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West Europe-West China Project to Increase Deliveries by Trucks Almost Four-fold
West Europe-West China Project to Increase Deliveries by Trucks Almost Four-fold
Construction of the new transport corridor West Europe-West China will increase deliveries by trucks almost four times. This was announced at a Kazakh Government sitting by Serik Akhmetov, Kazakh Minister of Transport and Communications.
Construction of the new transport corridor West Europe-West China will increase deliveries by trucks almost four times. This was announced at a Kazakh Government sitting by Serik Akhmetov, Kazakh Minister of Transport and Communications.
Deliveries along this corridor are expected to grow from the current 900 thousand tons to 3,5 million tons. The Government supported the idea of financing of the feasibility study for the corridor.
Apart from freights from China and Europe, the project will enable to attract transport flows from Central Asia. “The project calls for large investments, its implementation will be financed out of the budget and through external borrowing”, S. Akhmetov said. The corridor running through Aktobe, Kzylorda and Shymkent will enable to cover not only Russia and China, but also South Asia countries via Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.Kazinform
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