SHIPPING CONTAINERS TO CENTRAL ASIA

Sea Freight Shipping to Central Asia

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Sea Freight Shipping to Central Asia

Welcome to CargoMaster, Australia’s renowned sea freight specialists to Central Asia.

Our high performance team of sea freight service professionals offer many years’ experience delivering shipping containers to Central Asia.

Cargomaster delivers self-pack containers all over the world.

Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, encompasses a vast region of Asia extending from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east. It stretches from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. This region includes the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, commonly referred to as the “-stans” due to their names ending with the Persian suffix “-stan,” meaning “land of.”

In ancient times, specifically during the pre-Islamic and early Islamic eras, Central Asia was predominantly inhabited by Iranian peoples. Eastern Iranian-speaking groups such as the Bactrians, Sogdians, Chorasmians, as well as semi-nomadic Scythians and Dahae, populated the area. With the expansion of Turkic peoples, Central Asia also became the ancestral home for the Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Tatars, Turkmen, Kyrgyz, and Uyghurs. The Turkic languages gradually replaced the Iranian languages spoken in the region, except in Tajikistan and areas where Tajik is spoken.

Central Asia played a crucial role historically as it was closely interconnected with the Silk Road trade routes, serving as a vital crossroads for the exchange of people, commodities, and ideas between Europe and the Far East.

Sea Freight Shipping to Central Asia

As of 2019, Central Asia has a population of approximately 72 million people across five countries: Kazakhstan (19 million), Kyrgyzstan (7 million), Tajikistan (10 million), Turkmenistan (6 million), and Uzbekistan (35 million).

Due to its landlocked nature and lack of a significant water body, Central Asia experiences notable temperature variations, excluding the hot and sunny summer months. Most areas have a dry and continental climate, characterized by hot summers and cool to cold winters with occasional snowfall. Except for high-elevation regions, the climate is predominantly semi-arid to arid. Lower elevations endure scorching summers with intense sunshine, while winters witness sporadic rainfall and/or snow from Mediterranean low-pressure systems. Monthly precipitation remains minimal from July to September, increases during autumn (October and November), reaches its peak in March or April, and swiftly decreases in May and June. Strong winds are common, leading to occasional dust storms, particularly towards the end of summer in September and October.

Sea Freight Shipping to Central Asia

Since gaining independence in the early 1990s, the Central Asian republics have been gradually transitioning from state-controlled economies to market economies. However, reforms have been cautious and selective, aiming to mitigate social costs and improve living standards. All five countries are implementing structural changes to enhance competitiveness. Notably, Kazakhstan is the sole CIS country included in the 2020 and 2019 IWB World Competitiveness rankings. These nations have focused on modernizing their industrial sectors and promoting the growth of service industries through business-friendly fiscal policies and other measures, with the goal of reducing the agricultural sector’s contribution to GDP. Between 2005 and 2013, all countries, except Tajikistan, witnessed a decline in the agricultural sector’s share while observing a rise in industry. Turkmenistan experienced the fastest industrial growth, while the services sector thrived in the remaining four countries.

SHIPPING CONTAINER DIMENSIONS

20 ft Standard Dry (8’6″ x 8′ x 20′)

20 ft Standard Container Measurements

Weight: 4500lbs
Max Gross Weight: 66,139lbs

Interior Dimensions:

Length: 19′ 5″
Width: 7′ 8-⅛”
Height: 7′ 9-⅝”

Door Opening:

Width: 7’ 8-½”
Height: 7’ 5-¾”

40 ft Standard Dry (8’6″ x 8′ x 40′)

40 ft Standard Container Measurements

Weight: 8500lbs
Max Gross Weight: 66,139lbs

Interior Dimensions:

Length: 39′ ⅜”
Width: 7′ 8-⅛”
Height: 7′ 9-⅝”

Door Opening:

Width: 7’ 8-½”
Height: 7’ 5-¾”

40 ft High Cube (9’6″ x 8′ x 40′)

40 ft High Cube Container Measurements

Weight: 8750 lbs
Max Gross Weight: 68,008lb

Interior Dimensions:

Length: 39′ 4”
Width: 7′ 7”
Height: 8′ 9″

Door Opening:

Width: 7’ 8″‘
Height: 8’ 5”

BREAK BULK
OUT OF GUAGE AND PROJECT SHIPPING CENTRAL ASIA

CargoMaster offers weekly services for break bulk shipping and shipping large items overseas. These types of services vary greatly between shipment , this area of international shipping should be left to only a few true Australian heavy shipping specialists with many years’ experience (like CargoMaster with 35 years transportation experience) Once again, you need to be very careful when choosing a international freight forwarders to handle the shipping of heavy items overseas this is a specialised transportation mode .choosing the wrong freight forwarder could be devastating and cost you heaps of money (there are plenty of stories of freight forwarders failing when it comes to shipping heavy machinery overseas.! The bottom line is Call CargoMaster if you need to ship heavy equipment from Sydney!

Dimensions of 20ft flat rack container

Internal length 5.94 m / 19.5 ft
Internal width 2.35 m / 7.7 ft
Internal height 2.35 m / 7.7 ft
Tare weight 2,360 kg / 5,203.8 lbs
Payload capacity 30,140 kg / 66,458.7 lbs
Cubic capacity 32.7 m³ / 1,154.3 cu ft

Dimensions of 40ft flat rack container

Internal length 12.13 m / 39.8 ft
Internal width 2.40 m / 7.9 ft
Internal height 2.14 m / 7 ft
Tare weight 5,000 kg / 11,025 lbs
Payload capacity 40,000 kg / 88,200 lbs
Cubic capacity 62.2 m³ / 2,195.7 cu ft

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