From the day of independence in Uzbekistan, significant progress was achieved in the implementation of the most important directions and priorities of country's economic development program, in a result of which positive dynamics of the basic macroeconomic parameters were ensured and a solid basis for further balanced development of various sectors and spheres of the economy was created. The cross-industry cooperation of industrial enterprises is being strengthened, the modern technologies are being introduced into the production process, and the transport and communication infrastructure is developing consistently.

The development of international economic relations and foreign trade of Turkmenistan causes an increase in the volume of cargo flows, in the maintenance of which the role of all the major transport hubs of the state, actively operating and newly created at an accelerated pace, is growing systematically, including the modern seaport of Turkmenbashi as a strategic element of the country's transport system.