Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia, and thus has no seaports. It is surrounded by five landlocked countries: Kazakhstan to the north; Kyrgyzstan to the northeast; Tajikistan to the southeast; Afghanistan to the south; and Turkmenistan to the southwest. The country is trying to develop regional transport corridors for trade purposes.
DP World and ADUI to build logistics infrastructure in Uzbekistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) July 11, 2023 – DP World, a global port operator and logistics company, and Abu Dhabi Uzbek Investment Company (ADUI)...
Russia tries to bypass Kazakhstan for a new cargo corridor from Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek, Kyrgistan (PortSEurope) July 5, 2023 – Russia and Kyrgyzstan will soon open a new transport corridor bypassing Kazakhstan, across Uzbekistan and...
Making the Middle Corridor an eTIR Corridor
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) July 4, 2023 – Countries along the Middle Corridor, that connects Central Asia with Europe have agreed to accelerate...
Landlocked Uzbekistan to use Baku port fertilizer terminal
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 13, 2023 – Landlocked Uzbekistan will start using a new terminal for mineral fertilisers in Azerbaijan’s Caspian port...
The China-Central Asia Summit – a new Silk Road?
Xian, China (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – President Xi Jinpin has hosted his first-ever summit with the leaders of five Central Asian nations – the...
China to build infrastructure in ex-Soviet Central Asia
Xian, China (Ports Europe) May 19, 2023 – China wants to coordinate development, from building infrastructure to boosting trade, with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,...
China wants Central Asia & Russia served it on a silver platter
Xian, China (Ports Europe) May 15, 2023 – In the past decade, China has dreamed about having at its disposal the transport and market potential of Central...
Batumi Sea Port attends trade promotion in Uzbekistan
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – On April 28, 2023, a conference “Trade relations of Uzbekistan: the role of alternative...
AD Ports Group sets up logistics joint venture in Uzbekistan
Abu Dhabi, UAE (PortSEurope) March 7, 2023 – AD Ports Group has set up a joint venture with Uzbekistan’s SEG ENERA Group to provide end-to-end global...
Batumi port hosts delegation from Uzbekistan
Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) March 1, 2023 – A delegation from the Republic of Uzbekistan, headed by the Deputy Minister of Transport, visited Batumi...
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...
Uzbekistan to open container terminals and storage facilities in Baku port
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 30, 2022 – Landlocked Uzbekistan is looking for opportunities to open container terminals and storage facilities at...
Uzbekistan sends block train to Burgas, Bulgaria
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) December 21, 2022 – Uzbekistan has send its first block train to Burgas, Bulgaria along the “Middle Corridor”....
New cargo rail service links Turkey’s Izmir port with Uzbekistan
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 7, 2022 – A new cargo rail service links Turkey’s Izmir port with Uzbekistan and is declared “a new...
EBRD researches sustainable transport connections between Central Asia and Europe
As trade volumes, particularly container traffic, between Asia and Europe continue to grow and as geopolitical events disrupt existing trade corridors, major...
Ports of the Turkic states meet in Uzbekistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) October 31, 2022 – On the eve of the 6th Meeting of Ministers of Transport of the Organization of Turkic States, the Fifth...
Transport ministers of the Turkic States meet in Tashkent
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) October 31, 2022 – The 6th meeting of the ministers in charge of transport of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS)...
Trans Caspian International Transport Route as alternative to Russia
Vaduz, Liechtenstein (Ports Europe) August 31, 2022 – Among the many geopolitical consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine has been the boost in...
Uzbekistan pushing for access to Iranian, Turkish and Pakistani ports
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) August 21, 2022 – Landlocked Uzbekistan keeps pushing for access to Iranian, Turkish and Pakistani ports. Uzbekistan...
Landlocked Uzbekistan seeks export routes to Europe via Georgian Black Sea ports
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) July 31, 2022 – Landlocked Uzbekistan, trying to avoid transit via western sanctions hit Russia, is looking for ways...