INFRASTRUCTURES' PROJECT * Turkey looking to become logistics leader in Black Sea basin
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Ankara,Turkey -The Hürriyet Daily News, by DÖNDÜ SARIIŞIK -January 12, 2010: -- Turkey and Russia are planning to build a logistics center in Krasnodar, located 1,500 kilometers south of Moscow. Along with bilateral trade, the center will provide transportation, customs and storage services to third countries. 'Turkey is aiming to become a logistics leader in the Black Sea and Caucasus regions,' according to one official... According to the logistics center project, Russia and Turkey will set up a combined system that will effectively use rail, ferries and motorways. Costs will be remarkably reduced as cargo loaded at Russian ports will be received at Samsun and Mersin’s ports through one route, as opposed to the present system by which goods are transported between Russia and Turkey via other countries... Some 98 percent of cargo from Russia to Turkey is carried to Black Sea ports via railways... Some 50 percent of the existing costs will be eliminated with the transportation system between the ports of Kavkaz and Samsun...
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