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.
New logistic hubs along Kazakhstan’s borders
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) December 12, 2024 – Full-fledged transport and logistics hubs are to be created in Central Asia and the Caspian region...
KazTransOil reports export numbers – Germany, Aktau, Makhachkala
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) December 8, 2024 – In January-November 2024, KazTransOil JSC transported 1.34 million tons of Kazakh oil through the...
Kazakhstan-China terminal in Xi’an increases TEU flow
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) December 6, 2024 – On November 29, 2024, the 300th container train left the Kazakhstan-China terminal in Xi’an,...
Jan De Nul completed dredging in Kazakh Kuryk port
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – Belgium’s Jan De Nul has completed, ahead of schedule, the four-month dredging project in the...
China, Kazakhstan and Hungary to build inter-modal cargo terminal in Budapest
Budapest, Hungary (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – China continues its successful efforts to invest in Hungary despite hostile European Union (EU)...
Shrinking Caspian – stranded ports, half empty ships
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – The Caspian Sea is within weeks of reaching its lowest level on record, an Azerbaijani official said,...
Below target 53 mln tonnes of oil shipped via CPC terminal, Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – In January-October 2024, oil shipments at the sea terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC,...
North-South corridor capacity to double to 20 mln tonnes
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – The capacity of the Kremlin-promoted International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), a key...
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...
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...
New intermodal cargo terminal in Azerbaijan’s Alyat port
Alyat, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and China created a joint venture to build a new 40-hectare large intermodal...
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...
Kazakhstan has transport corridor talks in France with CMA CGM
Paris, France (Ports Europe) November 6, 2024 – On a visit to France, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman...
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...
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...