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Kazakhstan Temir Zholy

Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (Kazakhstan Railways, KTZ) is a state-owned railway company in Kazakhstan. The company is responsible for the management and operation of the country’s rail network, which spans over 15,000 kilometers and connects Kazakhstan to other countries in Central Asia, Russia, and China. KTZ provides a range of services, including freight and passenger transportation, logistics, and infrastructure development.

Rhenus and KTZ to enhance transhipment of Caspian Sea

Astana, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 23, 2023 – Germany’s transport and logistics service provider Rhenus Logistics Group and Kazakhstan Railways...

PSA International, Kazakhstan Railways to jointly develop TITR Corridor

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) May 23, 2023 – PSA International Pte Ltd and Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) will establish a joint venture company, KPMC Ltd,...

Aktau Port handled almost a million tonnes of cargo in Q1, mostly oil

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) April 28, 2023 – Cargo transshipment through Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Aktau increased by 15% in the period...

Qingdao Port to cooperate with Port of Aktau

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) April 25, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Aktau and China’s Qingdao Port, part of the Shandong Port Group...

Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan to create a logistics JV for North-South Corridor

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) April 24, 2023 – Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan will create a single logistics operator on the eastern route of the...

Kazakhstan Railways signs agreement with Chinese port group

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) April 17, 2023 – State-owned rail company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)...

Kazakhstan’s KTZ transports more containers by rail

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) March 16, 2023 – In 2022, the share of container transport in the total volume of export cargo transported along the KTZ...

PSA delegation in Kazakhstan to discuss digital transport corridor

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 18, 2022 – Earlier this month, a PSA delegation met with Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) to discuss a digital...

Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan improve transport links

Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) August 29, 2022 – New bridge and highway will improve transport links between Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan....

Port of Baku, Kazakhstan Railways sign agreement

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) August 24, 2022 – The Port of Baku and Kazakhstan Railways have signed agreement to expand cooperation. Both parties met...

Batumi welcomes new Asia-Europe multimodal service

Batumi International Container Terminal (BICT), International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) business unit in Georgia, recently welcomed ADY...

Companies launch new feeder service between Poti and Constanta

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 26, 2022 – GR Logistics and Terminals, ADY Container (Azerbaijan), KTZ Express (Kazakhstan) and the Caspian Shipping...

Kazakhstan Railways and Nurminen Logistics start new trans-Caspian Sea service

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) May 24, 2022 – KTZ Express JSC and the Finnish operator Nurminen Logistics Services OY have started a new trans-Caspian...

International sanctions against Russia leads Kazakhstan to seek port alternatives

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) March 13, 2022 – International sanctions against Russia has forced Kazakhstan to seek alternative routes to export, import...

CrimsonLogic signs MOU to promote the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route

CrimsonLogic, a member of Singapore-based PSA Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with KTZ Express (part of Kazakhstan Railways) and local IT...

Trans-Caspian International Transport Route holds meeting in Baku

Field sessions of the Working Group and the General Meeting of Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) were held in Baku September 23-24, 2021 Due...

Export cargo from Turkey and China was transported in Baku Port

News Release – Port of Baku – Export cargo from Turkey and China was transported in Baku Port on February 6 We would like to note that...

First container train carrying cargo from Turkey to China arrived in Baku Port on December 10

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 11, 2020 – A train, which will cover a total of 8,693 kilometers, has passed through the Baku Port and headed for...

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan discuss Trans-Caspian International Transport Corridor project

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) August 28, 2020 – Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have discussed joint projects related to Trans-Caspian International Transport...

New record time for China-Turkey container train

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) July 7, 2020 – The local ADY Container has reported that together with other members of the Trans-Caspian International...

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