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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.

Port of Aktau increases cargo handling +22% in Jan-Oct 2023

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 20, 2023 – In January-October 2023, the Port of Aktau handled 3.8 million tonnes of cargo, an increase of +22%...

Regional state railway companies to develop Middle Corridor

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 1, 2023 – The regional state railway companies of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan will work together to...

Rhenus expands operations in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan

Berlin, Germany (PortSEurope) October 13, 2023 – Germany’s global transport and logistics service provider Rhenus Logistics Group is stepping up...

Wabtec signs railway development agreement with Kazakhstan

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 19, 2023 – Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (Wabtec) has signed an agreement with national...

Kazakhstan Railways increases grain handling

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 4, 2023 – Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) handled over 1 million tons of grain in the month of August, twice the...

Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan to create joint logistics company for TITR

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Ports Europe) August 25, 2023 – Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan intend to create a joint logistics company to operate within the...

Middle Corridor, bypassing Russia, transports 1.8 times more cargo in H1 23

Astana, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 14, 2023 – More than 1.3 million tonnes of cargo were transported via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route...

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...

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