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.
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...
Analysis: Sanctions busting Caspian Sea is drying up, new ships needed
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – Recently, the lowering water level in the Caspian Sea has accelerated so much that it is jeopardising...
Transit through Kazakhstan in 2022 increased – containers by 6%, cargo by 12.6%
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 22, 2023 – Transit container traffic through Kazakhstan in 2022 increased by 6%, the Minister of Industry and...
AD Ports signs maritime agreements with Kazakhstan
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 18, 2023 – Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports has signed two agreements in Kazakhstan. Firstly, a strategic partnership...
Kazakhstan wants more of its oil to bypass Russia
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) January 18, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s state owned oil company KazMunayGas (KMG) and Abu Dhabi Ports Group (AD Ports, UAE) will...
Kazakh port of Aktau handles 3.8 million tonnes of cargo in 2022
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 16, 2023 – Turnover of Kazakhstan’s Aktau Port in the Caspian Sea in 2022 increased by 9%, compared to 2021 to...
Kazakhstan’s ports handled +19% cargo, +24% containers in Jan-Nov 22
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 9, 2023 – Cargo handled by the Caspian Sea ports of Kazakhstan in January-November 2022 increased by 19% compared to...
Two Kazakh ships to transit Volga-Don canal between Caspian, Azov Seas in 2023
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) December 30, 2022 – The Russian government will allow in two Kazakhstan’s ships to operate (transit) from the Caspian...
KazAtomProm delivered natural uranium to Canada via the Middle Corridor bypassing Russia
Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) December 27, 2022 – Kazakhstan’s National Atomic Company KazAtomProm delivered natural uranium through...
Very keen to bypass unreliable Russia, Kazakhstan has identified alternative oil export routes
Tengis, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) December 17, 2022 – Very keen to bypass sanctions-hit Russia as a transit country, Kazakhstan has identified alternative oil...
Middle Corridor cargo transit tripled in the first nine months of 2022
Astana, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) December 8, 2022 – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and western sanctions against Moscow created an opportunity for...