Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Its main seaport of Turkmenbashi which offers cargo and passenger services to other Caspian Sea littoral states.
Turkmenbashi port capacity and the harsh reality
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) November 21, 2024 – Turkmenistan’s Turkmenbashi (Turkmanbashi) port, a $1.5 billion (€1.32 billion)...
New Caspian ferry line Turkmenbashi-Olya might finally launch
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) November 16, 2024 – After years of talks, in the near future, a regular ferry service may finally be launched between...
Turkmenistan and Afghanistan to build railway and dry port
Kabul, Afghanistan (Ports Europe) September 10, 2024 – Landlocked Afghanistan and Turkmenistan signed bilateral agreements for improving mutual railway...
Putin alarmed by shrinking Caspian Sea, but no way to prevent it
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) September 2, 2024 – After decades of ignoring the shallowing of the Caspian Sea, Russia has suddenly started looking for...
Turkmenistan’s tender for two Ro-Ro railway ferries for Caspian
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – Turkmenistan’s Agency for Transport and Communications (TurkmenDenizDeryayollary) announced...
Turkmenistan joins Astrakhan logistics event
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) April 23, 2024 – Turkmenistan will attend the Third International Forum “Transport Logistics of the Caspian Region...
Turkmenistan transports tomatoes to Astrakhan, new trade routes
Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) April 22, 2024 – Turkmenistan has started sending fresh tomatoes to Astrakhan port in Russia. The first delivery was a modest...
Turkmenbashi port handled 585,500 tonnes of cargo in Q1 24
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) April 12, 2024 – In the first quarter of 2024, international cargo traffic through Turkmenistan’s Caspian Sea...
Turkmenbashi announces 50% discount on all transit cargo transportation
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – Turkmenbashi International Seaport has announced a 50% discount on all types of transit cargo....
Balkan Shipyard assembles Damen dredger in Turkmenbashi
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) April 5, 2024 – The Balkan Shipyard and Ship Repair Plant will soon start assembling a Damen CSD650 cutter...
New rates for Batumi/Poti transport to Turkmenbashi
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) April 2, 2024 – Transport and Logistics Centre of Turkmenistan (TULM) JSC has introduced special preferential...
AdSP Mar Tirreno Centrale (Naples) signs MoU with Turkmenbashi
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) March 22, 2024 – A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Turkmenistan International Sea Port of Turkmenbashi...
Plans for a Turkmenbashi-Amirabad feeder line
Amirabad, Iran (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – Turkmenistan and Iran are planning to resume shipping between the Caspian Sea ports of Turkmenbashi and...
Turkmenistan joins IMO’s convention on bunker oil pollution damage
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) February 8, 2024 – The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved Turkmenistan’s accession to the...
Russian Railways visits international seaport of Turkmenbashi
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – A delegation from Russian Railways Logistics (RZD Logistics) has visited the international...
Turkmenistan to build ships for shrinking Caspian Sea
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – Under pressure from the shrinking Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan’s Balkan shipbuilding and ship...
Turkmenistan to join International Maritime Organization convention
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – The government has stated its intention to join the Convention on Facilitation of...
First cruise service visiting all Caspian states
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) January 21, 2024 – Moscow has decided to replace services affected by Western sanctions opportunities for Russian...
Urgent dredging to start in Baku port, Caspian Sea shrinks
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 10, 2024 – Dredging will start in the coming days in Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea port of Baku, which will allow access...
Restart of cargo ferry between Astrakhan and Turkmenbashi
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 20, 2023 – The Caspian Sea regular ferry line between the ports of Russia’s Astrakhan region (Astrakhan and...