Uzbekistan expands transit shipments on CASCA+ route

2025-10-16

Attracting new cargo flows to Central Asia through the corridor passing through Georgia is a significant financial contribution to the country. At the same time, the country's transit policy and related infrastructure should be adapted to handle the new nomenclature cargo flows emerging in the region. The implementation of this type of transportation contributes to the development of sustainable logistics connections and export potential between Uzbekistan and European countries.

Recently, the local Uzbek railway container operator JSC Uztemiryulkonteyner announced the expansion of multimodal transportation on the CASCA + transit route to Eastern Europe.

The CASCA + transit multimodal route is a joint initiative of the railways of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan.

Currently, this route connects three regions: Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan), South Caucasus (Azerbaijan and Georgia), and Anatolia (Turkey).

However, the + sign in its name indicates the readiness to accept new potential participants in the project, the goal of which is ultimately to connect the countries of Southeast Asia and Europe.

The container company of the Uzbek Railways has organized a test shipment of the chemical fertilizer - carbamate - from the Sergel logistics center near Tashkent to the seaports of Italy, Greece and Bulgaria.

A convoy of 39 forty-foot equivalent units (FEU) containers transported via the CASCA + transit route via the port of Poti to the ports of Burgas (Bulgaria), Piraeus (Greece), Naples and La Spezia (Italy). The average transit duration was 25–30 days.

It should be noted that the existing route through Georgia has not been fully tested from a logistical point of view, therefore the intensity of its transportation is doubly welcome.

The countries of the CASCA + route are considering establishing special tariffs for the transportation of container convoys for such cargoes as coal, fertilizers, sulfur, sugar raw materials and flour.

Info: transcor.ge