BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 26
By Nargiz Sadikhova – Trend:
Some 7,400 containers have been transported over the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route over the 1Q2021, which is 2.3 times more than during the same period of 2020, Deputy Chairman of the Kazakh Transport Committee under the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development Zhanibek Tayzhanov said, Trend reports citing Kazakh media.
According to official data, the growth of traffic on the Route was facilitated by the launch of a regular feeder line with a firm running schedule. At the same time, the delivery time of goods was reduced by 20-25 percent.
He said currently, in order to further increase the volume of traffic, railways bottlenecks that require modernization and an increase in capacity have been identified. Thus, the construction of second tracks and electrification of the Dostyk-Moiynty railway section is planned on the key transit corridor in the direction of China-Europe-China.
“This project will increase the throughput of the corridor fivefold, thereby providing an annually growing flow of containers from China to European countries. It is also planned to build a new railway line Darbaza - Maktaral between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to ensure the decrease in the loading of the existing Saryagash checkpoint, which has exhausted its capacity,” he added.
Tayzhanov noted that the implementation of this project will allow to double the throughput of the site and reduce the time of cargo transportation by 1.5 times. This project will also allow to take over the export-import flow of Central Asia to Europe, which will strengthen Kazakhstan's position in international markets.
At the same time, he said, work is underway to implement a project to build a railway line bypassing the Almaty station. The implementation of this project will reduce the time of transportation of goods passing through the Almaty station and decrease its load by 40 percent.
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