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.
German diplomats in Aktau before their President’s visit
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) May 10, 2023 – On May 4, a delegation of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Astana, headed by the...
Turkmenistan, Russia, Kazakhstan will create a joint venture for transport
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) May 4, 2023 – Turkmenistan, Russia, Kazakhstan have agreed to create a joint venture for regional transport. JSC...
Aktau Port handled almost a million tonnes of cargo in Q1, mostly oil
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) April 28, 2023 – Cargo transshipment through Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Aktau increased by 15% in the period...
Qingdao Port to cooperate with Port of Aktau
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) April 25, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Aktau and China’s Qingdao Port, part of the Shandong Port Group...
First Kazakh oil transported to Romania
Ceyhan, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 24, 2023 – The first shipment of Kazakh oil has left the Turkish Black Sea port of Ceyhan for the oil refinery of...
Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan to create a logistics JV for North-South Corridor
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) April 24, 2023 – Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan will create a single logistics operator on the eastern route of the...
Kazakhstan Railways signs agreement with Chinese port group
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) April 17, 2023 – State-owned rail company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)...
Update: Kazakhstan looks to develop Middle Corridor
(previous version published on March 3, 2023) Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s government considers measures for the...
Caspian Sea-Black Sea Forum discusses transport corridors
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) April 7, 2023 – The recent Caspian Sea-Black Sea Forum discussed the growing importance in the region of new transport...
KazTransOil exports oil via Baku, Azerbaijan
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – KazTransOil has shipped 6,900 tons of oil for export via Aktau for delivery to the port of Baku, the...
Kazakhstan’s KTZ transports more containers by rail
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) March 16, 2023 – In 2022, the share of container transport in the total volume of export cargo transported along the KTZ...
KazTransOil to ship Kashagan oil via Baku and Aktau
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) March 13, 2023 – KazTransOil has announced a trial shipment of 7,000 tonnes of oil from the Kashagan field via the port...
Kazakhstan looks to develop Middle Corridor
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) March 3, 2023 – The Kazakhstan government is exploring the necessary steps to develop the Middle Corridor (TITR). The...
EBRD: sanctions, trade flows between Russia, Caucasus, Central Asia
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – A number of economists from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have...
HHLA Project Logistics opens a new office in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – HHLA Project Logistics has opened a new office in Almaty, Kazakhstan. HHLA sees this a logical...
The Middle Corridor as a preferred route
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – Geopolitical conditions suggest strongly that the Middle Corridor will see more use than the Northern...
DP World signs digitalisation agreement with the Caspian Containers Company
Geneva, Switzerland (PortSEurope) February 22, 2023 – DP World has signed a cooperation agreement with Swiss-based Caspian Containers Company SA (CCCSA)...
Kazakhstan will build large trade and logistics hubs with five neighbours
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 10, 2023 – By 2026, Kazakhstan will build five border trade centers with neighbouring countries, the Ministry...
Kazakhstan: New terminal in Kuryk; increase of container transit
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 6, 2023 – The Concept for the Development of the Transport and Logistics Potential of Kazakhstan has been approved...
Chelyabinsk Region delegation visits Aktau port
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – A delegation from the Ministry of Economic Development of the Chelyabinsk Region of the Russian...