Today, the “Great Silk Road” group of companies is represented by leading companies in the field of transport and logistics services and is one of the most recognizable brands in Turkmenistan. For more than 10 years, the group has been providing high-quality services for the transportation of all types of goods by multimodal transport in Turkmenistan and around the world.

Key events from the history: 2010 - the Foundation of the IE "Beýik Yüpek Ýoly".

The year 2011 is marked by the creation of the company "Payhas Merkezi", the merger into the group of companies "Great Silk Road", and the signing of a cooperation agreement with the company "UPS" to provide courier services.

In 2013, the group of companies received the status of an authorized representative in Turkmenistan of one of the world's largest engineering companies "ALE". This status enables us to offer services for the development of engineering solutions for the transportation, lifting operations and  installation onto foundation of heavy and super heavy cargo.

In 2017, a partnership agreement signed with the world's largest logistics company, DHL Express.

In the same year, on the initiative of the “Great Silk Road” group of companies, a new logistics and transport Department was opened within the Union of Industrialists and entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan in order to develop and implement measures for the development of the country's transport and logistics sector.

On March 27, 2018, the Turkmen Logistics Association, established by the Union of Industrialists and entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan and the Great Silk Road group of companies, begins functioning. Its main objective is to protect the interests of Turkmen freight forwarders both in the domestic and international markets, development of transport and logistics sector as well as provision of advisory services.

In order to improve the efficiency of the entire logistics sector of the country, in the second half of 2018, by the Resolution of the President of Turkmenistan, a "Transport and logistics center of Turkmenistan" iwas founded. Its shareholders are the state Agency "Turkmendemirellary", "Turkmenavtoyollary", "turkmenkhovayollary", "Turkmenatlary", "Turkmendenizderyayollary", the State insurance organization of Turkmenistan and the Turkmen Logistics Association, which owns a 30% stake.

In mid-2019, the IP "Beýik Ýüpek Ýoly" successfully passed the certification of the quality management system according to the ISO 9001:2015 standard, organized by Intertek. And in February of this year, as part of the agreement between the IE "Beýik Ýüpek Ýoly" and SGS, it is planned to conduct a certification audit in accordance with ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 standards.

A wide range of services by road, rail, sea and air includes: technical development of the project; transportation of General, dangerous, perishable, oversized and heavy cargo; consolidated transportation; courier services; brokerage services; transshipment in ports; storage; Agency of sea vessels; registration of permits in the aspect of oversized, heavy cargo; route research, construction of bypasses (detours); cargo control throughout the route; timely and safe delivery of cargo to the destination.

All this service is provided by the Great silk road group of companies both through its own fleet of special vehicles, a fleet of railway cars, and the infrastructure of work sites adapted to various tasks, as well as through the assistance of reliable, carefully selected suppliers and contractors.

The “Great Silk Road” group of companies has a warehouse site in the international seaport of Turkmenbashi, with a total area of about 24,000 m2, as well as a specialized area of 1,200 m2 for the storage and processing of hazardous and chemical substances.

Specialized machinery has 80 gondola cars and 160 cars indoor type, 5 units of special hydraulic trailers carrying up to 130 tons, 24 pieces of modular hydraulic axles Combimax carrying up to 250 tons and 96 units of modular SPLIT hydraulic axles to transport super heavy loads up to 1000 tons.

The fact that the “Great Silk Road” group of companies has implemented an investment project to restore and modernize the Turkmen bulk carrier "Balkan" with a capacity of 3,680 tons is worthy of special mention. Since 2018, the ship is managed by the Great Silk Road group of companies, and is intended for transportation of containers up to 176 TEU, as well as bulk and project cargo.

The group has its own Department for developing computer applications to optimize the tasks performed. Applications that are developed with the help of a bundle: programmers and business process executors directly reflect the essence of the work in the most complete way and subsequently help application users to perform operations more quickly and with minimal risk of errors.

The group of companies continuously keeps in touch with official authorities and discloses one of its mottos "Full compliance with the law" in the timely execution of permits for operations. The Great Silk Road group of companies has a full set of licenses: Freight forwarding / Brokerage / courier / Passenger transportation / Transportation and handling of chemical and other dangerous goods / Cargo operations / ship Agency Services, which make it possible to operate in almost any logistics chain.

The management of the Great Silk Road group of companies sees the prospects for its development in the coming decade in expanding the market and the range of services provided. Already in early 2020, with the support of the group's management, an ambitious project was launched, which should include such functions as:

- automation of technological processes;

- commissioning at industrial facilities;

- development and production of technological products;

- research and design services in the field of industrial and civil construction.

The head office is located in Ashgabat at the address: 2127 (Kuliyev), 46, and branches are located in the cities of Turkmenbashi, Balkanabat, Khazar and Mary. International offices and branches are located in Tashkent and Dubai. In the near future, it is planned to open offices and branches in Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.

DHL Express offices are located in Ashgabat, Turkmenabad, Mary and Balkanabad. Based on the signed Memorandum of cooperation on sending documents and goods to and from Turkmenistan, the company plans to expand its network of representative offices in Turkmenistan.

The group of companies currently employs more than 150 employees. A deep understanding of the specifics of the work allows the group's specialists to cope with tasks of any complexity.

The clients of the “Great Silk Road” group of companies are: the Union of Industrialists and entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan, Khazar Balyk OJSC, Turkmen Autobahn JSC, and Hyundai Engineering Co. Ltd.", "Petrofac Limited", "Dragon Oil", "Petronas Carigali Sbn. Bhd.", "Toyota", "Toyo Engineering Corporation", "Jan De Nul Group", "Çalık Holding", "Çalık Enerji", "Rönesans Holding", "Gap Inşaat", " Coca-Cola (Turkmenistan)", "Schlumberger", " DMS (Delta Airlines)", "Mitsubishi Corporation", "Olam Int", "Paul Reinhart AG" and "ICT Trading S. A." etc.

The group of companies "Great Silk Road" values each client's opinion on all aspects of the service provided, whether it be speed of delivery, justification of rates, the efficiency of processing applications and offers the service on the principle of "one stop shop". Thanks to the use of advanced technologies, customers of the Great Silk Road group can always be sure that their cargo will be delivered in the most optimal and safe way.

Make the first step to a successful transport operation by submitting an application for transportation by email info@greatsilkroad.tm or by phone number+993 12 75 44 44.

More information about the Great Silk Road group of companies can be found on the official website: https://greatsilkroad.tm.