TRACK
How tracking works on a China–Iran TIR truck
There is no public tracking page and no ocean B/L number. A TIR truck is followed by operational milestones: loaded at the hub, sealed at Wuqia or Khorgos, transloaded at Bukhara (and Osh on a transshipment truck), entered at Sarakhs, warehoused at Tehran West Customs with a Ghabz-e Anbar on a CPT / DAP booking (or arrival at the Sarakhs terminal on a terminal-to-terminal booking). Those updates go to the consignee and the shipper on WhatsApp or email. Hub-to-customs, currently 21–23 days from the Wuqia crossing on a direct truck.
- No public tracking URL; updates on WhatsApp / email / Telegram
- Milestones: hub load · Wuqia/Khorgos seal · Bukhara transload · Sarakhs in · Tehran warehouse receipt
- GPS on the tractor is an operations tool, not a customer map
- After the Ghabz-e Anbar, status sits with the consignee’s broker, not with the truck
What you are actually tracking
The unit is a TIR-sealed curtainsider, not a container with a public carrier site. We do not give a live map to every consignee. Position of the tractor is used to run the line — FTL departures, one transload at Bukhara on a direct truck — not to refresh a webpage. If a transit office holds the carnet, the delay shows up as a missed milestone, not as a pin on a map.
Origin hub → export clearance and sealing at Wuqia (TIR lock + electronic seal) → Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan under a single TIR carnet → entry into Iran at Sarakhs → the Tehran West Customs bonded warehouse, where a warehouse entry receipt (Ghabz-e Anbar) is issued to your broker. A direct truck transloads once, at Bukhara; a transshipment truck transloads at Osh and again at Bukhara, which costs less and takes longer. A TIR carnet keeps unsealings and transloads to a minimum — it does not remove them, and it changes neither the transit time nor the rate. On this line Kyrgyzstan levies 0.4% of the cargo-invoice value as a transit tax: a tax, not freight, excluded from the quotation and paid by the customer. The Khorgos line runs through Kazakhstan instead, never carries the 0.4%, and its transit time is quoted on request. Turgart and Alashankou are not operated.
The milestones we send
1) Cargo received and loaded in Xinjiang. 2) Export sealed at Wuqia or Khorgos — this is day zero of the 21–23 day count on the Wuqia line. 3) Transload at Bukhara (plus Osh on transshipment). 4) Iran entry at Sarakhs. 5) On a CPT / DAP booking, unload into the Tehran West Customs bonded warehouse and issue of the Ghabz-e Anbar to your broker; on a terminal-to-terminal booking, arrival at the Sarakhs terminal, where the buyer clears. After that, ASYCUDA, duty and local trucking are the broker’s file. We do not call the warehouse daily on your behalf.
No published rates. To get a quote, send three things: the origin hub; the destination (Tehran West Customs on CPT / DAP, Aprin or Mashhad if the quote confirms it, or a destination terminal such as Sarakhs); and the cargo data — HS code, gross weight in kg, volume in CBM.
FAQ
How long does it take from the Wuqia crossing to Tehran Customs?
Counted from the Wuqia border crossing: a direct truck currently takes 21 to 23 calendar days to the Tehran West Customs bonded warehouse and a transshipment truck 26 to 30 days; to Mashhad it is 18 to 21 days direct and 24 to 28 days with transshipment. A direct truck transloads once, at Bukhara; a transshipment truck transloads at Osh and again at Bukhara. Cargo is loaded in Xinjiang; any inland China run to the gateway is counted separately. Transit time on the Khorgos line is quoted on request. These are current operating ranges, not a guaranteed transit.
Can I have a GPS link?
Not as a customer product. The tractor’s tracker is for dispatch. A live tracker is not a customer product. Ask for the last milestone instead.
What if a milestone is late?
Border queues, carnet checks and weather move the range. A missed Bukhara or Sarakhs date is raised the same day on the same WhatsApp thread as the booking. It is not a lost truck until dispatch says so.
Do you deliver door-to-door?
No. Two delivery options are quoted: CPT / DAP to the Tehran West Customs bonded warehouse (Mashhad or Aprin only where the formal quote confirms it), or terminal-to-terminal to the Iran border terminal at Sarakhs. Either way the consignee's licensed broker clears the goods and arranges local delivery; we do not offer DDP.
Related: After the truck arrives at Tehran West Customs · China–Iran transit time: 21–23 days Wuqia to Tehran · After you request a China–Iran trucking quote · Starting in Xinjiang · Request a freight quote · China to Iran TIR road freight