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CASCA+ Transportation Corridor Challenges
The management of Uzbekistan Railways has initiated the
creation of a consortium for the coordination of cargo transportation along the
CASCA+ transport corridor. At the meeting held on May 28-29 in Tashkent, the
proposal of the Uzbek side was supported by representatives of the railway
administration and export companies from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan,
Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.
The delegation of Uzbekistan also proposed to the participating
parties the transportation of perishable goods (fruits and vegetables) along
the CASCA+ corridor in refrigerated containers and accordingly to create an
online monitoring system for the location of wagons and containers.
The CASCA+ multimodal transport project is an initiative of
the state railways of Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia
and Turkey called - Central Asia, South Caucasus and Anatolia. The
"+" sign in the name symbolizes the readiness to accept new participants.
In December 2022, the first container train with copper
concentrate passed on the CASCA+ route (from Uzbekistan to Bulgaria). The train
consisted of 46 wagons and 91 units of 20-foot containers. The transit distance
is more than 4000 km. The main task is that such container trains regularly run
on this route. The goal of the operators is to increase the volume of container
transportation to 30 thousand containers per year.
In November of last year, the leaders of the railway administrations of the CASCA+ member countries of the multimodal transit route signed an agreement to strengthen international cooperation between logistics structures, the purpose of which is to activate the CASCA+ transport corridor and exchange experience between the participating countries in order to realize the transport potential of road, sea, rail and air transport.
Source: railway.supply; turkmenistan.gov.tm;