We are pleased to announce that a new and highly topical research project has started at our research area: Together with Prof. Rommel from the German-Kazakh University (DKU) based in Almaty, Prof. Elbert and the project manager Johannes Rentschler are starting the “Analysis of transport and storage capacities along the Trans-Caspian Railway Route”.

The cooperation aims not only to promote German-Kazakh research exchange, but also to analyze potentials and challenges of the intensified use of the Trans-Caspian route between July and December 2022 and to find out to what extent the shift of freight shipments to the new routes requires additional time as well as investments in the expansion of transport and storage capacities.

A particular challenge, which has been shown in previous research activities, is the storage capacities along the route. Therefore, the project will analyze the storage capacities and derive recommendations for the strategic expansion of these capacities. To this end, expert interviews will be conducted with players in the logistics chain in Germany and Kazakhstan in order to uncover specific challenges. Based on the interviews and the shared data, the transport and storage capacities will be analyzed quantitatively.

The project is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Federal Foreign Office Germany.

More information about this project can be found here .