1 / 12

Promoting Intermodal Transport in ESCAP Region

This working party aims to promote intermodal transport in the ESCAP region, which consists of 62 member countries with 4 billion people and 29% of world GDP. It focuses on developing missing links, building corridors, and facilitating international transport.

erikar
Download Presentation

Promoting Intermodal Transport in ESCAP Region

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Working Party on Intermodal Transport and Logistics 4-5 October 2010, Geneva Promoting Intermodal Transport in ESCAP Region Madan B. Regmi Transport Division UNESCAP, Bangkok

  2. ESCAP Region at a glance: • 62 member countries • 12 land locked countries • 4 billion people (61% of world population) • 29% of world GDP • Unbalanced Development • Concentrated in coastal areas • 635 million people in absolute poverty

  3. Asian Highway 142,000 km, 32 countries • Intergovernmental Agreement on AH entered into force on 4 July 2005 • 28 Parties, 1 yet to ratify • Obligations of the Parties • Negotiating mechanism • Working Group on the AH

  4. Status of the Asian Highway US$ 18 billion-priority needsAH Investment Forum

  5. Trans-Asian Railway Network 114,700 km, 28 countries • IGA entered into force on 11 June 2009 • 22 signatories and 15 Parties • Working Group on TAR

  6. Islamic Republic of Iran – Azerbaijan China - Kyrgyzstan (ongoing) ASEAN - China Turkey - Georgia (ongoing) Thailand - Lao PDR Islamic Republic of Iran – Armenia (inaugurated March 2009) Islamic Republic of Iran – Pakistan Thailand - Cambodia (completed end 2008) Myanmar - Thailand Cambodia - Viet Nam Myanmar - India Developing the TAR infrastructure Building the missing links 8,300 Km Missing LinksUS$ 25 billion

  7. Corridors Infrastructure+ Facilitation • Identification, 2. Operationalization EGMs- Tashkent, 4-5 March 2009, Bishkek, 4-5 November 2009, Uiwang-City, 15-16 July Republic of Korea, July 2010-Joint statement on corridor based collaboration

  8. Intermodal Transport and Integration • Integration of road, rail, shipping and port networks and intermodal nodes • Development of Intermodal Interfaces (ICDs and Dry ports) • Economic development to inland locations • Connection to sea, river ports and maritime transport network • Development of dry ports along AH and TAR • Technical characteristics, guiding principle • Dedicated Freight Corridors • Encouraging modal shift Important role of “dry ports” to become centres for development Development of Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports

  9. Dry ports (stations of international importance) The relay between transport corridors and communities - International trading centres - Interfaces between modes - Interfaces between agencies International Integrated Intermodal Transport and Logistics System for Asia and the Pacific

  10. Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports • Location of dry ports of international importance • Main functions and classification of dry ports • Cargo handling • Customs • Guiding principles for the development and operational performance standards • Standard process flow • Standard design layout • Clearance time

  11. Facilitation of International Transport • ESCAP resolution: 48/11–seven transport facilitation conventions • Road Traffic, Road Signs and Signals • TIR Conventions, Temporary Importation of Commercial Vehicles, Customs Convention on Containers • Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods, International Carriage of Goods by Road • Conclusion of Bilateral/Subregional/Regional Transport Agreements • Shanghai Cooperation Organization -Multilateral Framework Agreement-TRACECA, ECO, SAARC • Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (ADB) • Euro-Asian Transport Linkages (EATL)

  12. Thank you! Transport Division UNESCAP, Bangkok Email: escap-ttd@un.org http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/

More Related