ASTANA, Kazakhstan, April 3. Kazakhstan is at
the final stage of joining the international convention on the
electronicissue of consignment notes (e-CMR), Vice Minister of
Transport Maksat Kaliakparov said at the International Transport
and Logistics Forum in Saint Petersburg, Trend reports via the Ministry of
Transport.
According to him, pilot operations with neighboring countries
are expected to begin this year.
Kaliakparov noted that in the road transport sector, permit
forms have already been digitized with Uzbekistan and China, while
technical work with Azerbaijan has been completed. Agreements and
plans for further implementation are also being developed with a
number of other countries.
During his speech, he presented the results of Kazakhstan’s
transport infrastructure digitalization. These include the
development of the unified road system e-Joldar, installation of
automated weighing stations, the use of artificial intelligence in
road diagnostics, and deployment of hardware and software systems
for real-time diagnostics of railway rolling stock.
It was also highlighted that in the railway sector, the Tez
Customs module of the DTC system has been introduced, enabling
automated processing of transit declarations and reducing
processing time from eight hours to 30 minutes.
In aviation, electronic documentation is used through the
e-Freight system across all airports and by most airlines. To
improve business convenience, a unified Smart Cargo window has been
introduced, integrating logistics and customs services along with a
digital transport passport (QR code) ensuring unified cargo data
throughout the entire route.
In parallel, Kazakhstan is implementing a National Intelligent
Transport System, aimed at creating a unified data lake and scaling
up the use of artificial intelligence technologies.
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