Aktau
The seaport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, is located on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea at the intersection of several international transport corridors. The port allows for the transportation of dry cargo, crude oil and petroleum products from east to west, from north to south and back to Iran, Turkey, Russia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.
4.1 mln tonnes of cargo and 50,500 TEUs via the Middle Corridor in Jan-Nov’24
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) December 22, 2024 – Container shipments along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle Corridor)...
KazTransOil reports export numbers – Germany, Aktau, Makhachkala
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) December 8, 2024 – In January-November 2024, KazTransOil JSC transported 1.34 million tons of Kazakh oil through the...
2.6 times more containers via Middle Corridor in Jan-Oct’24
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 17, 2024 – Container shipments along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle Corridor),...
Kazakhstan’s ports handled 6.2 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-Oct’24
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 15, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports of Aktau and Kuryk handled 6.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first 10...
Uzbekistan to increase use of Port of Aktau
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 13, 2024 – A delegation from double-landlocked Uzbekistan has visited Aktau Sea Commercial Port to discuss...
China joins the Middle Corridor Multimodal JV via CRTC
Xi’an, China (Ports Europe) November 11, 2024 – China, via its state-owned China Railway Container Transport Corporation (CRTC), is to join the...
KazMorTransFlot and AD Ports to operate 6 tankers in Caspian by end-2024
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) October 29, 2024 – AD Ports Group and Kazakhstan’s KazMorTransFlot (KMTF, a subsidiary of KazMunayGas) jointly operate...
70% cargo increase along the Middle Corridor in Jan-Sep’24
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) October 11, 2024 – Cargo transportation along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle...
Kazakhstan plant more grain exports, including via ports
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) October 8, 2024 – Kazakhstan plans to send to new markets in addition to traditional neighbouring grain markets. The...
Key role for Trans-Caspian segment of TITR
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 26, 2024 – In parallel with the development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle...
Kazakhstan’s ports handled 4.5 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Aug’24
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 26, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports of Aktau and Kuryk handled 4.5 million tonnes of cargo in the...
Finally, a JV is created for the container hub in Aktau port
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 22, 2024 – KTZ Express, Port Lianyungang and Aktau Sea Trade Port finally announced the creation of a joint...
Germany’s Rhenus Group signs agreement with Port of Aktau
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – The Rhenus Group has signed a declaration of intent with Aktau Sea Commercial Port JSC to develop...
200th container train from China arrives in Aktau port
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – The 200th container train so far in 2024 from China has arrived at Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port...
Kazakh ports handled 1.9 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-Aug’24 – really?
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports handled 1.9 million tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of the...
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...
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...
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 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...