Regional Logistics Center puts into operation
EconomyUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A Regional Logistics
Center established in Zamyn-Uud soum of Dornogobi aimag was put into operation.
PM U.Khurelsukh, MPs, Minister of Road and Transport Development, contractors
and other officials attended the opening ceremony of the world standard
transport and logistics center.
Construction of logistics center is financed by a soft
loan of USD 40 million and grant of USD 5 million from the Asian Development
Bank, and USD 26 million of the state budget.
The logistics center has 11,6 km long railway, 1.6 km
long auto oad, 19 m long ferro-concrete bridge and other facilities and
buildings, covers a total of 128 hectares of land. Moreover, two tower cranes
with 50 tons of carrying capacity, allows to transship 620 containers a
day.
The regional logistic center is expected to give an
impetus to augment transit transport, raise its efficiency, improve passing
capacity of the state border checkpoint and develop mixed transport system.
Specifically, it will make contribution to the development of
Mongolia-Russia-China Economic Corridor and improvement of commercial and trade
turnover.