News, Bsecurta Raises Awareness Of Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Of Turkey About Vital Problems Of Transportation İndustry

TOBB (Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey)
e-mail: info@tobb.org.tr; tir@tobb.org.tr url: http://www.tobb.org.tr
phone: + 90 312 218 20 00 fax: + 90 312 219 40 90/91/92/93
Shoqata "ANALTIR", Association of Albanian Enterprises for International Road Transport
e-mail: analtir@analtir.com url: http://www.analtir.org/
phone: +355 4 2230503, +355 4 2273441, +355 4 2273442 fax: +355 4 2232643
Association of International Road Carriers of Armenia (AIRCA)
e-mail: airca@airca.am url: http://www.airca.am/
phone: +374 10 29 88 05 fax: +374 10 29 88 06
Azerbaijan International Road Carriers Association (ABADA)
e-mail: abada@azdata.net url: http://abada.az/
phone: +994 12 596 23 66 fax: +994 12 596 23 88
Association of the Bulgarian Enterprises for International Road Transport and the Roads (AEBTRI)
e-mail: aebtri@aebtri.com url: http://www.aebtri.com
phone: +359 (02) 958 14 75/76/13 fax: +359 (02) 958 10 91, 958 12 59
Georgian International Road Carriers Association (GIRCA)
e-mail: girca@girca.org url: http://www.girca.org
phone: +995 32 334 777 fax: +995 32 223 987
Hellenic Federation of Road Transports (OFAE)
e-mail: info@ofae.gr url: http://ofae.gr/en/
phone: +30 210 201 97 60/2 fax: +30 210 228 43 68
International Association of Road Hauliers of Moldova (AITA)
e-mail: info@aita.md url: http://www.aita.md
phone: +373 22 27 88 49 fax: +373 22 27 88 37/38
The National Union of Road Hauliers from Romania (UNTRR)
e-mail: office@untrr.ro url: http://www.untrr.ro
phone: +40 21 336 77 88 fax: +4021 335 48 25
Association of International Road Hauliers (ASMAP)
e-mail: asmap@asmap.ru url: http://www.asmap.ru
phone: +7 495 232 66 27 fax: +7 495 232 66 28
Serbian Association of International Road Hauliers “Medjunarodni Transport”
e-mail: office@pumedtrans.com url: http://www.pumedtrans.com
phone: +381 11 3247 147 fax: +381 11 3239 287
Association of Macedonian Enterprises for International Road Transport “Makedonija soobrakaj” (AMERIT)
e-mail: amerit@amerit.org.mk url: http://www.amerit.org.mk
phone: +3 892 329 98 67 fax: +3 892 329 98 68
International Transporters Association (UND)
e-mail: info@und.org.tr url: http://www.und.org.tr
phone: +90 212 359 26 00 fax: +90 212 359 26 26
TOBBUND
e-mail: info@tobbund.com.tr url: http://www.tobbund.com.tr/
phone: +90 (312) 221 60 21 fax: +90 (312) 221 60 25
Association of International Road Carriers of Ukraine (AsMap UA)
e-mail: aircu@asmap.org.ua url: http://www.asmap.org.ua
phone: +380 44 201 54 01 fax: +380 44 201 02 30
Public Joint Stock Company ROSGOSSTRAKH Insurance Company
e-mail: natalia_polunina@rgs.ru url: http://www.rgs.ru
phone: +7495 783 24 24 fax: + 7 495 783 24 34
Arab Union of Land Transport (AULT)
e-mail: ault@auolt.org url: http://www.auolt.org
phone: +962 6 566 31 53 fax: +962 6 566 42 32
Lithuanian Carriers Union (LVS)
e-mail: url: http://www.vezejas.eu/en
phone: +370 5 2300400 fax: +370 686 03007
The Union of International Hauliers "Съюз на международните превозвачи"
e-mail: office@smp-eu.org url: http://smp-eu.org/en/
phone: +359 32 395 512 fax: +359 878 26 88 96
Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA)
e-mail: info@iccima.ir url: http://en.iccima.ir/
phone: +98 21 85 73 00 00 fax: +98 21 85 73 22 22

BSEC-URTA Raises Awareness of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey about vital Problems of Transportation Industry

Coordination Meeting between Institutions Represented in Specialized Groups in 2018 Black Sea Economic Cooperation Calendar was held on 22 February 2018 in Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey in Ankara. The BSEC-URTA President, Ms. Aslı Gözütok, took an active part in the meeting.

Among other items the Agenda included Strategy of Facilitating of Trade and Transport of Goods in the BSEC Region:
- Turkey-Ukraine eTIR Pilot Project/Intermodal and Container Transportation
- Extensification of usage of BSEC Transit Permits for road transport
- Facilitation of visa presedures for professional TIR drivers among BSEC States
- Activation of the road transportation of goods and border crossing procedures on China-Silk Road trade route, especially on the way junctions points on Middle (Caspian) corridor.

The main conclusions of the meeting held under the patronage of Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs are as follows:
- Ministry of Transport of Turkey declared the necessary support for liberalisation of road transport in BSEC region.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey will carry out a study to seek the possibilities to bring a technical solution if professional road drivers could have special status like members of air and maritime crew.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey will seek the possibilities for further promotion of digital corridors and interoperable single window concepts in order to facilitate trade and cost efficient and rapid solutions for road transport industry.
- BSEC-URTA/TOBB asked Turkish leadership for raising awareness of other BSEC Member States about the significant importance of the region for Belt and Road initiative, where the middle corridor will provide faster and efficient multimodal solutions for the movement of the goods between east and west.