LOGMOS Joint Regional Working Group Meeting

The LOGMOS Project organised a regional joint working group meeting on TRACECA block train pilot projects, Caspian ferry lines and logistics centres initiatives in Central Asia. This two-day event took place place in Tbilisi on 26-27 November 2013.  

The purpose of the meeting was to finalise conclusions and recommendations within the elaboration of the LOGMOS Master Plan.

For the TRACECA block train connections and maritime leg across the Caspian the following matters were in the focus of the working group: regular container block train operations between the Black and the Caspian Seas and further from/to Central Asia; status and future steps to be taken for the implementation of regular ferry operations (rail ferry and Ro-Ro) across the Caspian Sea; status of logistics platforms in Tbilisi and Caspian ports and future measures to be taken.

Concerning the logistics initiatives in Central Asia, the agenda focused on the role of logistics platforms, hub functions of multimodal logistics centres, extension of TRACECA port hinterland, and opening ways to market for the landlocked countries.

For both domains the LOGMOS project presented related findings and recommendations of the draft Master Plan.

Stakeholders from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan were invited to this meeting. The invited institutions also included the PS IGC TRACECA, ministries responsible for transport, customs authorities, railway companies, shipping lines and ports, authorities involved in investment promotion and the development of logistics platforms, private sector representatives.