Pilot Delivery of Pakistani Cargo to Azerbaijan via Kazakhstan

Islamabad, June 11, 2024 – As part of the implementation of the instructions of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the development of the transit transport potential of Kazakhstan, with the assistance of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Islamabad, the Pakistani transport and logistics company TCS carried out a pilot delivery of goods from Karachi to Baku through the seaport of Aktau.

The 4820 km long route for transporting Pakistani pharmaceutical products under TIR conditions passed through Afghanistan and Uzbekistan to Aktau and then by sea to Baku. The total delivery time was 21 days.

According to Pakistani experts in the field of logistics, the Trans-Afghan corridor, along with the Karakoram Highway, can give a serious impetus to expanding the transit and transport potential of Kazakhstan and Pakistan, including with reference to the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route.