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Turkmenbashi port capacity and the harsh reality

Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) November 21, 2024 – Turkmenistan’s Turkmenbashi (Turkmanbashi) port, a $1.5 billion (€1.32 billion)...

BMF Port Burgas started major railway expansion

Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) November 19, 2023 – Private port operator BMF Port Burgas, a concessionaire of the Black Sea’s Burgas East-2 and Burgas...

New Black Sea railway ferry line Varna-Poti

Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) November 17, 2024 – The Georgian-flagged Ro-Ro ferryboat AIA (IMO: 9120384) opened a few days ago a line between the Bulgarian...

2.6 times more containers via Middle Corridor in Jan-Oct’24

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 17, 2024 – Container shipments along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle Corridor),...

Kazakhstan’s ports handled 6.2 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-Oct’24

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 15, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports of Aktau and Kuryk handled 6.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first 10...

Uzbekistan to increase use of Port of Aktau

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 13, 2024 – A delegation from double-landlocked Uzbekistan has visited Aktau Sea Commercial Port to discuss...

New grain terminal in Kazakhstan’s Kuryk port

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – A new grain terminal with a capacity of 1 million tonnes per year has been commissioned in...

China joins the Middle Corridor Multimodal JV via CRTC

Xi’an, China (Ports Europe) November 11, 2024 – China, via its state-owned China Railway Container Transport Corporation (CRTC), is to join the...

Varna-Batumi ferry line plan sinks

Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) November 6, 2024 – The attempt to resume the ferry line between Bulgarian Black Sea port of Varna and Georgia’s Batumi using...

First ships in Georgia’s Anaklia port by 2029 – minister

Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – There are “no obstacles” to the implementation of Georgia’s Anaklia Black Sea deep-water port...

EBRD to invest €1.25 bln in Kazakhstan for Middle Corridor

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 2, 2024 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plans to invest in Kazakhstan 1.25...

2024 cargo: 1 mln tonnes for Olya, 4.3 mln tonnes for Astrakhan, Russia

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) October 30, 2024 – The still-under-construction Russia’s Caspian Sea port of Olya (Astrakhan region) will reach a...

Turkey close to securing funds for €3.7 railway bridge across Bosphorus

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 30, 2024 – Turkey hopes to sign an agreement with the World Bank soon for funding of up to 3 billion euros to...

KazMorTransFlot and AD Ports to operate 6 tankers in Caspian by end-2024

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) October 29, 2024 – AD Ports Group and Kazakhstan’s KazMorTransFlot (KMTF, a subsidiary of KazMunayGas) jointly operate...

Kazakhstan to invest in cargo transport on Irtysh River linking China and Russia

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) October 24, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s Transport Ministry has a draft “road map” for the integrated development of...

Marseille port looks to boost business with India

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 17, 2024 – The French President’s Special Envoy for the IMEC, Gérard Mestrallet, has met with the...

70% cargo increase along the Middle Corridor in Jan-Sep’24

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) October 11, 2024 – Cargo transportation along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle...

Russia and Azerbaijan create committee on Caspian shallowing

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) October 6, 2024 – “Want to kill an idea? Form a committee”. Caspian Sea shallowing has led to reduced load of ships and...

Port of Baku joins Climate Action Week

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – The Port of Baku has joined the Baku Climate Action Week (BCAW), being held between September...

Key role for Trans-Caspian segment of TITR

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 26, 2024 – In parallel with the development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle...

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