Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is a country in Central Asia, on the Northeast shores of the Caspian Sea, South of Russia and West of China. Its main Caspian posts are Aktau and Kuryk. Both ports are under development as the country seeks a role as a transit hub for cargo travelling between Asia and Europe. It is also interested in developing trade with other littoral Caspian Sea states.
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...
KazTransOil increases exports via Aktau and Batumi
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) October 19, 2024 – In the first nine months of 2024, KazTransOil JSC transported 33.65 million tons of oil separately...
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...
Kazakhstan plant more grain exports, including via ports
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) October 8, 2024 – Kazakhstan plans to send to new markets in addition to traditional neighbouring grain markets. The...
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...
Kazakhstan’s ports handled 4.5 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Aug’24
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 26, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports of Aktau and Kuryk handled 4.5 million tonnes of cargo in the...
Finally, a JV is created for the container hub in Aktau port
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 22, 2024 – KTZ Express, Port Lianyungang and Aktau Sea Trade Port finally announced the creation of a joint...
Germany’s Rhenus Group signs agreement with Port of Aktau
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – The Rhenus Group has signed a declaration of intent with Aktau Sea Commercial Port JSC to develop...
200th container train from China arrives in Aktau port
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – The 200th container train so far in 2024 from China has arrived at Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port...
Kazakh ports handled 1.9 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-Aug’24 – really?
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports handled 1.9 million tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of the...
Nafith signs MOU with Port of Kuryk, Kazakhstan
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 4, 2024 – The Nafith International Group of Jordan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the...
Putin alarmed by shrinking Caspian Sea, but no way to prevent it
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) September 2, 2024 – After decades of ignoring the shallowing of the Caspian Sea, Russia has suddenly started looking for...
Vessel traffic systems in Kazakh Caspian ports in 2025
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – Commissioning of the vessel traffic services system (VTS) in Kazakhstan’s main Caspian Sea port of...
Container transit from China via Middle Corridor increased 14 times
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – Container transit from China via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle...
Shrinking Caspian is a bonanza for Jan De Nul
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 16, 2024 – After winning the tender for the maritime infrastructure of Anaklia, Georgia’s first deep sea port on...
Kazakhstan’s Sarzha terminal sends out first loaded ship
Kuryk, Kazakstan (PortSEurope) August 8, 2024 – The first regular voyage to leave the still-under-construction multifunctional marine terminal (MMT) Sarzha...
Update: Dredging of Kuryk by Jan de Nul to add 2 m draft
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 6, 2024 – Dredging work by Belgium’s company Jan de Nul is underway in the waters of the Kazakhstan’s Caspian...
Kazakhstan, world’s largest landlocked country, is shopping around for ports
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 5, 2024 – Kazakhstan, the world’s largest landlocked country, with a Caspian coastline and ports but no access to...
Kazakhstan wants to use Republic of Congo Pointe-Noire port
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 3, 2024 – Kazakhstan is interested in using the Republic of Congo port of Pointe-Noire, Kazakh President...