The President of Turkmenistan signed a decree authorizing the State Committee for the Construction of the city of Arkadag to conclude a contract with the German company Goetzpartners Emerging Markets GmbH for the provision of consulting services.

The Danish corporation AP Moller-Maersk presented the world's largest 350-meter container ship Ane Maersk, powered by “green” methanol. The bulk carrier, built at the shipyard of the South Korean shipbuilding company HD Hyundai Heavy Industries in the city of Ulsan, can accommodate 16,592 containers, TASS reports.

Astrakhan Seaport has reached record levels over the past decade, increasing the volume of cargo deliveries by one and a half times last year.

Turkmenistan intends to join the Convention on the Facilitation of International Maritime Navigation of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). This information was announced by Mammethan Chakiyev, Director General of the Agency for Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers, at a meeting of the Turkmen government on Friday, January 26.

Deputy Prime Minister Tangryguly Atahalliyev informed at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on Friday, January 26, about the ongoing work in the country to improve conditions and mechanisms for the rational use of water resources, effective irrigation of agricultural lands, improvement of land reclamation and creation of additional water reserves. He also reported that irrigation canals and drainage networks are being cleaned locally and in the regions of the country to maintain their operational condition.

The Turkmenbashi Complex of Oil Refineries has launched the production of new types of petroleum products. Deputy Prime Minister for Fuel and Energy Complex Batyr Amanov reported about this at a meeting of the Turkmen government on Friday, January 26.

The expansion of commodity flows through the North–South MTC was discussed at a meeting of the CIS Transport Business Dialogue

Turkmenistan occupies a prominent position in the field of export of both natural gas and electricity thanks to existing and under construction generating capacities, Turkish Ambassador to Turkmenistan Ahmet Demirok said at his press conference in Ashgabat on January 25. He expressed hope “that work on transporting Turkmen natural gas and electricity to Western markets will begin in the near future.”

Following the talks held in Beijing on January 24, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a large package of documents. Among them is an agreement between the relevant departments on the joint construction of the "Air Silk Road".

The first summit of heads of air navigation structures of Azerbaijan, Turkey and the countries of Central Asia - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) under the auspices of CANSO has begun in Baku, AZERTAC reports.