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.
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...
Kazakhstan exports 700,000 tonnes of oil via Aktau in H1’24
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 29, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company KazMunaiGaz (KMG) shipped 700,000 tonnes of oil through the...
1 mln tonnes of Kazakh oil products exported via Batumi in H1’24
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) July 28, 2024 – KazTransOil (a subsidiary of Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company KazMunaiGaz) in the first half of...
Kazakhstan’s ports handled 1.37 mln tonnes of cargo in H1’24 – really?
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 27, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports handled 1.37 million tonnes of cargo in the first six months of the...
EBRD provides finance to Kazakhstan Temir Zholy
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe), July 23, 2024 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a senior corporate loan...
Dredging of the Port of Kuryk will be completed this year
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 22, 2024 – The Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) has said that dredging of the Port of Kuryk will be...
Kazakhstan’s Kuryk port handled over 1 mln tonnes of cargo in H1’24
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 20, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s second largest Caspian Sea port of Kuryk handled 1.053 million tonnes of cargo in the first...
Organization of Turkic States supports regaional trade corridors
Karabakh, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) July 10, 2024 – The Organization of Turkic States held a summit last weekend in Karabakh, Azerbaijan. The presidents...
China to invest in container hub in Port of Aktau. Kazakhstan
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – China is set to invest in container hub in Port of Aktau, a Caspian Sea port. At recent discussions...
China started regular truck service to Europe via Middle Corridor
Kurik, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 6, 2024 – China has begun the regular lorries cargo service via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route...
Romanian, Kazak rail companies sign Middle Corridor MoU
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) June 28, 2024 – KTZ Express and Romania’s state-owned rail freight operator CFR Marfa have signed a Memorandum of...
Kazakhstan increases rail exports of fuel oil via Georgian ports
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) June 25, 2024 – In January-May 2024, Kazakhstan increased rail exports of fuel oil through Georgian ports to 413,200 tons...
KazMunayGas ships oil to Makhachkala
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) June 19, 2024 – State energy company KazMunayGas (KMG) has reported that two of its tankers transported 406,977 tons of...
Kazakhstan’s Ersai terminal received first dry cargo ships
Kuryk, Kazakhstan, June 11, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s Ersai marine terminal, part of the Caspian Sea port of Kuryk, has received the first two dry cargo...