Promotion on New Direct Services to Central Asia & Caucasus

In May 2009, CWT GL Singapore started new direct service to the Central Asia region and Caucasus . Associate offices & Agents are encouraged to route their cargo via Singapore to various countries such as Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , Georgia , Amenia and Azerbaijan .

For inquiries kindly contact Ms. Diana Tan at +65 62251833 or mail to diana@sg.cwt-globelink.com

We look forward to your cargo support.

Central Asia consists of the five former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan .

History of Central Asia since the sixteenth century

Brief history of Central Asia: With the development of firearms in the sixteenth century, settled populations of Central Asia were much better able to exercise control of their region; consequently the dominance of the nomadic people greatly diminished. In the nineteenth century Russia , China , India , Turkey and other powers began to expand into the region. After the Russian Revolution in the nineteen hundreds, Central Asia was incorporated into the Soviet Union . When the Soviet Union eventually collapsed, five independent countries emerged, and these same five today comprise Central Asia .

For centuries the hundreds of madrasahs, or Islamic colleges in Bukhara and Samarkand attracted students from as far away as Morocco and Indonesia . Bukhara is seen by many Muslims as a place of pilgrimage and the most important city in Islam after Mecca , Medina and Jerusalem . Central Asia was also the birthplace of Sufism, the mystical trend in Islam which spread rapidly to Africa and Asia . 

South Caucasus comprises: Georgia , Amenia and Azerbaijan

History of Caucasus or Caucas (also referred to as Caucasia ,[1] Russian: ?????´?)

Caucasus region can be divided into the Northern Caucasus (Ciscaucasia) and the Southern Caucasus (Transcaucasia; Caucasian Albania , Georgia , Armenia . Located on the peripheries of Turkey and Russia ,

“CWT Globelink group will continue to expand our effort in establishing new direct trade lanes, to provide better quality services for our customer.”