22.12.22
The construction was started today by Presidents Tokayev and Mirziyoyev personally in Tashkent.
The day before, Kazakhstan's RTS Holding and Halyk Bank, as well as the khokimiyat of the Tashkent region and Uzbekistan's Vuono Capital LLC signed a memorandum on the construction of a logistics center with a total cost of about $ 300 million.
The first stage of the project is planned to be implemented in 2023-2026. As part of its implementation, it is planned to build about 24 kilometers of railway tracks, a storage area for 2,400 containers, an A-class warehouse with an area of more than 22,000 square meters and other related engineering infrastructure to support the terminal's activities. According to the signed memorandum, Halyk Bank is ready to provide financing for this in the amount equivalent to about 70 million US dollars. The operator of the project will be a subsidiary of RTS Holding - RTS-SA.
In general, the project provides for the construction of railway infrastructure, including railway tracks (37.2 kilometers long), container sites with the possibility of simultaneous storage of more than 11,000 containers, modern class A, A+ warehouse complexes for loading and unloading, storage and handling of various cargoes, including those requiring a certain temperature regime with a total area of 248 000 square meters. At the same time, the total investment is estimated at about $ 300 million.
