Shorter Route Linking Turkey To Kuwait Through Iraq Now Operational
Iraq Amr Salem July 8, 2025 303 2 min Container trucks on a road. Photo: IRU
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – In a remarkable development, a new roadway corridor connecting Turkey to Kuwait across Iraq is now operating, significantly lowering transit times and increasing commercial effectiveness.
Major Turkish logistics company Hasbayrak International Transport successfully completed the first cargo across this route using the International Road Transport (TIR) transit system, according to the International Road Transport Union (IRU).
Three trucks carrying fresh fruit and vegetables left Turkey and arrived in Kuwait in just four days,
a substantial improvement over the customary 45-day sea route.
TIR-registered trucks crossed into Iraq at the Al Abdali border crossing and completed customs processes at the Sulaybia Dry Port, demonstrating the country’s operational preparedness.
The step also signified the formal resurrection of TIR in Kuwait, in collaboration with Kuwaiti authorities.
Iraq’s Border Ports Commission started applying the
International Road Transport (TIR) transit system in the country in the beginning of April.
As the only worldwide transit system, TIR permits the shipment of commodities in sealed load compartments under customs supervision from a country of origin to a country of destination d through a multilateral and mutually recognized system.
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