1. IRU’s NELTI Interconnecting every business in
Central Asia to every major world market!
Umberto de Pretto
IRU Deputy Secretary General
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, October 7, 2009
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2. The combined efforts of 29 companies in 18 countries
What is Globalisation?
What does it take to have a cup of coffee in a café?
The combined efforts of
29 companies in 18 countries
If to have one cup of coffee at an affordable price, it takes 29 companies in 18 countries, you imagine how much more it would cost if all items came from the country where the end product is consumed?
If we know that it takes 10’000 suppliers, which in turn have their own suppliers, to create an affordable motor car, you can imagine the vital role of road transport in a liberalised economy.
Therefore, to stay in business, we need to see globalisation as an opportunity and not as a threat. To do so, we need to develop together the entrepreneurial spirit currently lacking in Europe.
Road Transport has become a vital production tool!
Source: IRU
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3. Evolution of sea containers in ports
The container movements in the main ports started with the birth of world containerisation in the 1970s.
Here, the green dots demonstrate a high density of container ports in the various countries.
This high number of ports is linked with a high number of small container vessels.
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The evolution of the container in the port at ten-year intervals is even more explicit.
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4. Road transport tonnage distances in modern economies
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5. Beijing-Brussels Caravan
2005 Launch of Historic
Beijing-Brussels Caravan
Brussels
Beijing
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6. US Chamber feasibility study confirms commercial viability!
The feasibility of my dream is also proved by the recent US Chamber of Commerce’s study on the “land transport options between Europe and Asia” just published.
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7. IRU NELTI Project: interconnecting every business to every major world market
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8. NELTI reconfirms road infrastructure is
NOT the problem
12 road transport
companies
from 9 countries;
More than
145 round trips
via territories of 24
countries
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9. NELTI: Problems are Procedural!
1. Time spent en route by all vehicles days
1. Time spent en route by all vehicles days
40% of time lost at border crossings!
Bakshish at the border accounts for 30% of additional costs!
2. Distance covered km
3. Amount of official levies paid USD
3. Amount of official levies paid USD
4. Sum of unjustified levies paid USD
4. Sum of unjustified levies paid USD
5. Number of stops en route
6. Number of state border crossings 1064
7. Length of downtime en route days
7. Length of downtime en route days
8. Cargo carried tonnes
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10. Join UN Global tools to permit road transport to interconnect businesses
The basis of the global approach is represented by rules, to be observed by all involved. As many as 56 multilateral legal instruments (agreements, conventions) and a number of Recommendations and Resolutions are governing transport. Of the 56, 42 regulate road transport related issues.
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11. NELTI NELTI: Solutions
Implement UN trade and road transport facilitation tools
Increase cooperation between transit States
Introduce multilateral transport permit system
Improve customs procedures
Provide multi-entry and transit visas for drivers
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12. NO country is landlocked for
road transport
The 2006 situation shows clearly why we have such massive congestion in all the main ports. The concentration of trade in a few ports generates not only bottlenecks, congestion and delays but above all additional costs!
This concentration of world trade in very few ports also creates a desertification of trade development in numerous regions that most require economic, social and political stability.
Remember, my name is Martin, and I have a dream. You also know that progress consists of realising dreams.
My dream, which is fully shared by Tom, is to create peace and prosperity not only in a handful of ports, but in all the other regions.
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13. NELTI: High Level Political Support needed to change mindsets!!
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