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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.

Development of international logistics and maritime infrastructure of Kazakhstan

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 3, 2023 – Kazakhstan is starting to expand its logistics capabilities. This includes China and Georgia A new...

Aktau and Kuryk ports increase freight traffic

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 1, 2023 – In January-August 2023, the volume of freight shipped through Caspian Sea Aktau and Kuryk ports...

Kazakh container terminal in Poti to be ready in 2024

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 14, 2023 – In October, Kazakhstan’s transport and logistics investment group of companies PTC Holding will start the...

Two abandoned oil berths to be reopened in Aktau port

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 5, 2023 – Two dilapidated and abandoned oil berths in Kazakhstan’s largest Caspian Sea port of Aktau will be...

Kazakhstan’s ports cargo in H1 23: Aktau – 2.3 mln, Kuryk 1 mln tonnes

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 18, 2023 – Over 2.3 million tonnes of cargo were transshipped through Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Aktau in the...

Aktau grain terminal stake to be sold

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 9, 2023 – A stake in the grain terminal in Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports port of Aktau, the Aktau Marine Northern...

Russia and Iran: Sanctions busting in focus during port visit

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) July 3, 2023 – Russia and Iran, the two most sanctioned countries in the world, continue their attempts to improve cargo...

Sanctions-busting port of Makhachkala to be privatised by September

Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) July 3, 2023 – The long delayed privatisation of Russia’s Caspian Sea port of Makhachkala is to be completed by the end...

New oil tankers for Aktau-Baku route that bypasses Russia

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 27, 2023 – The joint venture of Kazakhstan’s KazMorTransFlot and Abu Dhabi Ports, Caspian Integrated Maritime...

Rhenus and KTZ to enhance transhipment of Caspian Sea

Astana, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 23, 2023 – Germany’s transport and logistics service provider Rhenus Logistics Group and Kazakhstan Railways...

German president visits ports in Kazakhstan

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 22, 2023 – German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has completed a state visit to Kazakhstan, as part of a...

Aktau declares a state of emergency – critically low level of Caspian

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 13, 2023 – The city officials in Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Aktau declared a state of emergency over the...

A delegation of Turkish company Er-Bakir visits Seaport Aktau SEZ

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 13, 2023 – On May 15, 2023, a delegation of the Turkish company Er-Bakir headed by Commercial Director Majit Tashkin...

Seaport Aktau SEZ receives delegation from Kronospan

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 12, 2023 – In May this year, Seaport Aktau SEZ welcomed a delegation from the Kronospan company headed by Commercial...

Kazakhstan’s Aktau, Kuryk and Bautino registered in SEZ

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 12, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports of Aktau and Kuryk (Quryq) were registered by the government as...

Kazakh terminals to get a seaport status

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) June 5, 2023 – Many Kazakhstan’s terminals in the Caspian Sea want to be given the status of seaports and the...

Free economic zone status paves the way for a container hub in Aktau port

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) May 18, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea Port of Aktau was registered by the government as part of the special economic...

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...

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...

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