(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 12. Kazakhstan is
taking measures to eliminate bottlenecks of the Trans-Caspian
International Transport Route (TITR or Middle Corridor), said
Kazakhstan's Vice-Minister of Transport Satzhan Ablaliyev during
the second session of the Kazakh-Azerbaijani Business Council in
Baku, Trend reports.
"The Middle Corridor serves as a crucial transportation route
for fostering interaction between our countries and facilitating
the transit of Chinese goods to Europe. To enhance the capacity of
this route, we are implementing diverse measures to address
bottlenecks and augment its overall capacity," the vice-minister
emphasized.
According to him, Kazakhstan Railroads JSC (Kazakhstan Temir
Zholy) has already started to implement several projects to build
second tracks to increase freight traffic on TITR.
"Initiating the construction of a new road along the China
border, accompanied by the opening of a new checkpoint, is part of
our strategy to eliminate bottlenecks. A bypass railroad is
concurrently under construction in Almaty, reducing travel time by
approximately a day. Beyond rail infrastructure, numerous projects
in road transportation are underway, emphasizing our commitment to
road development. Consequently, efforts are directed towards
upgrading the technical category of several roads to accommodate
these advancements," Ablaliyev said.
In addition, the vice-minister mentioned that a joint venture
has been created between Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia, which
will provide a single window for transportation along this
corridor.
"Expected to become operational within this year, the corridor
will significantly ease the transportation of goods for
businessmen. Concurrently, efforts are underway to digitize the
Middle Corridor, aiming to eliminate both physical and non-physical
barriers and enhance the compatibility of documentation," Ablaliyev
added.
The Middle Corridor links the containerized rail freight
networks of China and the European Union through Central Asia, the
Caucasus, Türkiye, and Eastern Europe.
A multilateral multimodal transport infrastructure links the
Caspian and Black Sea ferry terminals with the railway systems of
China, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye, Ukraine, and
Poland.
The middle corridor facilitates increasing cargo traffic from
China to Türkiye, as well as to European countries and in the
opposite direction.
A route train along this corridor delivers cargo from China to
Europe in an average of 20-25 days, and this is one of the main
advantages of this transport corridor.
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