Turkmenistan is working to improve and simplify transportation along the International North-South Transport Corridor, Director of the Agency for Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Mammetkhan Chakiyev said.
He pointed out the great potential of his country in the logistics of transit flows, especially taking into account the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway, which is the eastern branch of the North-South direction.
Acccording to him, the main flow of cargo transportation along the North-South corridor in Turkmenistan passes through the southern border crossing with Iran, Sarakhs (Iran), but there is also the Akayla (Turkmenistan) - Inche Burun (Iran) crossing in the west of the country, which can increase the volume of transit.
Chakiyev said that the possibility of using another direction is being developed - through the Artyk station on the Turkmenistan's Ashgabat-Mary line, where a private cargo terminal for transshipment of goods between rail and road transport has been built and started functioning.
In addition, Ashgabat is working to provide preferential conditions for drivers, including simplified visa rules and tariffs.
