ASMAP - The Association of International Road Transport Carriers in Russia



Yury Soukhin, ASMAP President

Development of new transport corridors across the Euro-Asian continent is becoming a good tradition. Last year, the ASMAP in conjunction with the IRU and the Transport Ministry of the Russian Federation organized and conducted the first transcontinental caravan Lisbon-Vladivostok from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

The participants and their vehicles covered a distance of more than 30 thousand kilometers. We are glad to passover the baton to the organizers of this new, no less impressive project. The present Caravan serves as a vivid demonstration of the opportunities offered by road transport of goods from the rapidly developing Asia-Pacific region to Europe.

This is yet another indication that road transport is capable of operating on its own in freight deliveries from ?«door to door?».The ASMAP attaches great importance to the development of the transport services market.

I am confident that the use of the transport potential which this Caravan demonstrates will open up new opportunities for the development of international road transport operations and serve the interests of all countries of Europe and Asia.

The Association of International Road Transport Carriers (ASMAP)
The Association of International RoadTransport Carriers (ASMAP) was formed in 1974, it unites more than 3000 Russianenterprises and organizations engaged inpassenger and freight carriage on interna-tional lines, and has its branches andoffices in all federal regions of Russia.

The ASMAP is a member of:

  • The International Road Transport Union(IRU), representing road transport car-riers from 70 countries across the world;
  • The International Federation of FreightForwarders Associations (FIATA).

The ASMAP participates in the work of the transport bodies of the UN EconomicCommission for Europe, and maintains contacts with national carriers' associations in all countries. The ASMAP acts as the association guaranteeing the operation of the TIR system on the territory of Russia. The IRU-CIS Liaison Committee was set up with ASMAP participation.