The Cabinet of Ministers in Uzbekistan plans to support the establishment and development of an intermodal logistics centre in Namangan region. Within the new intermodal terminal, the annual freight volumes to be handled are estimated at four million tonnes. The terminal will improve the transport infrastructure and logistics in Ferghana region and will increase the volume of carried freight.
The current rearrangement of global economy’s architecture and the continuing fluctuations in the main quotations in financial markets clearly demonstrate the uncertainty that now occupies the minds of the leading analysts and managers of investment companies and funds. The same happens in transportation. The major players in the market are actively diversifying their businesses, rushing out of the crisis Europe to the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region.
In these circumstances, Uzbekistan has all opportunities to maximize its potential, and to attract foreign investors.
Regarding the development of intermodal transport and container freight transport, the most important regions are Navoi and Angren which became important economic centres on the map of Uzbekistan after developing intermodal terminals.
Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, and, at the same time, the most important economic area, is also an important intermodal hub.
Uzbekistan is in the top of the countries in Asia-Pacific which have become aware of the importance of developing dry ports, so that those in Navoi, Angren (Tashkent Region) and the International Logistics Centre are in full process of modernisation and the facilities it provides to trade and international transport place Uzbekistan on the international market of logistics. Navoi Region has a high land transport transit potential. The developed transport network and the integrated international transport system, which is also a key challenge in the communication system in Central Asia and the CIS countries, transit the city of Navoi, while the international rail transport corridors such as the route “Afghanistan – Central Asia – Europe” are in the immediate neighbourhood of Navoi Airport. Currently, secondary railways are being built to connect the city of Navoi to Uchkuduk – Nukus – Volgo route to the north-west, to Samarqand – Tashkent – Dustik route in the east and to Bukhara – Turkmenistan – Bandar-Abbas (Iran) route in the south further going to the countries in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf.
Another international logistics centre was opened at the middle of January 2010 in the Uzbek city of Angren (Tashkent Region). The centre is located in Ablyk rail station and can thus receive and process goods and then deliver them back to Andijan, Namangan and Ferghana, the eastern regions in Uzbekistan. In 2011, the volume of carried goods increased by 50%. Also, the incentives to be granted will help increase freight traffic through the new logistics centre. A relevant example is the measure adopted by Uzbekistan Railways which reduced to half the tariff for the delivery of freight from any part of Uzbekistan to Ablyk rail station.
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