Eurasian Land Transport Initiative (Silk Road, China-Europe)
The Subject “Eurasian Land Transport Initiative (Silk Road, China-Europe)” belongs to the following Online Higher Educational Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:
Distance covered by the Eurasian Land Transport Initiative: 50,000
kilometers, connecting Asia with Europe by road;
Huge advantages for the Eurasian landlocked countries:
Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan..;
Initiative developed by the International Road Transport Union (IRU) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation (OCE);
Member countries of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO):
Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan;
Pilot experience in 2018: a TIR transport lorry took only 13 days to
travel the 7,000 km between China and Poland, passing through Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus. No impediment in the trip;
Estimate: 200,000 border crossings;
Estimation of cost reduction of the Eurasian Land Transport Initiative: 50% with respect to the Air transport;
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS): Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan;