The ancient caravans of the Silk Road still echo through Central Asia, where new freight terminals rise at Shymkent, Tashkent, and Khujand. Each steel gateway is designed to withstand the shocks that ripple from the Tien Shan to the Kopet Dag. Engineers now insist that every beam joint hides a tuned Metal Damper, turning earthquake energy into harmless heat. When containers from Almaty race...