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In Uzbekistan, 24 logistics centers have been granted the status of “dry ports.”
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has granted “dry port” status to several transport and logistics centers in Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Transport reported.
The Ministry’s representative, I. Absattorov, presented a list of 24 facilities at an ESCAP working group meeting on dry ports held in Bangkok. He presented the results of studies evaluating their compliance with the requirements specified in Annex II of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports.
The studies were conducted by the Center for the Study of Transport and Logistics Development with technical support from ESCAP. Facilities equipped with modern machinery and equipment are recognized as sites of international significance.
The list includes 7 facilities in Tashkent, 4 in Tashkent Region, 3 each in Fergana and Surkhandarya regions, 2 in Karakalpakstan, and 1 each in Jizzakh, Samarkand, Navoi, Bukhara, and Namangan regions.
As a result of the meeting, all 24 facilities were included in the international list of dry ports:
- Universal Logistics Services;
- First Dry Port Terminal;
- Orient Logistics Centre;
- Terminal Services Invest Group;
- Azia Trans Terminal;
- Texnopark;
- Uzbekistan Airports Cargo;
- Angren Logistics Centre;
- Highway Logistics Centre;
- Forward Trans Terminals;
- Multimodal Trans Terminal;
- Jizzakh Logistics Centre;
- Kokand Logistics Centre;
- “Fergana Wholesale Trade”;
- Margilan Logistics Centre;
- Ravaston Logistics Centre;
- Ulugbek Logistics Centre;
- Termez Logistics Centre;
- Airitom Logistics Centre;
- Termez Cargo Centre;
- Navoi Cargo;
- Bukhara Logistics Centre;
- Nukus Logistics Centre;
- Kungrad Cargo Impex.
The ESCAP Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports was signed in 2013. The document covers the operations of inland logistics complexes, where cargo processing, temporary storage, inspection, and customs control are conducted, as well as — when possible — reception and dispatch, consolidation, distribution, and transshipment. Uzbekistan joined the agreement in 2021.
The document outlines recommendations for the infrastructure and equipment of dry ports. These include:
- separate warehouse areas (covered and open) for imports, exports, transshipment, and for perishable, valuable, and dangerous cargo;
- warehouse facilities, including customs bonded warehouses;
- equipment for customs supervision and inspection;
- cargo and container handling equipment;
- parking areas for trucks with sufficient capacity;
- IT systems, including electronic data exchange systems, scanners, and cargo scales.
Earlier, Spot reported that Pakistan would establish cargo transportation to Uzbekistan through China and Kyrgyzstan.
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