BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 25.
Southeast Asian countries are considering TIR to build intermodal connections to Europe via the Middle Corridor.
The International Road Transport Union’s (IRU) TIR and Transit System Director, Tatiana Rey-Bellet, said this in an exclusive interview with Trend, discussing the wider potential of eTIR and the Middle Corridor as an alternative to purely maritime routes.
"Already today, South-East Asian countries are considering TIR to build intermodal connections to Europe via the Middle Corridor as an alternative to purely maritime routes," she said.
According to Rey-Bellet, the potential of eTIR extends beyond the Middle Corridor, with digital transit able to link trade partners through combinations of road, sea and rail transport.
"Beyond the Middle Corridor, eTIR has great potential to link trade partners through an efficient combination of road, sea and rail transport," she said.
Rey-Bellet said the successful use of eTIR on a multimodal route combining road and maritime transport demonstrates that digital transit can operate across different modes and borders within a single framework.
"The successful use of eTIR across a multimodal route combining road and maritime transport demonstrates that digital transit can work seamlessly across different modes and borders under one trusted framework," she said.
According to her, countries can benefit from eTIR through the eTIR National Application developed by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), which can be used either as a standalone solution or integrated into national systems.
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