Kazakhstan wants to become a commercial and logistics hub in the Asian region

“Investments in Kazakhstan railway network, measuring 96,000 km, amount to USD 3.3 Billion every year. Freight transport is a very important point in the agenda of Kazakhstan Railways and our main customer in this particular area of activity is Russia, followed by China.
Kazakhstan Railways develops a series of important projects in railway transport. Thus, in 2011 we finalized the construction of Zhetygen-Khorgos line. We also plan the implementation of a project on international cross-border cooperation on railways. In 2011 we also finalized the construction of the 929-km long Uzen – Gorgan line providing access to the Persian Gulf. Two plants for the manufacturing of locomotives have been opened in Astana and in 2012 we expect the finalization of construction works on another locomotive plant, a project developed in partnership with a foreign company.
Kazakhstan Railways stress the development of the railway container transport and the development of infrastructure projects that will ensure a strategic position to Kazakhstan in the logistics chain of the Eurasian Platform”, declared Gaidar Abdikerimov, head of the KTZ division in the European countries of the CIS during the “Moldovan Railway Summit”, organised by Moldovan Railways and Club Feroviar on the 7th and 8th of June in Chisinau. The event was organised under the auspices of the Ministry of Transport and Road Infrastructure in the Republic of Moldova.
The Association “KAZLOGISTICS”  (Kazakhstan Transport and Logistics Association) was created in April, in the context of the task set by the Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev, on the formation of Kazakhstan in 2016 as a trading, logistics, the business hub of the region. The adopted measure will contribute to balancing the interests of subjects of different modes of transport and improving the quality of multimodal transport and logistics services.