BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct. 8
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
Kazakhstan’s Parliament approves the draft law simplifying transit passage of ships via internal waters of the Eurasian Economic countries, Trend reports citing Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development.
In particular, the Agreement defines the period for consideration of the application for a transit passage in 10 days, the issuance of a permit will be carried out by an authorized body (Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation).
Of all the countries participating in the Agreement, only Russia has inland waterways, along which transit navigation of ships is possible.
Currently, a permit for a transit passage is issued by the Government of the Russian Federation and its receipt takes from 3 to 6 months.
Today, cargoes from ports on the Black Sea to Kazakh ports (Aktau, Kuryk, Bautino, Atyrau) are delivered in transit through the Volga-Don shipping channel.
Since only Kazakh companies will have the opportunity to simplify the procedure for passage through the inland waterways of Russia, at present the Caspian countries, which are not members of the Eurasian Union, are showing interest in using Kazakh carriers to transport goods from ports in the Caspian to ports on the Black Sea.
Thus, the transit potential of ports Aktau and Kuryk along the Trans-Caspian international transport route is increasing.
Accordingly, taking into account the adoption of the Agreement, it is possible to increase the transit traffic through the waterways of Russia to 250,000-300,000 tons of cargo per year by 2025.
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