AD Ports, the UAE's port and logistics operator, has entered into a preliminary agreement with the state-owned company that operates Iraqi ports to create a joint venture. It will develop the economic zone and port of Grand Fau in Basra as part of a megaproject to create a corridor for Asian-European trade bypassing Suez. This was reported by the Hellenic Shipping News portal.

Demand for gasoline and diesel fuel for road transport has already peaked in the US and Europe and is expected to peak in China this year. Demand in India will begin to decline in the 2030s.

A business forum was held in Dushanbe with the participation of representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan. The business meeting was organized as part of the official visit of National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Khalk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to Tajikistan.

Today, on April 5, National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Khalk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, as part of an official visit to Dushanbe, met with Prime Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan Kohir Rasulzoda.

The first meeting of the working group on transport in the Russia-Central Asia-Caucasus region in 2024 was held online, the “Turkmenavtoulaglary” agency reports.

As part of the expert policy event Connecting Europe Days 2024 on the development of the Trans-European Transport System (TEN-T), taking place in Brussels, Belgium, from April 2 to 5, there was held a consultation on the possibilities of transport connections between Europe and Central Asia. The point of view of Turkmenistan in these discussions was presented by head of the department of foreign economic relations and logistics of the “Turkmendenizderyayollary” Agency (Sea and River Routes of Turkmenistan) Shatlyk Garabegov.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov received Eric Stewart, Executive Director of the Turkmenistan-USA Business Council, on Thursday, April 4.

During a meeting with the Ambassador of Turkmenistan, the head of the Afghan National Standards Authority said that the trend of importing quality goods from Turkmenistan is on the rise.

SANY, the largest enterprise in China and the fifth largest enterprise in the world in the field of production of construction equipment, loading and other special equipment, announced the successful delivery of 25 units of powerful SYZ320C- 8Y dump trucks to Turkmenistan.

The pavilion of the joint venture “Agzybirlik tilsimaty” of the Center for Computer Technologies of the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations became one of the most popular among visitors to the exhibition of the Trade and Industrial Complex of Turkmenistan taking place in Ashgabat.