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Kuryk

The Kazakh port of Kuryk is located on the Eastern coast of the Caspian Sea 50 km South of Aktau. It is currently expanding its facilities to support transport and logistics flows across the Caspian Sea, part of the new Silk Road.

Jan De Nul completed dredging in Kazakh Kuryk port

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – Belgium’s Jan De Nul has completed, ahead of schedule, the four-month dredging project in 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...

New grain terminal in Kazakhstan’s Kuryk port

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – A new grain terminal with a capacity of 1 million tonnes per year has been commissioned in...

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...

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...

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...

Nafith signs MOU with Port of Kuryk, Kazakhstan

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 4, 2024 – The Nafith International Group of Jordan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 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...

Kazakhstan’s Sarzha terminal sends out first loaded ship

Kuryk, Kazakstan (PortSEurope) August 8, 2024 – The first regular voyage to leave the still-under-construction multifunctional marine terminal (MMT) Sarzha...

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’s ports handled 1.37 mln tonnes of cargo in H1’24 – really?

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 27, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports handled 1.37 million tonnes of cargo in the first six months of the...

Dredging of the Port of Kuryk will be completed this year

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 22, 2024 – The Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) has said that dredging of the Port of Kuryk will be...

Kazakhstan’s Kuryk port handled over 1 mln tonnes of cargo in H1’24

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 20, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s second largest Caspian Sea port of Kuryk handled 1.053 million tonnes of cargo in the first...

China started regular truck service to Europe via Middle Corridor

Kurik, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 6, 2024 – China has begun the regular lorries cargo service via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route...

Kazakhstan’s Ersai terminal received first dry cargo ships

Kuryk, Kazakhstan, June 11, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s Ersai marine terminal, part of the Caspian Sea port of Kuryk, has received the first two dry cargo...

First truck transit the route China-Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan-Georgia

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) May 26, 2024 – In the first trial for the transit road transport of goods along the route...

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