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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2ND MEETING OF THE COMCEC

TRANPORT WORKING GROUP

Developing Multimodal Freight Transport (MFT) Among the OIC

Member Countries

COMCEC COORDINATION OFFICE

November 2013

Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC)

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE 2ND MEETING OF THE COMCEC TRANPORT WORKING GROUP

ON

“DEVELOPING MULTIMODAL FREIGHT TRANSPORT (MFT) AMONG THE OIC

MEMBER COUNTRIES”

(October 8th, 2013, Ankara, Turkey)

COMCEC COORDINATION OFFICE

November 2013

Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 1

1. Opening Session .................................................................................................................... 1

3.1. Presentation: Understanding the MFT: Concept and key factors for its success .................... 4

3.2. Presentation: Global Trends and Policies in MFT ................................................................................ 7

3.3. Presentation: Identifying the Major Common Challenges of MFT in the Member States .... 9

4. Success Stories of MFT Implementation: Good Practices of the Member States............ .13

4.1. IRAN ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13

4.2. EGYPT .................................................................................................................................................................. 14

4.3. TURKEY ............................................................................................................................................................... 15

5. Private Sector Perspective on Multimodal Freight Transport ......................................... 19

5.1. Association of International Forwarding and Logistics Service Providers (UTIKAD):

Success Stories in Implementing Multimodal Freight Transport ............................................................. 19

5.2. International Transporters’ Association (UND): Intermodal Transportation Connections

of Turkey in the COMCEC Region ........................................................................................................................... 20

6. Utilizing the COMCEC Project Funding .............................................................................. 21

7. Closing Remarks ................................................................................................................. 22

Annex 1: Agenda of the Meeting ................................................................................................ 25

Annex 2: Program of the Meeting .............................................................................................. 26

Annex 3: List of Participants ...................................................................................................... 29

Proceedings of the 2nd Meeting of the Transport Working Group

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Introduction

The Second Meeting of the COMCEC Transport Working Group was held on October 8th, 2013

in Ankara, Turkey with the theme “Developing Multimodal Freight Transport (MFT) Among

the OIC Member Countries”. The Meeting was attended by the representatives of 14 Member

States, which have notified their focal points for the Transport Working Group namely,

Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Mali, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar,

Senegal, Turkey and Uganda. Representatives of the COMCEC Coordination Office, Association

of International Forwarding and Logistics Service Providers (UTIKAD), International

Transporters’ Association (UND) and KombiConsult GmbH, the consulting company, have also

attended the Meeting.

The Meeting has considered the Studies “Global Trends and Policies in Multimodal Freight Transport (MFT)” commissioned by the COMCEC Coordination Office and the “COMCEC Transport Outlook 2013” prepared by the COMCEC Coordination Office. During the meeting participants discussed the concept of the MFT which is a relatively new in transport sector despite it’s usage as synonym for Combined Transport in Europe or Intermodal Transport in UK, North America and India. Along with this concept, the key success factors of MFT in the North America and Western Europe were also discussed. Presentations done by the delegates of the some Member States and representatives of the private sector enriched the discussions. During the Meeting, the participants also seized the opportunity to see the current situation and institutional capacity of their countries regarding the MFT and evaluate the global trends and policies in terms of MFT. The requirement of the strong cooperation among the Member States to capture the global trends and policies in MFT came into focus during the deliberations. The strong relations between trade and transportation were also underlined in the Meeting.

1. Opening Session

The Meeting has started with the recitation from the Holy Quran. At the outset, Mr. Mehmet

Metin EKER, Director General of the COMCEC Coordination Office summarized the aim of the

Working Groups established under the COMCEC and the COMCEC Strategy. He stated that

Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation among OIC Member Countries

(COMCEC) has been serving since 1984 for almost three decades. He added that the 4th Extra-

Ordinary Islamic Summit held in 2012 has adopted a new cooperation framework document

which is called COMCEC Strategy. The COMCEC Strategy aims at achieving the active

participation of the member countries.

In order to ensure active participation by the Member States, Mr. EKER noted that there are

two important mechanisms introduced by the new COMCEC Strategy namely the Working


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Groups and Project Cycle Management (PCM). The Working Groups in the six cooperation

areas aim at bringing together the relevant experts from the Member States regularly to share

experiences, achievements, best practices and obstacles. The second mechanism is the Project

Cycle Management which presents a clearly identified procedures and financial framework for

the implementation of the projects to be developed by the Member States in line with the

objectives of the Strategy. The common objective of the mechanism is to ensure the Member

Country participation at a more practical level. Mr. EKER emphasized that Member Countries,

having some ideas and perspectives to contribute to the cooperation among the OIC Member

Countries can propose projects to COMCEC Coordination Office (CCO) for financing within the

framework of the COMCEC PCM.

Mr. EKER continued his speech with highlighting the three core principles of the Strategy

guiding the overall cooperation activities namely enhancing mobility, strengthening solidarity

and improving governence. He pointed out that all these principles are interrelated to each

other.

Mr. EKER expressed that transport and communications section in the Strategy provides a

general picture of the structural problems in the OIC region and envisages a number of the

priority areas to improve cooperation such as regulatory framework, institutional and human

capacity, transport infrastracture policies and information and communications thecnologies.

Lastly, Mr. EKER introduced the theme of the Meeting which was highly demanded by the

Member States in the First Meeting of Trangsport Working Group and briefed the programme

of the Meeting and shared his wishes for succesful deliberations.

The Meeting was chaired by Mr. Tony KAVUMA BAFIRAWALA, Assistant Comm. Air and Road

Transport Services Infrastructure, Ministry of Works and Transport of the Republic of Uganda.

At the outset, Mr. Tony KAVUMA welcomed the participants to the Second Meeting of

Trangsport Working Group and expressed his thanks for electing him as the chairman. He

expressed his gratitute to the COMCEC Coordination Office for the efforts to organize Working

Group Meetings.

Mr. KAVUMA underlined the importance of MFT by saying that MFT has become more

important than ever due to the need for enhancing mobility of goods in national and

international trade. He also stressed that the implementation both in general and in case of

MFT is as much significant as planning.


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2. The COMCEC Transport Outlook

Mr. İsmail Çağrı ÖZCAN, Expert at the COMCEC Coordination Office presented some of the key

findings of the COMCEC Transport Outlook 2013. In his presentation, Mr. ÖZCAN focused on

four dimensions of transportation covered by the Outlook namely, transportation and trade,

transportation and infrastructure, transportation and privatization, and transport and

environment.

With regards to transportation and trade, Mr. ÖZCAN demonstrated the relationship between

the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) Scores developed by the World Bank and total exports

of goods (excluding oil) by the Member States. The Member States having higher LPI scores

have higher exports such as Malaysia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon. He also

domonstrated a similar relationship between the LPI scores and Global Competitiveness Index

Scores. In terms of this relationship, Member States, such as UAE, Malaysia, Turkey, and Saudi

Arabia, with higher LPI scores tend to be more competitive. He underlined that regarding the

custom procedures, the OIC Member States in the MENA region outperformed the world

averages and performed bettter than other OIC regions in the 2007-2011 period.

Mr. ÖZCAN also shared some of the figures in transportation infrastructure in the Member

States. Regarding the quality of transport infrastructure in different modes such as road, rail,

maritime, and air transport, the OIC performed below the world averages. Within the

subgroups of the OIC, OIC MENA seems to be the best performing in the OIC region.

Mr. ÖZCAN did not go into detail in transport privatization, which would be discussed by the

following speakers. Regarding the relation between transportation and environment, he

showed that per-capita energy consumption in road transport has a direct relationship with

per-capita income. In this context, per-capita energy consumption in the GCC countries is

higher than most of the Member States. He also informed the participants that the per-capita

energy consumption in road transport decreases when the pump price for gasoline increases.

Underlining the great diversification in transport sector among the Member States and

considerable potential for cooperation in the transport industry, Mr. ÖZCAN concluded that the

factors required for the development of the transport sector in the Member States are as

follows:

Adoption of a sound policy framework,

Right cooperative approach, Institutional capacity and human resources development and Accumulation of expertise.


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Comment(s): The Chairman of the Meeting emphasized that the OIC Member Countries should

address the problems of data collection and then they will have reliable data for planning. He

also underlined the strict relationship between transportation and environment.

3. Developing Multimodal Freight Transport (MFT) Among The OIC

Member Countries

3.1. Presentation: Understanding the MFT: Concept and key factors for its success

Mr. Rainer Mertel, Managing Director of the KombiConsult, the consultancy company based in

Frankfurt, Germany made a presentation on the concept of Multimodal Freight Transport and

key factors for its success.

Mr. Mertel highlighted that the interest on MFT has increased dramatically during the last

decade. He explained its reason by emphasizing some developments occured during the late

1990’s. He noted that the “container” has changed the transport and logistics during this

period and MFT has attracted the focus of shippers, manufacturers, logistics service providers.

He argued that in order to compete internationally, the business people and the countries need

to develop the transport system and the transport infrastructure for reducing transport costs.

Mr. Mertel defined the MFT as “the transport of goods in a chain of transport of at least two

modes of transport where the goods themselves are not discharged and re-loaded at the

transhipment point but remain in a loading unit (of minimum 20’ length) usually built

according to international standards.” He also added that MFT is used as synonym for

Combined Transport in Europe or Intermodal Transport used in UK, North America and India.

According to Mr. Mertel’s presentation there are two types of intermodal transport, which are

intermodal container hinterland transport and continental intermodal transport. Intermodal

container hinterland transport is the transport of marine containers carrying inter-continental

goods between seaports and inland locations arriving at or departing from seaports by an

ocean journey. The intermodal chain of transport usually comprises of a rail (inland waterway)

and road leg. On the other hand continental intermodal transport is the transport of goods

between land-based origins and destinations in a transport chain typically involving an initial

road leg, a rail transport and a final road leg.

Regarding the business models in MFT, Mr. Mertel gave detailed information on the

implementations in North America and Europe and illustrated the differences between these

two models.


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Figure 1. MFT Business Models in North America and Europe

Characteristic

North America Europe

Ownership of railways Private enterprises State-owned enterprises

Railways’ availability of

critical assets Fully integrated companies

Management of infrastructure

separated from supply of

freight and train operating

services

Market approach of

railways

Demand-oriented matching

customer requirements

Supply-oriented optimizing

production systems

Distribution strategy of

railways

Clear to avoid conflicts of

interest with customers

Wavering between marketing

by re-sellers and direct offer

Distribution channels of

railways Direct to customers

Mostly via “broker” (re-seller):

intermodal operator

Source: Kombi Consult GmbH

Mr. Mertel continued his presentation by informing the participants on key the success factors of MFT implementation. While counting the factors he gave the examples from North America and Europe, which are the best practices in the world. In North America the private railway enterprises were heavily regulated until the 1980. In 1980 the restrictions were eliminated with a law. As a result of this development, the productivity increased dramatically. Apart from this decision, there are other key factors of the success in the region. These factors include the following:

Modernization and investments into network and equipment Operational and technological innovations Commercial innovations

In the Western Europe, Mr. Mertel emphasized the following factors have brought the success:

Business model centred around intermodal operator. EU-enforced liberalization of access to the rail freight market for third parties


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Operational and technological innovations Sea ports promoting hinterland transport of seaborne containers by rail or barge,

often in conjunction with national intermodal operators Large manufacturing companies, for example, from the chemical, automotive or paper

industry called for intermodal solutions: reduction of supply chain costs, increased safety, “green logistics”

Incentives Lastly, Mr. Mertel informed the participants about the lessons learned and listed the following recommendations for ensuring successful MFT services. For the companies operating in MFT Services:

Business Model:

Understand market and customer needs; Set up a simple business model to facilitate utilization of MFT services; Ensure clear distribution channels to avoid competition with the clients

Service level and operations:

Ensure inexpensive and fairly reliable MFT services; that is what the majority of customers call for;

Consider MFT services as a “commodity” and implement cost-efficient, straightforward production systems;

Minimize operational interfaces to avoid delays, failures, irregularities; Prefer dedicated MFT trains if sufficient market potential identified; Distinctive customer requirements should be matched by customized services

including corresponding price differentiation. Rolling stock:

Deploy state-of-the-art locomotives and intermodal wagons: benchmark their capabilities with trucks;

Ensure efficient employment cycles of the costly assets

Intermodal terminals:

Terminals are “point of sale”: if the service quality is not attractive clients will not buy the product (= MFT service);

A fast clearing and processing of pick-up/delivery trucks is fundamental (avoid lengthy terminal dwell times);

Ensure a good road access and an immediate connection to main rail line Deploy efficient handling equipment; Employ skilled staff and care for regular training.


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He added some recommendations for the governments for successful MFT implementation.

If rail network is private the owners/service providers should not be regulated unless they misuse their position;

If rail network is public it is suggested to stimulate competition on the operator level to enable efficiency and high performance;

If a state is responsible for investments in public roads it should also finance public intermodal terminals or see to PPP models;

MFT services require for equal terms of competition with road haulage in terms of cost (taxes, fees) and administration (customs, safety rules etc);

Consider specific incentives for MFT services if they provide social benefits (e.g. better environmental performance or safety record).

Following the presentation, the participants made some comments.

Comments: At the end of the presentation, the Chairman highlighted that model equipments which have been used in Western Europe and Nort America dramatically improved the efficiency of the MFT. The Senegali delegate mentioned that it is the lack of regulatory framework which mostly prevents his country and the OIC Countries to make progress in the field of MFT and raised a question in relation to the differentiation of operational and infrastructural aspects of MFT. The delegate from Turkey shared his views by raising a critique about the analytical report presented by Mr. Mertel. He said that report so much focuses on containerization of transport, semi-trailers, Ro-Ro and Ro-La transportation will be important in the near future because of their ragionally based potential and the trend over the world. Sharing Senegali delegate’s views, he also stated that the legal framework on MFT is one of weakest point in the world for the time being. He pointed out that the United Nations and European Union have been working on this issue. Although the EU has been working on for more than 10 years, there is no certain guidebook or regulation which the EU Countries can take it as basis for regulating MFT in their countries or region.

3.2. Presentation: Global Trends and Policies in MFT

Mr. Rainer Mertel, Managing Director of the KombiConsult introduced the latest trends and policies in MFT implementation. He divided his presentation into four main sections namely: Trends in seaborne container traffic, Trends in developing countries, Trends in container hinterland and continental MFT and Trends in policy on MFT.

In the area of seaborne container traffic, Mr. Mertel underlined that seaborne container traffic has increased tremendously. However the traffic is losing momentum in recent years which raised the question whether trend will continue. Mr. Mertel emphasized the importance of


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relocation of production facilities in China. He pointed out that many firms from Western Europe and the US are moving to Eastern Europe and Latin America, which means a downward pressure on ocean transport. This is a small trend but some economists expect it to grow. Regarding the Shipping lines Mr. Mertel emphasized that they are caught between overcapacities and sluggish economy, which is a big problem. He said that the overcapacity is expected to increase by 2015. To challenge these problems shipping lines took several measures such as aggressive pricing, set-up of alliances, cost management and bigger vessels. He stressed that the share of developing countries in world port traffic is 70 percent and 40 percent in the world is container traffic. The experts expect that containerized trade among Asian countries will increase in the upcoming years. In recent years, container ports gained importance in developing countries such as Egypt, Malaysia, UAE etc. Mr. Mertel underlined that if a country invests more on port and hinterland infrastructure, it will increase the probability to be selected as port of call. Regarding the MFT implementation, Mr. Mertel gave the example of China, which is implementing a network of 18 large inland intermodal terminals. Mr. Mertel noted that, the trend of “bigger vessels” is a threat for the developing countries due to reduction of port of calls. Regarding the trends in container hinterland and continental MFT, Mr. Mertel reiterated that, efficient container hinterland transport services have a key role in development. He also added that ports have recognized importance of effective hinterland transport services. He argued that many countries took initiatives in this regard. In the last 5 to 10 years many initiatives have been taken in rail based container transport between Europe and China/Korea. Because it is faster than ocean transport (20 days) and attractive for high value goods manufacturers. Another trend Mr. Mertel emphasized is the reduction of Carbon-dioxide emissions. Lastly, Mr. Mertel gave information on the trends in policy on MFT. PPP models has become more popular for investments in rail network and intermodal terminals in Asia, Africa, Europe and also in the US. He noted that the main reasons are enhancement of traffic safety, environment and regional economic development. Another trend is the climate change policy. He told that shippers faced many disruptions in supply chain in recent years such as natural disasters. In order to meet these challenges countries need to take preventive measures, enhance resilience of facilities and IT system and invest in disaster risk management.

Before concluding his presentation, Mr. Mertel stressed that in order to be involved in global supply chains, it is not sufficient to invest only in ports. The countries should also invest in hinterland transport system and services.

Following the presentation, the participants raised their questions and comments. Some of them are given below.

Comment(s): The Chairman emphasized that we should not consider only container while analyzing the MFT, we should consider the whole components at the same time. The port infrastructures are as much important as container itself. He emphasized that the trends in the global economy such as overcapacity and the various considerations in terms of pricing and


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improving of the speed in traffic are important issues regarding the MFT. He also stated that the evacuation of the containers is so important because according to recent statistics, the empty containers reach up to 80 percent in UK.

The delegate from Turkey highlighted the increasing volume of trade (12 million containers per year) from China to Europe and North America. He stated that in order to benefit from this huge amount of trade as regional countries (Central Asia, South Caucasia and Turkey) we should create land corridors for transportation of containers between these two parts. He continued that aware of the location of Turkey, as a gateway between East and West, Turkey has made a huge amount of investment for the developments of transport network on the hinterland connection and for the equipments for facilitating the MFT in Turkey and in our region. At that point, in the last decade, Turkey has made 1.50 billion USD investments using both public funds and PPP.

The participant from Jordan expressed that hinterland connections are very important in case of MFT. Jordan has a national road plan to build a country- wide national road way. However, he stressed thatas Jordan is facing some financial difficulties in realizing this project and in building ports to strengthen the MFT in future. He also pointed out that Jordan is working on twenty-years Strategic Plan and by this Plan they are planning to make Jordan a transit country between Africa, Asia and Europe.

Question: The delegate from Iran raised a question on the role of price of containers in the the field of MFT and how much does it effect the container freight transport?

Answer: Mr. Mertel stated that for a standart box container, the cost is absolutely marginal. The current rates, namely rent and leasing rates are below 1 USD a day for a standart box container. Therefore, it is almost nothing compare to the total cost in supply chain.

3.3. Presentation: Identifying the Major Common Challenges of MFT in the Member States

Mr. Ismail CAĞRI ÖZCAN made a presentation regarding the barriers for an effective

multimodal freight transport within the OIC Member Countries. His presentation focused on

the outcomes of the survey circulated to the Member States.

The survey was designed by taking into consideration the findings of the prepared academic

papers and industry reports. The survey is based on 23 questions focusing on four areas;

Infrastructural barriers (7 questions) Operational barriers (8 questions) Market barriers (5 questions) Financial barriers (3 questions)


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He continued his presentation by indicating some descriptive statistics comparing the OIC

Member Countries responded to the Questionnaire in terms of mean per-capita income, mean

population, mean land area, quality of overall infrastructure, quality of roads, quality of

railroad infrastructure, quality of port infrastructure and quality of air transport

infrastructure. Then, he anlyzed the responses to the Questionnaire according to the matrix

with rating them from 1 (not a barrier at all) to 5 (very strong barrier).

Mr. ÖZCAN enumerated the infrastructural barriers as follows;

Lack of logistic centers Lack of intermodal terminals Lack of efficient port facilities Lack of an efficient rail system Poor road network Poor customs infrastructure Poor access (rail and/road) to ports

In parallel with the infrastructural barriers he listed the operational barriers as such;

Lack of qualified human resources Underperforming customs Lower degree of containerization Poor government bureaucracy Operational delays Lack of railway interoperability Lack of multilateral agreements to enhance multimodal freight transport operations Lack of an intermodal liability regime

He underlined that apart from infrastructural and operational barriers, there are also market

barriers preventing development of MFT in the OIC Member Countries. The main barriers

underscored by Mr. ÖZCAN are given below;

Lack of competition Barriers to entry to the multimodal freight transport Low trade openness [(sum of exports and imports of goods and services)/GDP] of the

country Lack of economies of scale High tariffs

Furthermore, Mr. ÖZCAN pointed out the following points as the financial barriers which

specifically are;

Lack of public finance to invest in necessary multimodal freight transport infrastructure and operations


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Lack of private finance to invest in necessary multimodal freight transport infrastructure and operations

Lack of adequate financial services

Lastly, Mr. ÖZCAN summarized the points defined by responding countries as barriers and

non-barriers which are in the Figure 2. and Figure 3.

Figure 2. The points which evaluated by responding countries as barriers on MFT

Source: COMCEC


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Figure 3. The points which evaluated by responding countries as non- barriers on MFT

Source: COMCEC

Following the presentation, the participants shared their observations and raised some questions.

Comment(s): The Chairman stressed that the presentation made by Mr. ÖZCAN provides a

clear direction to the OIC Member Countries regarding where they are right now and what

they should do in order to facilitate the MFT in their region.

The participation from Turkey expressed that along with the important barriers mentioned by

Mr. ÖZCAN, the time of loading and un-loading for vessels is also an important barrier in front

of MFT in the OIC Region. Different transit regimes, different transit fees, various custom

procedures, cargo and cargo driver security are another issues that should be taken into

consideration among the barriers on MFT in the OIC Region.

The participant from Egypt shared his views regarding to the above-mentioned Questionnaire

and made a suggestion that involving other parties such as intermodal operators or

stakeholders would make an important contribution to this Questionnaire. He stated that the

barriers and non- barriers defined by Mr. ÖZCAN could provide a sound base for an index in

terms of MFT in the OIC Region.


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Question: Mr. ÖZCAN was asked to give a brief information on the methodology of the

Questionnaire.

Answer: Mr. ÖZCAN stated that the fundamental aim of this Questionnaire is to present the

existing situation of MFT in the OIC Region. This survey provides a basis for the upcoming

research report which will be prepared by the cosulting company, KombiConsult GmbH. He

also expressed that the suggestion made by the delegate of Egypt will be taken into the

consideration for the next survey.

4. Success Stories of MFT Implementation: Good Practices of the Member

States

4.1. IRAN

Mr. Mohsen SADEQI, Deputy of General Director, Ministry of Roads and Urban Development

made a presentation. Mr. SADEQI started his presentation by indicating some data regarding

freight transport in the field of road transportatin, rail transportation and marine

transportation in Iran. He noted that the total transit freight through Iran is 12 million tons

and the total freight transport (no domestic, included import, export and transit) is 160mt.

Moreover, he informed the participants on the general outlook of sea and rail ports of his

country by highlighting the multimodal transport potential of Bandarabbas Sea Port(sae-rail

or road), Imam Khomeini Sea Port(sea-rail or road), Aznzali Port, Amir Abad Sea Port(sea-rail

or road). He also briefed the Meeting on the multimodal transport potential in the Middle East

and the opportunities lying there.

Furthermore, Mr. SADEQI enumerated some activities taking place in Iran in order to improve

multimodal freight transport as such;

Discount for container freight transport, Development of container ports’ infrastructure, Simplifying container clearance, Building inland dryports, ICD’s and logistic centers, Coordinating the organizations regarding container inspections, Revising regulations(customs, commercial, insurance) Preparation of new loading and unloading equipments, Turning the existing single track railways into double track railways and

developing new signaling method specially in international corridors, Privatization of rail container transport forwarding, Partnership with large shipping companies, Removing limitations for container maintenance, Technology transfer for container construction,


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Mr. SADEQI also informed the participants on the success stories of Iran. He listed the

achievements in this field in the last decade as the following;

Increasing container transport 4 percent per year, Making 2 dry ports ready for operation and 6 dry ports are under construction, Persuading private sector for providing container wagon, Increasing speed in railways by new signaling, build marshaling and tracking, Equipping customs with xrays, Building 12 container ship harbors in the south of Iran,

He concluded his presentation by mentioning the challenges faced regarding MFT in Iran. He

noted that there is a need to hardware and software infrastructures, finace and some legal

regulations in multimodal freight transport. He highlighted that organizational structure and

management is another obstackle for the development of MFT in Iran.

4.2. EGYPT

Mr. MAHMOUD GAMAL EL-DIN, Adviser, Ministry of Investment and Transport made a

presentation. In his presentation, Mr. GAMAL EL-DIN, firstly introduced the mission of his

Ministry concerning the multimodal transport which is simply to build a world class integrated

multimodal transport infrastructure and services satisfying the business needs of people and

demand as well as enabling economic growth and sustainable development in Egypt. Then, he

emphasized the strategic national objectives which are as follows;

To maximize the economic returns of state from the transport sector To promote national and international investments To build knowledge to the transport sector and transfer know-how

Mr. GAMAL EL-DIN continued his presentation with the developments regarding the MFT in

Egypt. He stated that Egypt’s imports reached in 2011 and 2012 USD 58 Billion and exports

USD 26 billion and volume of domestic freight in Egypt was almost 500 million tons. Although

Egypt has diversified transport modes, still 95% of Egypt’s freight moved only through the

Roads and the rest is moved through the river and railway. In addition to the developments in

MFT, he informed participants on the developments with regards to ports, river transport,

railway and road in Egypt.

Furthermore, Mr. GAMAL EL-DIN pointed out the Strategy on multimodal freight transport in

his country. Some of the important points highlighted by Mr. GAMAL EL-DIN are as follows;

Egypt has set building a world class multimodal transport infrastructure and services,

Due to the strategic importance of MFT , a dedicated corridor for MFT was set in Egypt’s Transport Master Plan 2012-2027 (MINTS) which was conducted by JICA,

Egypt’s Transport Master Plan is under development for 2050,


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The MFT corridor in MINTS has identified many projects to support the MFT through 2012 – 2027,

The MFT corridor in MINTS projects are representing development in all transportation modes (Ports – River-Railways – Roads - Logestics) in order to support Egypt’s MFT Strategy,

Suez Canal Corridor new master plan is under development and will support Egypt’s MFT strategy and will contribute to development of Regional MFT cooperation.

At the end of his presentation, Mr. GAMAL EL-DIN mentioned the mesures taken by the

government in order to improve the multimodal capacity of Egypt. He listed the measures as

the following;

Egyptian Ministry of Transport (MOT) has hired consultant to draft a multimodal law and regulations

Such law and regulations will be according to international standards and regional agreements

A new regulator was established for freight Egypt is considering new policy in the fuel subsidy MOT started to work on MFT related projects in MINTS in all modes

4.3. TURKEY

Mr. Izzet IŞIK, Deputy Director, DG for Dangerous Goods and Combined Transport, Turkish

Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications, made a presentation on the

developments with regards to MFT in Turkey. He started his presentation by giving some

information on freight transportation. He pointed out that geographical location of Turkey

provides a good opportunity for transit transport and the multimodal transport. He

underscored that Turkey is located on the main trade arteries so it can be considered as a

logistics harbour for the three continents.

Mr. IŞIK underlined that a well-functioning intermodal transport requires an efficient

infrustracture. He stated that the development of economical, environment-friendly,

uninterrupted and sustainable transport chain is the main objective of Turkey in the area

transport. In the last decade, the total amount of investment made for transport and

communications infrastructure has reached USD 150 billion. Among the total public

investments, the share of transport sector is 34% (2/3 of total investments). He argued that all

these investment and projects make contribution to development of intermodal transport

network of the whole region. In order to increase investments, Turkey used various forms of

financing such as national funds, PPPs, and some international funds.

Regarding intermodal transport in Turkey, Mr. IŞIK mentioned the Transport Strategic

Plan(for 2014-2018) of Turkey which has three main pillars on combined transport. These

pillars are;


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1. Combined Transport Strategy Paper

To promote cooperation and collaboration in the sector. To define strategic tools for competitive and efficient intermodal transport

systems

2. The Promotion of Combined Transport Operations

Combined Freight Transport Regulation Enhancing capacity of ports engaged in container handling Developing international railway connections. (BTK, Marmaray, etc)

3. Development of Multilateral and Bilateral Cooperation in international combined

transport

Making joint studies with neighboring countries and regional organisations to enhance combined transport,

Carrying out workshops with regional organisations (OIC, TRACECA, BSEC, ECO etc.) to develop tangible projects,

Signing intermodal agreements with the countries located in Black Sea, Middle East and North Africa,

He continued his presentation by highlighting TINA (Transport Infrustracture Need

Assesment) Study for Turkey which started in 2008 with the support of the European Union.

He noted that the objective of the Study was to develop a multi-modal transport network

within Turkey and extend the EU TEN-T into Turkey

He explained that at the end of the Study;

A traffic forecasting model and projection of traffic for 2020 were developed A multimodal transport network (core network) was defined Potential network improvement projects were prioritized (Multi-Criteria Analysis) A GIS based common database was developed

Moreover, Mr. IŞIK pointed out that by this Study, 32 priority projects were defined in which 5

port, 13 railway, 15 road projects would be realized. He discussed that all these projects are

infrastructure ones which would really contribute to the development of multimodal freight

transport.

Furthermore, he stated that General Directorate for Dangerous Goods and Combined

Transport was established on November 1st 2011 by Law 655 and the multimodal freight

transport issues are being carried out by this General Directorate. He also informed the

participants about the success stories of Turkey. He listed the achievements as the following;


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Regular International Ro-Ro Lines to Italy, France, Russia, Romania, Ukraine and Regular Domestic Ro-Ro line in Marmara Sea.

Use of Ro-La by Turkish Trucks on Corridor IV and Corridor X (through Hungary, Austria, Slovenia, Germany)

Starting 2004, the block containers train policy has been implemented in Turkey. Based on this new policy all freight transport are running in the form of the block container.

135 Domestic and 14 International block container trains are organized per day Organizing Rail Ferry services (Marmara Sea, Black Sea, Lake Van) Building Logistics Centers (Located in 18 different regions) Privatised Ports, Private ports and new container ports to be constructed

(Çandarlı-Nort Agean Sea, Filyos-Western Black Sea, Mersin- Medditerranean) Marmaray Project (Istanbul Strait Rail Tube Tunnel Project)

In his presentation. Mr. IŞIK also touched upon the new Ro- Ro lines established in the Middle

East Region.

Concerning the Kars-Tbilisi-Baku Railway Project which is seen another best practice in the

international combined transport, he pointed out that there is a high level commitment of 3

states (Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey). 6.5 million tonnes freight volume per year will be

realized when this Project is completed. He stated that 90% of the project has been completed.

After the completion of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway through Marmaray, an uninterrupted

Railway line would be provided from London to China. He also indicated audiences the new

hub-ports under consruction which are Çandarlı Port (Northern Aegean Container Port), Filyos

Port (Western Black Sea) and Mersin Container Port.

Another important Project stressed by Mr. IŞIK was TRACECA Silk Wind Conteyner Block Train

Project. In November 2012, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey signed a

memorandum of understanding for the joint activity on the development of the transport

network and the organization of the cargo transport on this corridor. By this Project these four

countries aim at improving the transit conditions on this route and completing the missing

links. The total length of the route is 4,192 km with the estimated transit time of 12 days. The

main target of the Project stated by Mr. IŞIK are to improve transit conditions and to launch

container block-trains from China to Western Europe

Regarding the best practices in international combined transport, Mr. IŞIK mentioned about

the Viking Container Train Project which was initiated by Litvania, Ukraine and Poland to

connect the Baltic Ports with the Black Sea Ports by the railway.

Mr. IŞIK continued his presentation by highlighting the advantages of the intermodal

transport. These are;

Benefiting from the advantages of different modes - Flexibility of road transport

- Larger capacity of railways


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- Low cost of maritime transport

Cost effective Environment friendly Contribution to road safety

After that he explained the main challenges in developing intermodal transport. These

challenges are;

Lack of equipment and efficient terminals Lack of master plan or regulation governing intermodality Lack of multilateral and bilateral agreements on the development of intermodal

transport Long loading/ unloading times for vessels and trains Lack of common legal basis for transit regimes, transit fees WD practices Low Cargo and driver/crew security Complex Customs Procedures/Lack of coordination at Border Gates Permit requirement from the vehicles using Ro-Ro line Insufficient financial support measures

Mr. IŞIK concluded his presentation by stressing that in order to make the intermodal

transport effective and the following measures should be taken;

Financial incentives to be utilized to stimulate intermodal operations(as a government policy)

Vehicles using Ro-Ro and Ro-La lines should be exempted from quota restriction, tolls and fees relating to use of road infrastructure

Use of Ro-Ro and Ro-La should be encouraged by incentives such as bonus permits, lower tariffs etc.

Intermodal transport (Ro-Ro, Ro-La, containerization of the transport) should be supported at UNECE /UNESCAP level by new legislations.

More accessible intermodal terminals should be constructed Customs procedures should be accelerated and simplified Electronic applications should be used for the development of the multimodal

freight transport.


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5. Private Sector Perspective on Multimodal Freight Transport

5.1. Association of International Forwarding and Logistics Service Providers (UTIKAD): Success Stories in Implementing Multimodal Freight Transport

Ms. Hacer UYARLAR, Board Member of UTIKAD made a presentation regarding the Success

Stories in MFT Implementation. Ms. UYARLAR started her presentation by giving some basic

information on UTIKAD, its institutional structure and membership. She informed the

participants that UTIKAD Members operate in all modes of transportation, road, air, sea and

railway in national and international level. As a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO),

UTIKAD has 400 members and basically deals with combined transportation and logistisc

services. Morever, she underlined the strict relationship and cooperation among UTIKAD,

governmental and non-governmental organisations.

Ms. UYARLAR touched briefly upon the general status of freight transport and logistics in

Turkey. Before explaining the state and the capacity of all modes of freight transportation in

Turkey, she drived the participations’ attention to the sizable state investments to that sector.

She noted that Turkey’s logistics performance ranking has increased from 39th in 2010 to 27th

in 2012 according to Logistics Performance Index.

In her presentation Ms. UYARLAR pointed out the developments in all modes of transport in

Turkey. She underlined the importance of air, sea and rail tranportation along with road

transportation. She stressed that five projects namely Marmaray Project, Kars-Tbilisi-Baku

Project, TRACECA, Silk Wind Block Train and Viking Train Project will contribute to the

development of MFT not only in Turkey but also in the region. She stated that despite the

importance of these projects there are some problems particularly obstacles faced in transit

transport borders that need to be addressed. She emphasized that simplification and inter-

operability of tarrif regulations based on mutual interest will contribute to those important

projects and make them more feasible for everyone.

Ms. UYARLAR briefed the Meeting on some ongoing projects namely “ Great Anatolian Logistics

Organizations (BALO) Project’’, ‘’Strenghtening Intermodal Transport in Turkey EU Twinning

Project’’, ‘’Draft Combined Transport Legistlation’’ and ‘’ECO Logistics Providers Association

Federation (ECOLPAF)’’. She noted that there are 93 shareholders of BALO Project from all

regions of Turkey. With this project BALO Logistisc train will arrive in Germany from Kapikule,

Edirne in four days. The containers coming from Istanbul and neighbourhood by railway and

from Derince by Vessel are treated in terms of their destinations in BALO Europe

Consolidation Center. She also underlined that scheduled Block Trains of BALO arrive in

Kapikule from the Anatolia and Europe Consolidation Centers without any entry permit

problem in the countries which are on the route.


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Lastly, Ms. UYARLAR stressed the importance of the Draft Combined Transport Legistlation

which aims at improving and regulating the combined, intermodal and multimodal transport

in Turkey.

5.2. International Transporters’ Association (UND): Intermodal Transportation Connections of Turkey in the COMCEC Region

Ms. Evren BINGÖL, Member of Executive Committee of International Transporters’

Association, made a presentation under the title of ‘’Intermodal Transportation Connections of

Turkey in the COMCEC Region’’. Regarding the logistics and global competition, Ms. BINGÖL

firstly drawed the audiances’ attentions to some numerical information used by World Bank

studies. She stated that 1 day delay in transport of a certain good causes %1 decrease in trade,

%10 increase in the transportation cost of a commodity may cause %20 less trade of that

commodity. She added that according to Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey

(TEPAV) studies, every 1 day delay takes us 85 km/s away from our trade partners and time-

sensitive products trade decreases by %7 for 1 day late delivery. She argued that logistics cost

share in total cost of a product is between %12-%20. So that time is money for the sector.

In her presentation, Ms. BINGÖL indicated Turkey’s success in the field of transportation and

logistics according to World Bank Global Logistics Performance Index 2012. Turkey’s ranking

moved up from 39 to 27 in 2012 with the contribution of investments in transport sector. she

undercored that in order to ensure becoming a regional logistics hub, Turkey aims at moving

the ranking into 10 amoung 155 countries in terms of Global Logistics Performance. She added

that about 1,5 million export trips from Turkey to 77 countries by Turkish and foreign trucks

illustrate the importance of road and RO-Ro lines in connecting Turkey to the international

markets.

She continued her presentation by giving some information about International Transporters’

Association of Turkey (UND). She mentioned that UND is a leading professional association in

Turkey, established in 1974 with the objective of solving problems experienced by the sector

at national and international levels. She explained that there are 1174 members of UND which

are licensed transport and logistics companies based in Turkey. She stated that UND’s vision is

to become pioneer association in Turkey and in the world.

Ms. BINGÖL continued her presentation underlining the importance of Ro-Ro transportation as

an alternative for overcoming the problems of “road transport permit quota” and

‘’restrictions”. She stressed that UND is the first in organising “Private Sector” Ro-Ro Service

between Turkey and foreign markets in 1993. A Ro-Ro line was established between Turkey

(Haydarpaşa) and Italy (port of Trieste) to have an access to Europe. The line, after many

years, have become a globally renown “brand” , thanks to the combined “ownership” of several

Turkish international road transporters. Until its transfer to a global funding company in 2007,

the service was “owned” by road operators and it served to the benefit of the whole sector.


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Another pioneering Ro-Ro service was established in 2010 between Turkey (Tekirdağ) and

France (Toulon).

Ms. BINGÖL also explained that in order to develop new Ro- Ro lines an agreement was signed

between Turkey and Egypt. These lines are as follows;

Mersin-Port Said (Egypt) RO-RO line which was launched on April 2012 having 75 Trucks capacity

Tasucu – Lebanon RO-RO line which was launched having 50 Trucks capacity Iskenderun-Port Said (Egypt) RO-RO line which was launched on July 2012 having

120 Trucks and 114 passenger capacity Tasucu-Tartus (Syria) RO-RO line which was launched on August 2012

She expressed that during the last year approximatelly 12.000 trucks were carried on these

lines.

Lastly, Ms. BINGÖL pointed out the close relationship between trade and transport. She

emphasized that despite the Customs Union, the EU’s share in Turkish exports has been

decreasing from % 60 in 2007 to % 38 in 2012. She stated that new export routes are Middle

East, Commonwealth of Independent States, Central Asia and North Africa. She concluded her

presentation by touching upon the Export Vision of Turkey for 2023.

6. Utilizing the COMCEC Project Funding

The last presentation was made by Mr. Deniz GÖLE, an expert from the COMCEC Coordination Office (CCO). His presentation was about the new Project Cycle Management (PCM) mechanism introduced by the COMCEC Strategy.

The presentation consisted of nine sections. In the first section, the definition of the term PCM was elaborated so that the audience would have a better understanding regarding the project funding process of the COMCEC.

After underlining the qualifications of the COMCEC PCM, the potential project owners were identified. It was emphasized that relevant ministries and other public institutions of the Member Countries and the OIC Institutions operating in the field of economic and commercial cooperation could submit projects.

The presentation continued with the clarification of “Project Selection Criteria” namely, compliance with Strategy’s Principles, targeting strategic objectives of the Strategy, focusing on output areas and pursuing multilateral cooperation among the COMCEC Member Countries.

In the third and fourth sections, nature of the projects (Technical Cooperation and Capacity Building) and several eligible activities were explained. Some eligible activities were deemed as research, analytical studies, guides, roadmaps, study visits, conferences, workshops etc.


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During the presentation, three key actors and their responsibilities under the PCM were identified; Project Owner (Project Submission and Implementation); the CCO (Program Management) and the Intermediary Bank (Project Monitoring and Financing). Moreover, the roles of these key actors throughout the project application process were defined.

Mr. GÖLE continued his presentation with the timeline which has already started on September 2nd, 2013. Regarding the details on project implementation and financing procedures, Mr. GÖLE clarified that Project Owners must submit invoices to the Intermediary Bank (the Bank) in order to claim payment during project implementation.

Monitoring of projects was another issue explained in the presentation. Mr. GÖLE presented that the Bank would be mainly responsible for financial and technical monitoring of projects while the CCO would oversee the overall implementation of the PCM. In the presentation, reporting procedures of the project activities were also explained.

With respect to the financial framework, Mr. GÖLE emphasized that the funds are grant in nature and would be provided by the COMCEC Coordination Office for the 2013-2015 period. From the illustration of the indicative grant limits and co-finance rates for the COMCEC projects, it was seen that Member Countries could submit a project with a budget up to USD 250.000 with the condition that they have to cover at least ten percent of project total budget (cash or in kind). This amount would be USD 100.000 and at least twenty five percent should be covered by the project owner if it would be an OIC Institution.

The presentation was concluded with an online demonstration of the project fiche and application process. The participants were reminded that the deadline for the online application is November 1st, 2013.

7. Closing Remarks

After the presentations and deliberations made on the agenda items, the Meeting ended with

closing remarks of Mr. Tony KAVUMA, the Chairman of the Meeting and Mr. Metin EKER,

Director General of the COMCEC Coordination Office.

In his remarks, Mr. KAVUMA expressed his thanks to participants for their participation and

contributions and to the COMCEC Coordination Office for the great hospitality presented to the

all participants.

Mr. Metin EKER started his remarks by thanking all the participants for their attendance and

contributions to the success of the Meeting. He stressed the significance of the topic of the

Meeting which paved the way for a very fruitful discussion. Mr. EKER stressed that the theme

of the next meeting will also be on MFT issue and it is planned to be held in March, 2014. In

this regard, he invited the participants to attend in the said Meeting.


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Mr. EKER reminded that one of the very important objectives of the Working Group

Mechanism is to provide regularity, communication and interaction among the experts in the

COMCEC Member Countries. He underlined that regular participation of the experts has a

crucial role in building a common language on common issues and common problems.

He noted that the COMCEC Strategy has a mission which clearly identifies COMCEC to be a

platform where knowledge is produced and shared among the Member Countries. Thereby, the

realistic objective of the Strategy which is approximating the policies of the Member Countries

will be realized.

Mr. EKER highly recommended the participants to do their part by responding the survey

undertaken by the CCO which will be circulated to them in a few days. He underlined that this

survey will be a crucial input for the research study to be prepared.

Before concluding his remarks, Mr. EKER thanked the participations for enriching the

discussions with their valuable contributions during the Meeting.

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Annex 1: Agenda of the Meeting

2ND MEETING OF THE COMCEC TRANSPORT WORKING GROUP

“Developing Multimodal Freight Transport (MFT) Among The OIC Member Countries:

Basic Concepts and the Latest Trends”

(October 8th, 2013, Ankara)

AGENDA

Opening Remarks

1. The COMCEC Transport Outlook

2. Understanding the MFT: Basic Concepts and Key Factors for its Success

3. Global Trends and Policies in MFT

4. Identifying the Major Common Challenges of MFT in the Member States

5. Success Stories in MFT Implementation

6. Utilizing the COMCEC Project Funding

Closing Remarks


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Annex 2: Program of the Meeting

PROGRAMME

2nd

MEETING OF THE COMCEC TRANSPORT WORKING GROUP

(October 8th, 2013, Ankara)

“Developing Multimodal Freight Transport (MFT) Among The OIC Member

Countries: Basic Concepts and the Latest Trends”

08.30-09.00 Registration

09.00-09.15 Opening Remarks

09.15-09.45 The COMCEC Transport Outlook

- Presentation: Dr. Ismail Çağrı ÖZCAN

Expert

COMCEC Coordination Office

09.45-11.00 Understanding the MFT: Concept and key factors for its success

- Presentation: Mr. Rainer Mertel

Managing Director

KombiConsult GmbH

Questions for Discussion:

Does your country have a specific strategy, plan or

program regarding MFT?

What types of MFT equipments are used in your country?

What are the experiences of your country in

implementing MFT policies?

How do you evaluate the role of government agencies in


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developing MFT?

What is the role of the private sector in providing MFT

services?

11.00-11.15 Coffee Break

11.15-12.30

Global Trends and Policies in MFT

- Presentation: Mr. Rainer Mertel

Managing Director

KombiConsult GmbH


Does your country have a specific plan/programme/strategy

for benefiting from the increasing volume of MFT?

How your country perceives the recent global trends

regarding MFT?

12.30-14.00 Lunch

14.00-15.00 Identifying the Major Common Challenges of MFT in the Member

States

- Presentation: Dr. Ismail Çağrı ÖZCAN

Expert



What are the main challenges regarding MFT in your country

and what can be done for overcoming these challenges?

15.00-16.30 Success Stories of MFT Implementation

- Good Practices of the Member States

- Presentation by Private Sector

Presentation: Ms. Hacer UYARLAR

UTIKAD

Executive Board Member

Presentation: Ms. Evren Bingöl


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UND

Executive Commitee Member

16.30-16.45 Coffee Break

16.45-17.30 The Way Forward: Utilizing the New COMCEC Project Cycle

Management

- Presentation: Mr. Deniz GÖLE

Expert


17.30-18.00 Closing Remarks


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Annex 3: List of Participants

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

OF 2nd MEETING OF THE COMCEC TRANSPORT WORKING GROUP

(October 8th , 2013, Ankara)

A. INVITED STATES

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN

- Mr. SAYED JAWAD HABIBI

CAREC and UNESCAP Desk Officer,

Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation

ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT

- Mr. MAHMOUD GAMAL EL-DIN

Adviser, Ministryof Investment and Transport

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

- Mr. MOHSEN SADEQI

Deputy of General Director, Ministry of Roads and Urban Development

REPUBLIC OF IRAQ

- Mr. AHMED ABBOOD

Chief Engineer, Department of Land Transport, Ministry of Transport


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HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN

- Mr. ZUHAIR HATTAR

Director of Land Freight Transport,

Land Transport Regulatory Commission

REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

- Mr. SAGYNDYK NETALIYEV

Head of International Cooperation Department,

Ministry of Transport and Communications

REPUBLIC OF MALI

- Mr. MALICK KASSE

Director, Ministry of Equipment and Transport

KINGDOM OF MOROCCO

- Ms. ZAHRAA OUACIFI

Head of Coordination Modes of Transport Division,

Ministry of Equipment and Transport

SULTANATE OF OMAN

- Mr. SAID AL QASMI

Legal, Land Transport, Ministry of Transport & Communication

- Mr. AFAN AL-AKHZAMI

Director of Planning, Ministry of Transport and Communications

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN


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- Mr. ATIF SHARIF MIAN

First Secretary, Embassy of Pakistan in Ankara

STATE OF QATAR

- Mr. RASHED AL MARRI

Head of Transport Section, Ministry of Commerce and Trade

REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL

- Mr. MODOU KANE DIAO

Chief of Land Transport Planning of Policy Division,

Ministry of Infrastructure and Land Transport

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

- Mr. İZZET IŞIK

Acting Deputy General Director,

Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications

- Mr. SİNAN KUŞÇU

Acting Head of Department,


- Mr. AHMET DAMCIDAĞ

Head of Section,


- Mr. BÜLENT SÜLOĞLU

Expert,



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- Ms. EDA BURCU BULUT

Expert,


- Mr. HASAN BOZ

Expert,


- Mr. ESAT GÜZEL

Expert,


- Mr. SİNAN OĞUZ

Assistant Expert,


- Ms. HÜLYA ÇILGI

International Marketing Manager,


- Ms. MÜZEYYEN SÖNMEZ

Acting Head of Section,


- Ms. YLDIZ TEZCAN

Officer,


- Mr. PABLO RODENAS

Resident Twinning Adviser,



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- Ms. BİLGE FİLİZ

Deputy Resident Twinning Adviser,


- Mr. UTKU ŞEN

Expert,

Undersecretariat of Treasury

REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

- Mr. TONY KAVUMA BAFIRAWALA

Assistant Comm. Air and Road Transport Services Infrastructure,

Ministry of Works and Transport

B. INVITED INSTITUTIONS

ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL FORWARDING AND LOGISTICS SERVICE

PROVIDERS (UTIKAD)

- Ms. HACER UYARLAR

Member of Board of Directors, UTIKAD

- Mr. KAYIHAN ÖZDEMİR TURAN


- Mr. ARİF BADUR


INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTERS’ ASSOCIATION (UND)

- Ms. EVREN BİNGÖL


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Member of Executive Borad, UND

GUEST

- Mr. RAINER MERTEL

Managing Director, KombiConsult GmbH

C. COMCEC COORDINATION OFFICE

- Mr. METİN EKER

Director General, Head of COMCEC Coordination Office

- Mr. MUSTAFA TEKİN

Head of Department

- Mr. SELÇUK KOÇ

Head of Department

- Mr. MURAT DELİÇAY

Expert, Drafting

- Mr. İSMAİL ÇAĞRI ÖZCAN

Expert, Drafting

- Mr. DENİZ GÖLE

Expert, Drafting

- Mr. FIRAT YILMAZ

Expert, Drafting

- Mr. NİHAT AKBALIK

Assistant Expert, Drafting

- Mr. MEHMET AKİF ALANBAY

Assistant Expert, Protocol Relations


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- Mr. AHMET OKUR


- Mr. OKAN POLAT


- Mr. AYKUT YILMAZ


- Mr. HASAN YENİGÜL


- Ms. MÜKERREM ÖZKILIÇ

Coordinator of Registration Office

- Ms. H. GÜL SAYIN

Coordinator of Documentation Center

- Mr. KEMAL ARSLAN

Coordinator of Meeting Rooms

- Mr. ERCAN İBİK

Coordinator of Transportation

- Ms. NAZİFE GÜLGEN

Social Program

- Mr. EMRE KEYİFLİ

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