6 Countries Pledge Faster Cargo Transfers on Eurasia-Europe Land Bridge
Six states participating in an initiative to improve a Eurasia-to-Europe trade corridor have agreed on measures to reduce transit times at intermodal nodes along the route. Meeting in Tashkent on October 11, railway officials from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan signed a protocol to enhance the cost competitiveness of the CASCA+ corridor. The six states pledged to work on achieving efficiencies in transferring cargo from one mode of transport to another at Caspian and Black Sea ports. The protocol also…