OREANDA-NEWS. In Astana within the framework of the 8th Astana Economic Forum has been held III-d International Transport and Logistics Business Forum "New Silk Road".

Speaking at the business forum, President of JSC "NC" KTZ "Askar Mamin noted that according to expert estimates of UNCTAD trade between the major markets on the Eurasian continent will increase by 1.5 times - from 800 billion. dollars in 2014 to 1.2 trillion. dollars by 2020.

"Today, we provide our clients with transportation services from any point of origin in China, Europe, Russia, South Caucasus and the Persian Gulf countries to any destination via Kazakhstan.

Currently, we organize logistics for transporting goods to / from India which pass through Mundra ports, Bandar Abbas through Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan ", - said A. Mamin.

According to him, to attract transit traffic through the territory of Kazakhstan requires the formation of a developed national transport and logistics infrastructure and its integration into the international transport system.

"Infrastructural development is the core of the new economic policy" Nurly zhol - the path to the future "initiated by President N. Nazarbayev, - said in this regard, A. Mamin.

It formed a reliable railway network, which has optimized passing through Kazakhstan transport corridors. Open a direct rail route corridor "North - South", the expansion of the port of Aktau and the construction of the ferry complex in the port of Kuryk will increase the capacity to 25 million tons of cargo through the corridors "TRACECA" and "North - South".

One promising logistics solutions for the reorientation from the traditional cargo traffic flows is a multimodal transportation scheme “Rail-Air” through Kazakhstan.

Driving transportation in this system uses regular railway line container trains from China to Kazakhstan and dock them at the airports of the country for air transport in Europe.

Kazakhstan is actively developing its road network and integrates it into the Eurasian system of highways. The transcontinental road corridor "Western Europe - Western China" will reduce the transportation of goods from China to Europe.

"Ancient Kazakhstan is at the crossroads of the Silk Road, and so today, President Nazarbayev has set a goal to revive the Silk Road, the historical role of Kazakhstan as a bridge between East and West, North and South. This idea is related to the initiative of the President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping on the development of the Silk Road as an economic zone, - said A. Mamin.

Addressing the forum, heads of railway administrations of Latvia, Lithuania, the company DP World, TRACECA, the head of Lianyungang port focused on the development of the Silk Road, the Trans-Caspian international transport route, integrated container service between Asia and Europe, the role of business in the improvement of transport and logistics infrastructure.