Turkmenistan to build highway to Kazakh border

The plans on construction of the Turkmenbashi-Garabogaz-Kazakhstan border highway with a length of 242 kilometers were revealed at the Turkmen government meeting. President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov ordered to study the issue of construction of this route, which would become the continuation of the Ashgabat-Turkmenbashi high-speed multimodal highway. The construction of the border highway will…

Belarus: pilot container train leaves Smorgon for China

A pilot container train loaded with Belarus-made products has left the Belarusian city of Smorgon for China, the press service of Belarusian Railways reported. The train is loaded with fiberboards and laminated flooring made by the Smorgon-based company IOOO Kronospan. The project has been arranged by the Belarusian Railways enterprise Belintertrans – Transport-Logistics Center (BTLC)…

Kyrgyzstan: completion of Tamchi-Cholpon-Ata road construction requires 726.9 million soms

At least 726.9 million soms are needed to complete the construction of Tamchi-Cholpon-Ata road, the Ministry of Transport and Roads of the Kyrgyz Republic reported. 212 million soms are provided for the reconstruction of Balykchy-Tamchi-Cholpon-Ata-Korumdu road according to a list of facilities and construction projects financed from the republican budget and approved on February 15.…

Ukraine: gas transit up in January-April 2017

Ukraine in January-April increased transit of natural gas through its gas transportation system by 22.5% (5.602 billion cubic meters) compared to January-April 2016, to 30.53 billion cubic meters, according to live data from PJSC Ukrtransgaz. Gas transit through Ukraine to Europe in the past four months amounted to 29.388 billion cubic meters and to Moldova…