Karavan Partners with TDT at International Multimodal Transport Forum in Tashkent
At the Turkic States Organization (TDT) International Multimodal Transport Forum held in Tashkent, Karavan signed a strategic cooperation agreement with TDT member logistic centres and the Turkish Trade & Industry Chambers Union (TCCI), positioning itself for expanded B2B opportunities across the Central Asian-Eurasian logistics corridor.
In Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the TDT International Multimodal Transport Forum brought together senior transport ministers, logistics firm executives and infrastructure financiers from member states. The event was hosted by Uzbekistan's Minister of Transport, Ilham Mahkamov, and attended by TDT Secretary-General Kubanıçbek Ömüraliyev and TDT Elders Council Chair Binali Yıldırım.
During his address, Mahkamov emphasised the growing geopolitical significance of the TDT member states as "a major transit node between east–west and north–south" and underlined the region's multimodal transport potential. Meanwhile, Yıldırım called out tariff barriers, routing inefficiencies and non-tariff costs as major bottlenecks to scaling the Orta Koridor (Middle Corridor) and Zengezur Corridor transport routes.
In a key move, Karavan – as one of the Turkish firm participants – signed a cooperative memorandum with TDT Logistics Centres and the TCCI to jointly develop logistics infrastructure, multimodal freight operations and cross-border transport solutions. Karavan Founder & Chairman İslam Şakbandarov stated: "This forum underlines our commitment to leverage Karavan's regional footprint and the Orta Koridor's untapped potential for scalable logistics ecosystems."
Looking ahead, the forum participants identified an ambitious shift: raising annual freight volumes from under 5 million tons today to as high as 20 million tons within the next five years for the corridor region.
"Transport is no longer just transit – it's the growth engine for trade between east and west." — Binali Yıldırım
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