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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
NANJING, June 9 (Xinhua) — The first phase of the first launch complex of the container hub project in the Aktau port of Kazakhstan was officially put into operation on Monday, which will give a new powerful impetus to the development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Corridor (TITC), experts said.
The above-mentioned project, located on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea, is a key hub that connects the port of Baku in Azerbaijan and increases the capacity and efficiency of the TMTC.
“The launch of the first launch complex of the container hub in the port of Aktau is an important stage in the development of the transport system of Kazakhstan and the Trans-Caspian route connecting China with Europe via Central Asia and the Caspian Sea,” noted Damir Kozhakhmetov, General Director of KTZ Express JSC.
According to him, the emergence of modern transshipment infrastructure on the Caspian Sea coast will reduce the overall time of cargo delivery between China, Central Asian countries and Europe. This will make TMTC more reliable, competitive and convenient for business.
According to the data, the total area of the project is about 19 hectares, and its designed throughput capacity is 240 thousand standard containers /TEU, twenty-foot equivalent/ per year.
“The project contributes to the creation of new jobs, stimulates the development of related industries, such as warehouse logistics and terminal services, and also opens up additional opportunities for export-import operations,” added D. Kozhakhmetov.
Over the years of joint work between China and Kazakhstan in the transport and logistics sector, such large infrastructure projects as the Kazakh-Chinese logistics base in the port of Lianyungang /Jiangsu Province, East China/, the land port “Khorgos – Eastern Gate” on the border of the two countries, and the international transit motor corridor “Western Europe – Western China” have been put into operation.
D. Kozhakhmetov believes that these facilities have become the basis for building a modern logistics infrastructure between the two countries. And the container hub in Aktau is a logical continuation of joint work.
“It unites more than 7 thousand km of transport network – from the east coast of China to the Caspian Sea, forming a full-fledged land-sea route within the framework of the Belt and Road initiative,” said D. Kozhakhmetov.
Chairman of the Board of JSC “FB “Samruk-Kazyna” Nurlan Zhakupov said that this project is an important step in the development of the transport and logistics sector of Kazakhstan.
He emphasized that Kazakhstan is located at the junctions of the international transport corridors “North-South” and the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route /Middle Corridor/. This emphasizes the importance of the Aktau port in regional and international logistics.
Deputy Mayor of Lianyungang Ren Dong noted that the container hub project in Aktau port demonstrates the forward-looking planning of China and Kazakhstan within the framework of the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”. It will further deepen interconnectivity, increase the throughput capacity of the TMTC, and promote trade and economic development of countries along the route.
Let us recall that the project is being implemented in two stages. The first stage occupies an area of 9.1 hectares, on the territory of which 3 railway loading and unloading lines and about 690 container sites have been built. It will allow for a full cycle of operations – container handling, customs inspection and handling of hazardous cargo. -0-