Freight transportation tariffs in Kazakhstan increased by 4.1% over the year
In May 2024, tariffs for road freight transportation in Kazakhstan increased by 2% compared to May 2023, reported the Bureau of National Statistics.
Tariffs for road transportation of timber cargoes increased the most - by 43.6%.
Tariffs for cargo transportation by sea increased by 9.9% during this period.
Tariffs for air cargo transportation increased by 2.1% over the year.
Including: international - by 2.3%, intra-republican - by 1.8%.
The Bureau of National Statistics of Kazakhstan does not provide data on changes in tariffs for railroad freight transportation.
Kazakhstan and China are testing road transportation along the Middle Corridor with a ferry crossing of the Caspian Sea
As part of this project, the first three trucks with a combined weight of 80 tons left the city of Urumqi and will follow the China-Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan-Georgia route, the Kazakhstani Ministry of Transport said.
The Chinese heavy trucks arrived at the Kazakh port of Kuryk and have already loaded onto a ferry for transportation across the Caspian Sea.
Tariffs for transportation of agricultural goods in refrigerated sections
“Uzbek Railways” announced rates for transportation of raw vegetables and fruits in refrigerated sections (five wagons with a load of 225 tons) on three routes:
- “Tashkent - Moscow” (3485 km) - $45098
- “Tashkent - Iletsk 1” (1777 km) - $30042.5
- Tashkent - Minsk” (4033 km) - $60647.5
Uzbekistan Airways to launch Nukus - Almaty flights
Uzbekistan's national air carrier Uzbekistan Airways will launch a regular flight service between the Uzbek city of Nukus and the former capital of Kazakhstan from June 1, 2024.
The flights will be operated by Airbus A320 airliners twice a week - on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Hungary plans to share technologies for NPP construction in Uzbekistan
If Tashkent signs a contract with the Russian state corporation Rosatom to build a nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan, they will use Hungarian dry cooling technology. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó writes in social networks.
“This will be a contract worth more than $100 million. We have already started training future Uzbek nuclear power specialists,” said a senior Hungarian official.
Earlier LogiStan wrote that Rosatom and Uzatom are preparing a contract for the construction of a nuclear power plant in the Jizzak region of Uzbekistan.