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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.

Italy’s Macchi to export three boilers to Kazakhstan through Marghera port

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Italian company Macchi SpA plans to export a total of three boilers to Kazakhstan through Marghera port...

Kazakhstan Railway Company to transport up to 10,000 tons of grain to Mersin port monthly

Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 7, 2018 – Kazakhstan Railway Company (KTJ) plans to send up to 10,000 tons of grain from the Kuryk port to...

New ferry complex of the Kuryk port, Kazakhstan

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – A ferry complex at Kuryk Port has been inaugurated and will function as a multimodal hub on the Kazak...

Five countries sign convention on Caspian legal status

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 12, 2018 – The leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan have signed a new convention on...

Anaklia Deep Sea Port becomes associate member of Trans Caspian International Transit Route

Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – Anaklia Deep Sea Port has become an associate member of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route,...

Cosco Shipping signs investment contract with Kazakhstan Railways

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – Cosco Shipping has signed a contract with Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (Kazakhstan Railways) to develop...

Hupac to connect Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan

Chiasso, Switzerland (Ports Europe) February 18, 2018 – Intermodal Express (Hupac) has started a cooperation with ADY Container and Hupac Intermodal to...

Anaklia Development Consortium signs agreements on with Baku and Kuryk ports

Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) November 29, 2017 – Anaklia Development Consortium has signed agreements on corridor with Baku International  Port and...

Estonian delegation visit Aktau port

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 28, 2017 – A delegation of the Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Astana, Ambassador Extraordinary and...

President of Aktau Port attends business forum in Tashkent

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 28, 2017 – Aktau Port President A. Turikpenbayev attended an exhibition of Kazakh goods and Uzbek-Kazakh...

Event – Argus Caspian-Black Sea Transport Corridor – 2017, Batumi, September 14-15, 2017

Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – The Georgian Black Sea port of Batumi is hosting the international conference “Argus...

Kazakhstan promotes logistics capabilities in Odessa

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Kanat Alpysbaev, the head of Kazakhstan’s national railways company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ),...

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan discuss use of Kuryk port in the Caspian Sea

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 16, 2017 –  The national railway companies of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have discussed cargo transportation from...

Railways of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan agreed to strengthen ties

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – The head of JSC NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Kanat Alpysbayev has held talks with Deputy Prime Minister of...

Washington hosts Trans Caspian Forum

Washington, United States (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – The second annual Trans-Caspian Forum – East-West Trade and Transit Corridor has taken...

Constanta Port to become member of the International Association Trans-Caspian International Transport Route

Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) jule 15, 2017 – The National Company Maritime Ports Administration SA Constanta and the Association “Trans-Caspian...

Kazakhstan, China presidents launch train container service to Turkey, Central Asia

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Kazakhstan’s president Nursultan Nazarbayev and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have officially launched a...

Baku port head says more harbours to join Trans-Caspian International Transport Route

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – The number of ports that will join the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TMTM) will be increased,...

Aktau International Sea Port to be privatised

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) May 2, 2017 –  Aktau International Sea Port on the Caspian Sea is to be privatised in 2017, according to the government....

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Georgia sign agreement on Trans-Caspian transport corridor

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) April 2, 2017 – At a meeting of the Union of Legal Entities of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route...

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