A truck operating under the TIR transport initiative recently traveled from the Customs area of the China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area (SCODA) in Qingdao, Shandong province, to Moscow, Russia, completing the trip in just seven days.
TIR stands for Transports Internationaux Routiers, or International Road Transports. It is an international customs transit system designed to help save time and money for transportation operators and customs authorities as goods are shipped across borders.
Over 60 trips have been completed since the inception of the TIR route between SCODA and Moscow last year, according to SCODA’s administrative committee.
The rapid growth of TIR highlights the significant role SCODA plays in the development of international logistics corridors and promoting interconnection among countries that are members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
“Six years on, SCODA has leveraged its prominent transportation advantage and has become a gateway for the Asia-Pacific region, linking Japan and South Korea to the east, Eurasian areas to the west, Mongolia and Russia to the north and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to the south,” said Chen Wansheng, deputy secretary-general of the Qingdao government, at a news conference held by the city’s information office on Friday.
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