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.
Kazakhstan: New terminal in Kuryk; increase of container transit
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 6, 2023 – The Concept for the Development of the Transport and Logistics Potential of Kazakhstan has been approved...
Analysis: Sanctions busting Caspian Sea is drying up, new ships needed
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – Recently, the lowering water level in the Caspian Sea has accelerated so much that it is jeopardising...
Transit through Kazakhstan in 2022 increased – containers by 6%, cargo by 12.6%
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 22, 2023 – Transit container traffic through Kazakhstan in 2022 increased by 6%, the Minister of Industry and...
Kazakhstan’s ports handled +19% cargo, +24% containers in Jan-Nov 22
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 9, 2023 – Cargo handled by the Caspian Sea ports of Kazakhstan in January-November 2022 increased by 19% compared to...
Sanctions strapped Russia pushing for development of logistics infrastructure with Kazakhstan
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 29, 2022 – Sanctions-strapped Russia is pushing for the development of logistics infrastructure with Kazakhstan....
Desperate Moscow seeks unified rules for Caspian Sea corridor ports
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 19, 2022 – A desperate Moscow is seeking unified commercial and conventional rules for the ports in its sanctions...
Kazakhstan ports to increase oil exports
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 8, 2022 – The Kazakhstan ports of Aktau and Kuryk will increase oil exports to 20 million tons annually....
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...
Azerbaijan starts work on increasing capacity of Baku port
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) October 30, 2022 – Azerbaijan has started work on increasing the capacity of Baku port to 25 million tonnes of cargo and...
Kazakhstan’s Port of Aktau builds container hub
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) October 20, 2022 – Kazakhstan’s Port of Aktau is building a container hub to attract international shipping...
Kazakhstan’s revenue from the transportation of cargo up over 11%
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 21, 2022 – Kazakhstan’s revenue from the transportation of cargo via maritime and...
Ports of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan increase cargo traffic
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 9, 2022 – The ports of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have increased cargo traffic by a factor of 2.5 in...
Caspian Sea – From logistics periphery to sanctions busting
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) August 1, 2022 – Since the decline of the trade caravans in the era of the Arab conquests, the Caspian Sea region became...
Kazakhstan plans to create its own ferry fleet in the Caspian Sea by 2030
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 31, 2022 – Kazakhstan plans to create its own ferry fleet in the Caspian Sea by 2030 with 10 ferries stationed in...
Total cargo turnover of the top 10 Russian ports in January-June up +4%
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) July 22, 2022 – Total cargo turnover of the top 10 Russian ports in January-June amounted to 322.68 million tons, up...
Kazakhstan ports double cargo traffic so far in 2022
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) June 6, 2022 – So far this year, the Caspian Sea ports of have nearly doubled cargo traffic. This is the result of the...
Desperate Russia looking to Iran’s ports as a way to bypass western sanctions
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) May 30 – Desperately trying to find a way to avoid harsh international sanctions affecting Russian transport and logistics,...
Kuryk to triple its cargo handling and increase the transport of vehicles
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) May 23, 2022 – The war in Ukraine and the massive Western sanctions against Russia are redrawing the transport map of...
TRACECA and USAID will hold a Study Tour for carriers along the Central Asia
News Release – TRACECA and USAID will hold a Study Tour for carriers along the Central Asia – May 4, 2022 Starting from May 16, 2022, the Road...