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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.

Kazakh Kuryk port handled 1.5 million tonnes of cargo Jan-Aug’23

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 15, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s second largest Caspian Sea port, Kuryk, handled 1.5 million tonnes of cargo in the...

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...

Update: AD Ports signs Kazakhstan port terminal agreement

Kuryk, Kazakstan (Ports Europe) August 17, 2023 – An agreement for the construction of a grain terminal and a multifunctional marine terminal Sarzha in...

AD Ports signs Kazakhstan port terminal agreement

Kuryk, Kazakstan (Ports Europe) August 16, 2023 – Abu Dhabi Ports Group (AD Ports) has an agreement with Kazakhstan’s Semburg Invest to manage the...

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...

Semburg Invest plans oil exports vis Middle Corridor

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 9, 2023 – Semburg Invest is planning to export around 20 million tons of oil annually by the Trans-Caspian...

ADP in JV to export Kazakh agro products via Iran

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 7, 2023 – Landlocked Kazakhstan and Abu Dhabi Ports (ADP, part of AD Ports Group on behalf of Simatech Shipping &...

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...

Kazakhstan pushing Kuryk and Aktau ports projects

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 4, 2023 – Kazakhstan pushing through projects to develop te ports of Kuryk and Aktau. A pre-ferry sorting facility to...

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...

First pilot transport of cargo by semi-trailer along the TRACECA corridor

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 20, 2023 – The first pilot transport of cargo by semi-trailer along the TRACECA corridor has taken place as the...

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...

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...

EU to ban transit of goods via Russia – here comes the Middle Corridor

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 25, 2023 – As part of the 11th package of European Union (EU) sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of...

Update: Kazakhstan looks to develop Middle Corridor

(previous version published on March 3, 2023) Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s government considers measures for the...

Kazakhstan looks to develop Middle Corridor

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) March 3, 2023 – The Kazakhstan government is exploring the necessary steps to develop the Middle Corridor (TITR). The...

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