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.
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...
Analysis – Central Asia to help China bypass Russia en route to Europe
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) December 3 – It is China, again, that is emerging as an unlikely winner from the agreed direct link between Turkey and...
Kazakh ships to gain faster access to Russian rivers for shipment of goods from and to Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 9, 2020 – Kazakhstani companies will gain faster and easier access to inland waterways (navigable rivers) in Russia...
Kazakh Caspian Sea ports operations unaffected by COVID-19
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 9, 2020 – More than 1.6 million tons of cargo were handled between Kazakhstan’s ports in the Caspian Sea in the...
Czech ambassador visits Aktau port
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) September 25, 2020 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to Kazakhstan Rudolf Gikl has...
Analysis – Russia to develop modern container terminals in the Caspian Sea and Volga river
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) September 29, 2020 – There are no modern Russian container terminals on the Caspian Sea and the Volga river and it looks like...
China launches new cargo train route to Europe via Baku
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) September 20, 2020 – China has started a new rail cargo which will use Kazakhstan’s Aktau port and Baku port as...
Aktau port cargo results for the first seven months of 2020 improve
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) August 31, 2020 – The total cargo handled in the port of Aktau in the first seven months of 2020 was 1.979 million tons,...
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...
Baku port: Container Trains from China to Turkey arriving faster
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) July 28, 2020 – ADY Container, a subsidiary company of Azerbaijan Railways, the members of the Trans-Caspian International...
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan chairs meeting of the Board of the Eurasian Development Bank
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin chaired a meeting of the Council of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) via video conference – June 30, 2020 The...
Turkey’s TAV develops Kazakhstan’s and Central Asia’s biggest airport
Almaty, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) June 16, 2020 – Turkish airport builder and operator TAV and its investment partner, VPE Capital, signed in May an...
Baku, Turkmenbashi, Aktau and Kuryk ports discuss measures to combat COVID-19
Baku, Turkmenbashi, Aktau and Kuryk ports discuss joint measures to combat COVID-19 pandemic – May 20, 2020 On May 20, at the initiative of the...
Caspian European Club organizes Azerbaijan-Georgia-Kazakhstan B2B Forum
May 19, 2020 Caspian European Club has organized the first international online B2B forum “Azerbaijan-Georgia-Kazakhstan”. The forum addressed...
Ukraine and Kazakhstan officials discuss devloping transport links
Vladislav Krikliy met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Ukraine Darhan Kaletaev – May 6, 2020 Minister of Infrastructure...
Aktau and Kuryk port traffic to Azerbaijan down in Q1 2020
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) May 1, 2020 – Total cargo traffic transshipped to Azerbaijan via Kazakhstan’s Aktau and Kuryk ports was 475,000 tons of...
Kazakhstan restricts ships from Azerbaijan and Iran due to coronavirus
Kazakhstan imposes restrictions on ships from Azerbaijan and Iran due to coronavirus – March 12, 2020 The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine received...
Role of Aktau and Kuryk seaports in development of transit potential of Kazakhstan
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 19, 2020 – The Committee on Economic Policy, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship of the Senate of the...
Digital Route seminar held in Aktau port including OSCE participation
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) February 11, 2020 – The Digital Route project has held a seminar in the port of Aktau, Kazakhstan, with the participation...
Ukraine interested in developing digital transport corridors
Ukraine is interested in developing digital transport corridors, Vladislav Krykliy – January 31, 2020 On January 31, 2020, representatives of the...