the meeting, issues of attracting additional goods to the
Iran-China route, the organization of regular container services
and the establishment of tariff conditions along the
China-Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran corridor for 2019 for
loaded containers were discussed. It is also reported that since
April of this year, a regular feeder service is launched on the
route Aktau - Alat.
Following the meeting, the parties also agreed on integrated
tariff rates.
The total length of the route China-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran
is about 10,000 kilometers. The total travel time is about two
weeks, which is twice as fast as by sea, which takes 25-30
days.
The China-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway route is part of
the North-South international transport corridor and the first
logistics solution for speedy cargo delivery from the East China
coast to the markets of the Persian Gulf. In Turkmenistan, based on
the needs of suppliers and carriers, there are two routes from
Serkhetyak: to Serakhs, to the southeastern border with Iran, or to
Akyayl and from there to the north of Iran.
The creation of this transport and transit corridor became
possible after the construction of the international railway
Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran. The road was opened in December 2014
with the participation of the heads of state of Kazakhstan,
Turkmenistan and Iran.
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