Turkmenistan Airlines Open Joint Stock Company announces a discount on flights on the Ashgabat-Kuala Lumpur-Ashgabat route from February 15 to March 30, 2024.

Dear passengers! We inform you that Turkmenistan Airlines Open Joint Stock Company announces a discount on flights on the Ashgabat-Kuala Lumpur-Ashgabat route from February 15 to March 30, 2024.

The volume of rail traffic between Kazakhstan and China has reached a record

The railway administrations of Kazakhstan and the Middle Kingdom met in the Chinese city of Urumqi. The results of the joint work were also summed up, inbusiness.kz reports.

The procedure for admitting Russian transport companies to international road transport has been simplified

From September 1, 2024, the period for providing government services for the admission of domestic transport companies to international road transportation will be reduced from 20 to 5 working days.

Test container transportation of Belarusian cargo along the trans-Caspian route will begin this spring

The delegation of the Republic of Belarus led by Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko visited the Astrakhan region, reports the press service of the «Lotus» SEZ.

The International Maritime Prize

The International Maritime Prize is awarded annually by the IMO Council to the individual or organization judged to have made the most significant contribution to the work and objectives of IMO.

The delegation of the «Turkmenaragatnashyk» agency participates in the international forum Cisco Live 2024

The delegation of the «Turkmenaragatnashyk» agency takes an active part in the international forum Cisco Live 2024, held in the Netherlands, which is annually held by one of the world's largest IT companies Cisco Systems to exchange experience and develop cooperation in the field of information technology, digitalization and cybersecurity.

Specialists of the «Turkmendenizderyayollary» agency were awarded certificate from the classification society “Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore sas” of the French Republic.

From January 28 to February 3, 2024, with the assistance of the Classification Society “Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore sas” (BV qualification society), specialists of the Administration of State Supervision of Shipping in Turkmenistan took part in a training on the topic “Surveys of ship in service”, which was organized in Aktau, Republic of Kazakhstan. This training was conducted within the framework of the “Agreement on delegating authority to perform statutory certification services for ships registered in Turkmenistan” concluded between the «Turkmendenizderyayollary» agency and the classification society BV, on December 5, 2020.

Turkmenistan joined the BUNKER-2001 Convention of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)

In order to comply with international requirements within the framework of bunkering services for ships, relevant work has been introduced to join the «International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage» (BUNKER-2001) and the IMO approved the accession of Turkmenistan to the Convention. This Convention will come into force for Turkmenistan on April 23, 2024.

Transport workers from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan discussed simplification of visa procedures

Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Transport and Communications agency under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, the «Turkmenavtoulaglary» agency, and the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan held an online meeting with representatives of Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan and Ministry of Transport of the neighboring republic.

Iran will begin construction of the Incheburun-Turkmenistan highway

Deputy Coordinator for Economic Affairs of the Governor of Golestan Province of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Sayed Mohammad Dehnavi, said that in the next two months the Iranian side will begin construction of a highway from the city of Incheburun to the Balkan region of Turkmenistan, as IRNA reports.

The private Uzbek airline "MY Freighter" has made its first commercial flight to Turkmenabat

The private Uzbek airline "MY Freighter" made its first commercial flight at the international airport in Turkmenabat.

Development of cooperation between “Koryo Shipbuilding Industry Technology Co., Ltd.” company and Shipbuilding and repairing yard “Balkan”

29 On January 2024, in the administrative building of the “Shipbuilding and Repairing yard “Balkan” Open Joint Stock Company, a meeting was held between representatives of “Koryo Shipbuilding Industry Technology Co., Ltd.” company and shipyard management.

Turkmenistan can be an important transportation hub of the future on the East-West and North-South routes

For the international transport corridor "North-South", there is being created a digital registry of transport and logistics centers, which is planned to include information about the infrastructure of the international seaport of Turkmenbashi.

IMO Secretary-General sets fresh agenda for maritime

IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez shared the Organization’s plans and focus areas for the next four years, with the aim of ensuring safer, more secure and environmentally friendly shipping.

Turkic-speaking countries along TRACECA will create a single portal of customs services

The customs departments of the countries participating in the international cooperation program between the European Union and partner countries for the organization of the transport corridor "Europe - the Caucasus - Asia" (TRACECA) are preparing a framework agreement on the creation of a single transit portal for electronic services.

First 2024 issue of Arkadagly Ýaşlar Magazine released

The first 2024 issue of Arkadagly Ýaşlar e-Magazine of the Central Council of Magtymguly Youth Organisation of Turkmenistan was released.

The first book by the President of Turkmenistan was presented in Astrakhan

Marine fuels assessment tool enters next stage

More than forty IAPH members attended the Climate and Energy committee meeting held virtually on 16 January. The highlight of the agenda was the discussion over the current status and future development of the Port Readiness Levels for Marine Fuels (PRL-MF) assessment tool that has been jointly developed by the IAPH Clean Marine Fuels (CMF) working group and the World Ports Climate Action Program (WPCAP).

Russia will develop a transport corridor project through the port of Turkmenbashi to Kyrgyzstan

Russia plans to participate in the development of two promising transport corridors that are associated with the North-South ITC. Director General of the Association “Business Center for Economic Development of the CIS” Vadim Ganin spoke about this at the Second Meeting of the CIS Transport Business Dialogue.

Container shipping from Asia to Europe has doubled in price

According to the international cargo booking platform “Freightos”, since January 2024, the cost of delivering one forty-foot container from Asia to Northern Europe has doubled and reached $4,000, while the delivery of the same container to the Mediterranean countries, where ships traditionally passed through the Red Sea and Suez Canal soared to $5,175, reports Reuters.