@wbuzbekistan · Post #1663 · 18.04.2024 г., 04:09
How can Uzbekistan🇺🇿 and Kazakhstan🇰🇿 benefit from the Middle Corridor? 🛤 The Middle Corridor—a network of road, rail, and sea routes linking Chinese and European markets via Central Asia and the Caucasus — can become an engine of growth. Improvements to strengthen the corridor will help economies to flourish by boosting trade, creating jobs, and spurring entrepreneurship. A combination of investments and efficiency measures can reduce travel times along the corridor by half and triple trade flows by 2030. The World Bank is partnering with governments and multilateral organizations to realize the corridor’s potential. It has identified 10 critical actions that can address the most pressing short-term bottlenecks. They also include the following actions for Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan: 1️⃣ Create a railway bypass to reduce congestion in the Almaty metro area. In Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan, all freight trains pass through the city centre and must have their locomotives changed from diesel to electric. An urban bypass could improve the flow of this rail traffic. 2️⃣ The Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan border crossing has long wait times. Some companies instead send freight on long, indirect routes that have diversions due to capacity limitations. The creation of a new railway connection between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan will allow cargo owners to take advantage of direct routes. 3️⃣ The level of the #CaspianSea is dropping due to climate change, affecting port operations. The Port of Aktau needs fit-for-purpose equipment and increased berth capacity to improve its operational efficiency. For example, slow ship-to-shore handling can be addressed by deploying the most efficient cranes for each cargo type and by acquiring rail-mounted equipment. 🔎 Read more: https://t.ly/Sjl_3
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