BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 8. In order
to additional enhance the transport and transit potential of
Kazakhstan, together with by the Trans-Caspian International
Transport Route (TITR – Middle Corridor), it’s deliberate to
implement numerous infrastructure tasks each on the railway
and in seaports, a supply at Kazakhstan Railways instructed Trend.
“Key amongst them is the development of second railway
tracks on the Dostyk-Moyinty part and the event of a
bypass railway line on the Almaty station. Another pivotal challenge
includes creation of a world container hub on the Aktau
Port by 2025. The hub goals to facilitate environment friendly cargo supply
from numerous modes of transport, together with highway and rail,” mentioned the
supply.
The firm mentioned the challenge is deliberate to be
applied within the format of a three way partnership with a possible
investor. At the second, throughout the boundaries of the Seaport Aktau
Special Economic Zone (SEZ), a land plot of 19 hectares has been
reserved for the location of hub amenities. The time period for the
growth of the feasibility examine is the fourth quarter of
2023.
Furthermore, it was famous that the contributors of the
TITR are taking measures to ascertain a seamless transit course of.
For instance, unified pricing rules have been formulated,
streamlining pricing mechanisms throughout the hall. Moreover, in
December 2022, a container shuttle prepare service was launched with
a hard and fast schedule between Altynkol (Kazakhstan) and Poti/Batumi
(Georgia), enhancing the effectivity of cargo transport alongside the
route.
“In order to synchronize operations between the
contributors of TITR, Kazakhstan Railways, along with the
Ministry of Transport of Azerbaijan, created a digital dispatch
middle for planning and coordinating site visitors, which improves the
inter-country alternate of data on the motion of products,”
mentioned the corporate.
In 2022, the quantity of freight transport alongside the
TITR witnessed a 2.5-fold enhance, reaching 1.5 million tons. The
surge continued in 2023, with freight quantity for January by
June surging by 77 % in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months,
totaling 1.3 million tons.