Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey aims to come to a logistics superpower as part of the country’s 2053 vision.
The Europe-Asia-Africa trade triangle, in which Turkey is located, offers great openings for the country, especially in the field of transportation, he said at a press conference after a press meeting on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Turkey has formerly made significant investments worth$ 172 billion in five main transportation sectors since 2003, he added Road
Road investments have come to the fore. The road network has been expanded from km to km, which will be dragged to km by 2053, he noted.
The share of railroads in passenger transportation is planned to increase from 1percentt to6.2 percent, which is above the European normal, the Turkish chairman said, adding his government aims to make 22percentt of freight payload by road in 2053.
Turkey will also ameliorate the road service position with new investments, expanding the disunited road network from km to km, and the traced network from km to km by 2053, he added.
Nearly 255 million tons of weight will be transported through Turkish anchorages coming time, and this figure will be roughly 421 million tons in 2053, he said.
For this purpose, the number of harborage installations will increase from 217 presently to 255 in 2053, Erdogan added.
The Canal Istanbul design is of critical significance in terms of reducing the boat business in the Bosphorus, the chairman noted.